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Tony Held's Collection
 
5/20/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:10/7/2020 - 4/29/2024
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
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Superliner And Skyline
Title:  Superliner And Skyline
Description:  Downtown St. Paul's skyline makes a nice backdrop for Amtrak sleeper 39018 as it sits on display at Union Depot Train Days 2021.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 4:00:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station
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Views:  154   Comments: 0
"Coachclass"
Title:  "Coachclass"
Description:  Spiffy coach 54537 sits on display at Union Depot Train Days 2021.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 3:58:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
"Cedar Rapids" And Companions
Title:  "Cedar Rapids" And Companions
Description:  The "Cedar Rapids" and the other three cars of the Friends of the 261's display set bask beneath mostly sunny and breezy skies during Union Depot Train Days 2021.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 4:14:00 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Glorious Milwaukee
Title:  Glorious Milwaukee
Description:  The Friends of the 261's E9 sits resplendent in its new, commemorative Milwaukee Road paint scheme on a warm, breezy Union Depot Train Days 2021.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 8:52:40 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
Chicago Great Western Icon
Title:  Chicago Great Western Icon
Description:  The Robert Street lift bridge is a Chicago Great Western icon. One that is still in service for its third owner, Union Pacific. Here the bridge waits for its next train on a warm, sunny, and breezy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 4:22:23 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Robert Street Lift Bridge
Title:  Robert Street Lift Bridge
Description:  The lift bridge stands tall on a breezy, warm Sunday afternoon as Old Man River flows beneath it and its next door neighbor, the Robert Street road bridge.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 4:21:48 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Lift Bridge From Another Angle
Title:  Lift Bridge From Another Angle
Description:  We are looking towards the old CGW Robert Street lift bridge from the Union Depot parking garage as an eastbound train passes during Train Days 2021.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/8/2021 4:20:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Signal
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
Gopher Gold Beneath Sunny Skies
Title:  Gopher Gold Beneath Sunny Skies
Description:  Twin Cities & Western 2014 poses for and provides a tour stop for visitors to Union Depot Train Days 2021 on a warm, breezy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 8:54:32 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Posed A La Promontory
Title:  Posed A La Promontory
Description:  Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific's veteran commemoration locomotives pose a la Promontory at Union Depot Train Days 2021. The engines also formed a backdrop for family photos like the one being taken here.
Photo Date:  6/6/2021  Upload Date: 6/6/2021 8:58:48 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  CP 6644(SD70ACU) UP 1943(SD70AH)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
She's Still There
Title:  She's Still There
Description:  Ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" 2010 is still at Humboldt Yard, hopefully awaiting preservation or a new owner.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:51:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
ECO In The Shade
Title:  ECO In The Shade
Description:  A GP20C-ECO soaks up the shade on the track that goes behind Humboldt's Yard office early on a pleasant Saturday evening during the July 4 weekend.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:52:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2244(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Westbound Ballast
Title:  Westbound Ballast
Description:  A westbound ballast train with, apparently, a trio of SD60s for power waits at Humboldt Yard early on a warm but pleasant Saturday evening.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:48:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6304(SD60-3)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
On The Ready Track
Title:  On The Ready Track
Description:  An SD30C-ECO, a GP20C-ECO, and an honest to Pete SD40-2 in new CP paint sit on the ready track at Humboldt Yard early on the evening of the Saturday of the July 4 weekend.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:51:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5034(SD30C-ECO) CP 6000(SD40-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
Clean GP40-2
Title:  Clean GP40-2
Description:  That's one clean GP40-2 the crew of the Plymouth local had for power this day.
Photo Date:  7/7/2021  Upload Date: 7/7/2021 8:17:19 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1388(GP40-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Pausing On A Cool July Afternoon
Title:  Pausing On A Cool July Afternoon
Description:  The crew of the Union Pacific local pauses again during a switch move late on an unseasonably (but pleasantly) cool July afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/7/2021  Upload Date: 7/7/2021 8:16:42 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1388(GP40-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
Framing Device
Title:  Framing Device
Description:  The west end of the trail bridge over Xenium Lane, along the trail which borders Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial Lead, made for a handy framing device when I caught the UP local crew doing some switching shortly after they got their train to Plymouth.
Photo Date:  7/7/2021  Upload Date: 7/7/2021 8:15:49 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1388(GP40-2)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Passing The New Ties
Title:  Passing The New Ties
Description:  An eastbound freight passes new ties awaiting installation on the Wayzata Sub late on a humid but breezy Friday evening.
Photo Date:  7/23/2021  Upload Date: 7/23/2021 10:13:52 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5283(C44-9W) BNSF 4917(C44-9W) BNSF 5421(C44-9W)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Taking The Siding On A Summer Evening
Title:  Taking The Siding On A Summer Evening
Description:  The crew of an eastbound freight on the Wayzata Sub prepares to take the siding at Long Lake on a humid but breezy late July evening.
Photo Date:  7/23/2021  Upload Date: 7/23/2021 10:14:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5421(C44-9W) BNSF 4917(C44-9W) BNSF 5283(C44-9W)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
CP 4420
Title:  CP 4420
Description:  Ex-Soo Line 4420 sits beneath mild, breezy skies at Humboldt Yard early on a Thursday evening in August/
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/12/2021 10:05:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4420(GP38-2)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
General Mills Switcher
Title:  General Mills Switcher
Description:  The switch engine for the General Mills elevator in the Humboldt Industrial area of Minneapolis (right on CP Humboldt Yard's north side) sits shut down early on a mild, breezy Thursday evening.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/12/2021 10:04:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Still There
Title:  Still There
Description:  Seven units--five of Canadian Pacific heritage, one of Soo Line, and one of Soo/Milwaukee--are still at Humboldt Yard. Here they are basking beneath mild sunny skies early on an August weekday evening.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/12/2021 10:06:43 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2) CP 6047(SD40-2) CP 6075(SD40-2) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  436   Comments: 0
A Pumpkin In The Sun
Title:  A Pumpkin In The Sun
Description:  BNSF 6617 basks in the warm early evening sun as it holds down DPU duties on a waiting eastbound oil train in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  8/14/2021  Upload Date: 8/14/2021 7:48:53 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6617(ES44C4)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Eastbound And Westbound
Title:  Eastbound And Westbound
Description:  An eastbound oil train heads east on the Wayzata siding while a westbound freight passes on the main track early on a gorgeous summer evening in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  8/14/2021  Upload Date: 8/14/2021 7:50:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6617(ES44C4)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Into The Evening Sun
Title:  Into The Evening Sun
Description:  A westbound freight charges into the sun early on a Saturday evening in Long Lake while an eastbound oil train heads down the Wayzata siding.
Photo Date:  8/14/2021  Upload Date: 8/14/2021 7:50:18 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3125(GP50) BNSF 3818(ET44C4) BNSF 5878(ES44AC) BNSF 3992(ET44C4) BNSF 6617(ES44C4)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Westbound Thunder
Title:  Westbound Thunder
Description:  A westbound freight (either the NTW-WILM or NTW-KCK) thunders past an eastbound oil train as it heads down the Wayzata siding bound for the main and points east early on a mild Saturday evening.
Photo Date:  8/14/2021  Upload Date: 8/14/2021 7:49:54 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3992(ET44C4) BNSF 5878(ES44AC) BNSF 3818(ET44C4)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Long Wait
Title:  Long Wait
Description:  This eastbound freight took the Wayzata siding the previous evening, and it was still there when I snapped this shot of it early in the afternoon of the following day. Crew issue? (Side note: that is one of four or five refrigerator cars you can see in the back.)
Photo Date:  8/16/2021  Upload Date: 8/16/2021 9:46:45 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7936(ES44C4)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Glimpse Of A Dash Nine
Title:  Glimpse Of A Dash Nine
Description:  BNSF vet 5099 still looks sharp as it basks beneath warm, breezy skies early on a Friday afternoon while idling as the second of two units on a waiting eastbound freight.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 8/20/2021 7:22:46 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5099(C44-9W)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Another Wait At Wayzata
Title:  Another Wait At Wayzata
Description:  It is another wait at Wayzata for the crew of this eastbound freight early on a warm, humid, and breezy Friday afternoon. Either capacity at Northtown or crew changes have been making the Wayzata siding pretty busy as of late.
Photo Date:  8/20/2021  Upload Date: 8/20/2021 7:21:47 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7562(ES44DC) BNSF 5099(C44-9W)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
The 860
Title:  The 860
Description:  Cargil 860 basks beneath sunny and mild skies stirred by a gentle breeze late on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 8/22/2021 10:05:14 PM
Location:  Savage, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  94   Comments: 0
Uncle Pete's Iron Horses
Title:  Uncle Pete's Iron Horses
Description:  Four of Uncle Pete's iron horses sit in repose at Valley Park early on a breezy and pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 8/22/2021 10:17:49 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1362(GP40-2)
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Taking It Easy
Title:  Taking It Easy
Description:  Valley Park's yard goats take it easy early on a sunny, breezy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 8/22/2021 10:05:36 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 561(GP38-2) UP 1907(SD40N)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Waiting For The Green Light
Title:  Waiting For The Green Light
Description:  An eastbound grain train (?) waits for the green light to proceed on into town late on a sunny, breezy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 8/22/2021 10:04:00 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Departing Beneath Thundery Skies
Title:  Departing Beneath Thundery Skies
Description:  The Twin Cities & Western's 30th anniversary train, which had been making several runs from Hazeltine in Chaska this day, heads out on another run shortly before 4 p.m. beneath thundery skies preparing to unleash a deluge on the southwest suburbs. The 32A sure looks good on the point of this train, supplied entirely by the Friends of the 261.
Photo Date:  8/28/2021  Upload Date: 8/28/2021 6:39:57 PM
Location:  Chaska, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  211   Comments: 1
Approaching Bavaria
Title:  Approaching Bavaria
Description:  The late afternoon run of the Twin Cities & Western's 30th anniversary train from Chaska heads for Bavaria Road and points west as thundery skies slowly work up to a downpour late on a Saturday afternoon. The vestibules of all the cars were buttoned up, so the crew probably was aware of the weather on this jaunt, one of several the train made from Hazeltine this day.
Photo Date:  8/28/2021  Upload Date: 8/28/2021 6:41:32 PM
Location:  Chaska, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2015(GP38-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 1
Zoom Shot
Title:  Zoom Shot
Description:  A zoom shot of the Twin Cities & Western's 30th Anniversary train captures it passing under County 41 as it heads for Glencoe late on a breezy and stormy Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/28/2021  Upload Date: 8/30/2021 10:48:44 PM
Location:  Chaska, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Soaking Up The Sun
Title:  Soaking Up The Sun
Description:  The Eagandale Line's locomotives soaks up the late September sun late on a Saturday afternoon at their usual parking spot southeast of Lone Oak Road along Progressive Rail's Eagandale Line. Note the "Join Our Team" banners adorning the engines. Even PGR is hiring these days.
Photo Date:  9/25/2021  Upload Date: 9/25/2021 8:19:29 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  131   Comments: 1
There Goes The Train
Title:  There Goes The Train
Description:  The end of an eastbound freight rolls into view as the train races out of Long Lake late on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:08:44 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  20   Comments: 0
Zooming Along
Title:  Zooming Along
Description:  An eastbound freight with extra units on the point hitching a ride into town from Willmar zooms east on the Wayzata Sub late on a fall Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:08:04 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  18   Comments: 0
Sunday Thunder
Title:  Sunday Thunder
Description:  An eastbound freight with a number of units hitching a ride in to Northtown from Willmar thunders through Long Lake late on a Sunday afternoon in October.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:07:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  27   Comments: 0
Crossing Dakota
Title:  Crossing Dakota
Description:  The new CHS Savage switcher moves across Dakota Avenue during a switching move late on a mild Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/16/2021  Upload Date: 10/16/2021 11:16:33 PM
Location:  Savage, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CHSX 551(GP15-1)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Bathed By The Sun
Title:  Bathed By The Sun
Description:  CHSX 551 is bathed by the late afternoon sun as the hogger goes to throw a switch during a switching move at CHS Savage.
Photo Date:  10/16/2021  Upload Date: 10/16/2021 11:17:44 PM
Location:  Savage, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CHSX 551(GP15-1)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Eastbound Golden Oldies
Title:  Eastbound Golden Oldies
Description:  An eastbound BNSF unit grain or potash train with a pair of golden oldies for power passes underneath the signals at Division Street on a relatively mild December afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/5/2021  Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:12:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1943(SD40-2) BNSF 125(GP60M)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Hello Again, 3516!
Title:  Hello Again, 3516!
Description:  I hadn't seen the 3516 in ages. She was second of three units on what was apparently the recently returned St. Paul Turn as the crew switched down at the Hopkins/Minnetonka border.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:08:34 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
Switching By The LRT-To-Be
Title:  Switching By The LRT-To-Be
Description:  A TCWR crew (with the just returned St. Paul Turn?) switches down at the Minnetonka/Hopkins border shortly before 2 p.m. on a fairly pleasant Tuesday afternoon. Note the SWLRT bridge under construction in the background.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:07:30 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 3516(GP20C) TCWR 2015(GP38-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Pulling Ahead
Title:  Pulling Ahead
Description:  The TC&W crew pulls the train ahead while switching down by the Hopkins/Minnetonka border within the shadow of the SWLRT bridge over the old Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:10:01 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Still Looking Snappy
Title:  Still Looking Snappy
Description:  Chanhassen's former Milwaukee Road depot, now located near the Chanhassen Dinner Theater, still looks snappy after its restoration a few decades ago.
Photo Date:  2/16/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:26:41 PM
Location:  Chanhassen, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Station
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
Taking A Breather
Title:  Taking A Breather
Description:  The Dan Patch Line's motive power takes a breather a few blocks southwest of Lyndale Avenue down by Ziegler CAT while basking beneath clear, mild skies on the last day of February 2022.
Photo Date:  2/28/2022  Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:45:13 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Break Time
Title:  Break Time
Description:  Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line motive power sits shut off down by Ziegler CAT early on the mild afternoon of the last day of February 2022. PGR 36 now sports a "Join Our Team" banner, promoting PGR to prospective employees.
Photo Date:  2/28/2022  Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:47:32 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Dynamic Duo
Title:  Dynamic Duo
Description:  The Eagandale Line's dynamic duo cools their wheels by Gopher Resource on a Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/2/2022  Upload Date: 3/3/2022 10:05:20 AM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
Parked By Gopher
Title:  Parked By Gopher
Description:  I found the Eagandale Line's motive power parked by Gopher Resource on the middle of a Wednesday afternoon. The units had four boxcars, three covered hoppers, and a tank car coupled behind them.
Photo Date:  3/2/2022  Upload Date: 3/3/2022 10:05:02 AM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  86   Comments: 0


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