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Tony Held's Collection
 
5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:8/7/2022 - 8/15/2023
Album Info:More train stuff from beyond the Twin Cities.
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Heading For The Man
Title:  Heading For The Man
Description:  The Canadian Pacific Northfield job heads for the main after completing interchange on a cloudy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:03 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5045(SD30C-ECO) CP 6232(SD60)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
SD60!
Title:  SD60!
Description:  Sure was cool to catch an ex-Soo Line SD60 on the Northfield job this day! Here the veteran unit, which doubtless led the way to Northfield, is now the trailing unit as the hogger gets the train onto the main after completing interchange.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:35 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5045(SD30C-ECO) CP 6032(SD40-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
On The Main But Not Departing Yet
Title:  On The Main But Not Departing Yet
Description:  The hogger aboard Canadian Pacific's Northfield job is getting the train clear of the yard in this shot, but the train is not leaving town just yet. The engineer will back the train up once it is on the main and then, once the switch is set back for the main track, back up to pick of the rest of the crew before departure.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:17 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6032(SD40-2) CP 5045(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Grain Between The Rails
Title:  Grain Between The Rails
Description:  Grain spilled between the rails, no doubt from a unit grain train leaving the elevator at Randolph, flourishes between the rails in a set of tracks nearby.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:36:27 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Leased Duo
Title:  Leased Duo
Description:  Currently Progressive Rail is running trains between Lakeville and Northfield with this leased ex-UP duo. Here the pair rests at the yard's north end beneath cloudy skies on a mild Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:22 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1305(GP15AC) ILSX 1304(GP15AC)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Ex-Soo Veteran
Title:  Ex-Soo Veteran
Description:  A veteran Soo Line hopper now on its second owner sits beneath cloudy skies on a mild Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:40:43 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Idle Leasers
Title:  Idle Leasers
Description:  Two lease units which, along with PGR 40, had been holding down the Lakeville to Northfield duties rest at the north end of the yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:49:20 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CBFX 3805(GP38-3)
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Looking South Into The Yard
Title:  Looking South Into The Yard
Description:  A look south into the old Chicago Great Western yard shows how the CGW main line was at left while another yard track once was in the center right. Apart from that, rails still reign on this stretch of the CGW main.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:40:15 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
Classy Waycar
Title:  Classy Waycar
Description:  Dig that classy bay window caboose, man.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:35:55 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  60   Comments: 0
Zoom Shot
Title:  Zoom Shot
Description:  Zoom shot of PGR's classy waycar which is stationed at Randolph.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:51:36 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  35   Comments: 0
Owners Old And New
Title:  Owners Old And New
Description:  I find it intersting how caboose 101 is lettered for both Progressive Rail and the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern. On this day, 101 soaks up the peace and quiet of a small town Sunday afternoon on the old Chicago Great Western at Randolph.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:01 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
Nice Touch
Title:  Nice Touch
Description:  Replica staiton signs have been added to the Northfield depot. This is how the one on the north side looks.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:15 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  78   Comments: 0
There She Be
Title:  There She Be
Description:  My buddy Andy and I found Progressive Rail's ex-Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern SD39 sitting in the south end of the yard, where she's been for some time due to a mechanical issue. I sure hope PGR gets her back up and running soon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:55 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Loco And Caboose
Title:  Loco And Caboose
Description:  PGR 74 and 101 sit up near the grain elevator at the north end of the yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:50:43 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 74(SW1500)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
The Original Look
Title:  The Original Look
Description:  PGR 74 still sports the original company look, now augmented with a "Hello Highwayman" sign. Dig that big "74", man.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:56 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Clean And Classy
Title:  Clean And Classy
Description:  PGR 74 looks clean and classy on a cloudy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:31 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 74(SW1500)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Up By The Elevator
Title:  Up By The Elevator
Description:  Progressive Rail's longtime denezin of Randolph sits up by the elevator on a quiet, cloidy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:50:13 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 74(SW1500)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Snazzy Addition
Title:  Snazzy Addition
Description:  The replica station signs on the Northfield depot, carefully based on archival photographs of the station, are a snazzy addition to this preserved gem. This is the sign on the south side of the building.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:59 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  102   Comments: 0
The South End
Title:  The South End
Description:  The south end of Progressive Rail's former Chicago Great Western yard at Randolph was so quiet you could hear a nearby resident doing yard work on a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:42:53 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Interesting Touch
Title:  Interesting Touch
Description:  I spied this lettering on a switch near the Post parking lot. My friend Andy told me this marks where the rail comes from. Quite an interesting touch.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:40 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Big Stone Coal On The Wye
Title:  Big Stone Coal On The Wye
Description:  A long procession of empty coal cars sits on the brand-new Willmar wye as the train's crew is changed on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:50:11 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Stopped For A Crew Switch
Title:  Stopped For A Crew Switch
Description:  A crew transfer SUV had pulled up so crews could be swapped for this Big Stone coal train which paused on the new Willmar wye for that purpose.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:49:49 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Lucky Catch
Title:  Lucky Catch
Description:  This train was a lucky catch for me and my pal Andy. We sure hoped the train would stop for a crew change when we saw it moving on the brand-new Willmar wye, and the train did!
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:49:21 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) BNSF 5622(AC44CW)
Views:  35   Comments: 0
Splitting The Signals
Title:  Splitting The Signals
Description:  An empty Big Stone coal train splits the signals down by the junction of the Willmar wye and the Marshall Sub on a lovely and mild Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:47:26 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe)
Views:  39   Comments: 0
Getting Ready To Go
Title:  Getting Ready To Go
Description:  The relief crew aboard this Big Stone coal train gets ready to head off the new Willmar wye and onto the Marshall Sub after checking the train's air and making a short move to make sure everything was good on the afternoon of the last Saturday of October of '22.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:50:48 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Goodbye Willmar Wye
Title:  Goodbye Willmar Wye
Description:  The fresh crew aboard an empty Big Stone coal train gets it underway on the Willmar wye on a lovely, mild Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:46:39 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Dig That Heritage One Paint
Title:  Dig That Heritage One Paint
Description:  What else is there to say?
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:21:02 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1776(SD40-2) BNSF 4744(C44-9W)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Colorful Trio
Title:  Colorful Trio
Description:  These golden oldies makefor a colorful trio after stopping on a service track by the Willmar sand tower on a picture-perfect October afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:30:42 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2774(GP39-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 1940(SD40-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Study In Contrasts
Title:  Study In Contrasts
Description:  The numbeboards of the 7934 and 2909 make for a study in contrasts. My pal Andy and I weren't too thrilled about the "box" numerboard sported by the 2909. The ones on the 7934 look more stylish.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:21:30 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7934(ES44C4) BNSF 2909(GP39E)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Pumpkins And Blue Sky
Title:  Pumpkins And Blue Sky
Description:  My pal Andy and I found these two units sitting down by the Willmar depot with a train in tow on the postcard-worthy Saturday of Halloween weekend 2022.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:38:21 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7289(ES44DC) BNSF 9718(SD70MAC)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Pumpkins
Title:  Pumpkins
Description:  A pair of "Pumpkins" sit by the sand tower on Halloween weekend 2022.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:31:14 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8282(ES44C4) BNSF 7934(ES44C4)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Dig That "Chili MAC"
Title:  Dig That "Chili MAC"
Description:  The 9718 was the prize of the two for me and my friend Andy. I remember when those babies were brand-new. Now they are veterans of many years of service. Units were on the point of a train parked at the Willmar depot this day.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:38:44 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9718(SD70MAC) BNSF 7289(ES44DC)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Big Stone DPU
Title:  Big Stone DPU
Description:  The DPU on a departing Big Stone coal train headed off the Willmar wye bound for the Marshall Sub nears the latter on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:47:51 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8799(SD70ACe)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Headed For The Service Tracks
Title:  Headed For The Service Tracks
Description:  Three Willmar-based golden oldies head for the service tracks on a Saturday afternoon worthy of September.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:49:40 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2774(GP39-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 1940(SD40-2)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Heading On IN
Title:  Heading On IN
Description:  A colorful trio of older power is brought into the yard by the engineer as the units split the signals on a fall Saturday worthy of a postcard.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:49:17 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1940(SD40-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 2774(GP39-2)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Here She Comes
Title:  Here She Comes
Description:  My buddy Andy and I were waiting down at a grade crossing enduring the dust kicked up by passing trucks and wondering of the Reubel Turn would move. Suddenly, the engineer sounded the air horn, the ditch lights flashed, and soon the train began to move!
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:25 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
On To Olivia
Title:  On To Olivia
Description:  The Reubel Turn heads on to Olivia and points west on a wonderfully mild and sunny afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:55:17 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2004(GP20C) RRVW 4106(GP15C)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
"Train!"
Title:  "Train!"
Description:  "Train!" my pal and fellow railfan Andy cried when he spotted the headlights of the Reubel Turn as we headed east on 212 from Olivia this day. Sure enough, the train had paused at Bird Island to switch, resulting in a memorable catch.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:05 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
MILW/DAKR Vet
Title:  MILW/DAKR Vet
Description:  Dakota Rail vet 1206 was in the Glencoe dead line this day. I sure hope they'll be putting this Milwaukee Road/Dakota Rail vet back in service.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:01:47 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 1206(SW9)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
At The Shops
Title:  At The Shops
Description:  TCWR 2300 basks in a mild late October sun at the Gelncoe shops on the Saturday of Halloween weekend 2022.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:04:00 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 2300(GP39-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Idling At The Shops
Title:  Idling At The Shops
Description:  TCWR 2301 idles at the Glencoe shops on a sunny (and wonderfully mild!) Saturday afternoon. Sure was nice to see 2301 again after all this time.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:15:50 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 2301(GP39-2)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Still Running
Title:  Still Running
Description:  TCWR's "ghost" unit, 3516, soaks up the sun on a siding near (but not in) the dead line on a fine Saturday afternoon. I've seen this unit twice up in Hopkins this year, so this "ghost" is still running.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:13:30 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Dead CAT
Title:  Dead CAT
Description:  TCWR 4300 has had her day and is now, apparently, being used as a parts source while sitting in the Glencoe dead line. (Sigh) I remember when she first came on the roster. Farewell, old friend.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:02:24 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 4300(GP30C)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
End Of The Line?
Title:  End Of The Line?
Description:  TCWR 4302, brother of TCWR 4300, has apprently reached the end of the line too. The unit was soaking up the sun in the Glencoe dead line this day.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:03:13 PM
Location:  Glencoe, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TCWR 4302(GP30C)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Here Comes The Reubel Turn!
Title:  Here Comes The Reubel Turn!
Description:  After pausing to switch in Bird Island, the Reubel Turn charges west on the old Milwaukee Road route to the Pacific Northwest on a beauteous Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:26 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Ye Cats!
Title:  Ye Cats!
Description:  Me and my buddy Andy were happy to find not only one but two CAT units on the Reubel Turn this day. Here the train is departing Bird Island after switching there.
Photo Date:  10/29/2022  Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:55 PM
Location:  Bird Island, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
"Athens Of The West", Hey?
Title:  "Athens Of The West", Hey?
Description:  This snappy, Rock Island-themed mural on The Depot Bar and Grill proclaims Faribault as the "Athens of the West."
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:17:54 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0
At The End Of The Line
Title:  At The End Of The Line
Description:  Progressive Rail's CBFX SW1001 sits at the westernmost end of the surviving Chicago Great Western trackage in Faribault on the lovely Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:36:15 AM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBFX 1101(SW1001)
Views:  128   Comments: 1
A Still Standin' CGW Depot
Title:  A Still Standin' CGW Depot
Description:  The Randolph depot is "still standin' after all this time" as Sir Elton John sang. Now a private residence, the station was surrounded by a sea of quiet on Memorial Day weekend 2023.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/11/2023 8:21:51 PM
Location:  Randolph, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  27   Comments: 0
The Milwaukee/Great Western Diamond
Title:  The Milwaukee/Great Western Diamond
Description:  The old Milwaukee Road/Chicago Great Western diamond soaks up the sun on the tranquil Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend 2023.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 6/23/2023 12:42:08 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  70   Comments: 0


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