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Viewing Album:  Rails Around Gopher Land
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:11/20/2010 - 10/30/2022
Album Info:Train stuff from beyond the Twin Cities.
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Big Power Yard Goat
Title:  Big Power Yard Goat
Description:  I was surprised to see BNSF had assigned a big new unit, BNSF 7050, for duty at the St. Cloud yard. I wonder why they assigned such horsepower to the duty?
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:08:04 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7050(ES44C4)
Views:  53   Comments: 1
Still Here
Title:  Still Here
Description:  I was pleasantly surprised to find Northern Lines 1610 parked near the NLR office on a lovely Saturday afternoon. I thought the unit might have left the roster, but there she was.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/14/2022 9:31:01 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NLR 1610(GP16)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
GP16!
Title:  GP16!
Description:  A close-up shot of Northern Lines 1610. This is the first GP16 I ever caught on all my railfan sojurns.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/14/2022 9:33:01 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Northern Line's Snappy Duo
Title:  Northern Line's Snappy Duo
Description:  NLR's snappy duo, 421 and 422, rest down at the yard office on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:17:30 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NLR 421(GP15-1) NLR 422(GP15-1)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Lovely Cascade Green
Title:  Lovely Cascade Green
Description:  The fresh Cascade Green on Northern Line's main motive power is lovely to behold, especially on a nice day. NLR's HQ is visible at right.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:18:06 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NLR 421(GP15-1) NLR 422(GP15-1)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Wearing A New Shade Of Green
Title:  Wearing A New Shade Of Green
Description:  Northern Line's ex-Chicago and North Western unit now sports a new shade of green, but its nose bell proudly shows its CNW heritage.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:18:58 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NLR 422(GP15-1)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
NLR 12587
Title:  NLR 12587
Description:  Northern Line's ex-BN caboose soaks up the sun on the first Saturday of May, 2022.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:09:46 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Northern Lines HQ
Title:  Northern Lines HQ
Description:  Northern Line's HQ, housed in the old Great Northern St. Cloud depot, basks beneath sunny skies on the first Saturday of May, 2022.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:16:33 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station
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Views:  20   Comments: 0
Not The Best Railfan Vantage Point
Title:  Not The Best Railfan Vantage Point
Description:  A zoom shot of the motive power leading a westbound COFC intermodal passing near Raymond Park only netted two of the four units. The Amtrak depot is a better vantage point than here, fellow railfans.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:07:27 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6107(ES44AC) BNSF 6799(ES44C4)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Thundering By Raymond
Title:  Thundering By Raymond
Description:  A westbound general freight on the Staples Sub thunders by Raymond Park in Saint Cloud on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/7/2022  Upload Date: 5/7/2022 8:52:39 PM
Location:  Saint Cloud, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4175(C44-9W) BNSF 5629(AC44CW) BNSF 1900(SD40-2)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Down By Hulet
Title:  Down By Hulet
Description:  Progressive Rail's new Faribault unit and some hopper cars sit down by Hulet Avenue beneath gorgeous skies late on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:22:04 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBFX 1101(SW1001)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
Waiting At The East End Of The CGW
Title:  Waiting At The East End Of The CGW
Description:  Progressive Rail's new resident Faribault unit, CBFX 1101, waits at the east end of the surviving old Chicago Great Western track in town on a lovely last Saturday of May 2022.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:21:33 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CBFX 1101(SW1001)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Looking East Along The Old CGW
Title:  Looking East Along The Old CGW
Description:  In this shot, I'm looking down the old Chicago Great Western from a bit east of Hulet Avenue. The CGW and the Milwaukee Road crossed in the distance. Now Progressive Rail operates both lines, breathing new life into Faribault's railroad scene.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:23:04 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  83   Comments: 0
Nifty Grade Crossing
Title:  Nifty Grade Crossing
Description:  A private residence along Progressive Rail's former Chicago Great Western track east of Hulet Avenue has this nifty private grade crossing.
Photo Date:  5/28/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:24:13 PM
Location:  Faribault, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  92   Comments: 1
Oldie And A Gondola
Title:  Oldie And A Gondola
Description:  BNSF 1776, now pulling yard goat duties, sits at the west end of the Willmar yard tacked on to a gondola car early on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:42:53 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1776(SD40-2)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Patriotic Number
Title:  Patriotic Number
Description:  Now there's a patriotic number for a BNSF uniit. 1776 was taking a break from yard goat duties in Willmar's east end when I snapped this shot.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:45:02 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1776(SD40-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
1940 and 1997
Title:  1940 and 1997
Description:  Heritage paint is okay, but since I grew up with Cascade Green on the grand old Burlington Northernm, Cascade Green remains my favorite, man.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:45:35 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1940(SD40-2) BNSF 1997(SD40-2)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Cascade Green And Orange
Title:  Cascade Green And Orange
Description:  A pair of veteran SD40-2's parked at the Willmar engine terminal model paint schemes old and new on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:45:51 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1940(SD40-2) BNSF 1997(SD40-2)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Hope Rewarded
Title:  Hope Rewarded
Description:  I hoped the yard goat hogger would keep coming down to where my friend Andy and I were this day, Lakeland Avenue, during a switchong move. My hope was rewarded.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:48:52 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2589(GP39-3)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Love That GP30 Look
Title:  Love That GP30 Look
Description:  The hogger pauses at Lakeland Avenue during a switching move on a Sunday afternoon, giving me and my friend Andy ample time to admire 2589's classic GP30 look.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:49:34 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2589(GP39-3)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Still Coming
Title:  Still Coming
Description:  I hoped the hogger would keep hauling a cut of cars closer to where me and my friend Andy were this day, down at Lakeland Avenue on the Willmar yard's west side. He was still coming when I took this shot, so it looked like my hopes would be rewarded.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:47:01 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  51   Comments: 0
Yard Goat On The Move
Title:  Yard Goat On The Move
Description:  BNSF 2589, a GP39U still sporting the classic GP30 look, hauls a cut of cars down through the west side of the Willmar yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:48:30 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2589(GP39-3)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Marshall Sub Westbound
Title:  Marshall Sub Westbound
Description:  While we were photographing the Willmar bypass north of it's future southern junction with the Marshall Sub, my friend Andy spotted a westbound train on the Marshall, and we hurried back to catch it. Here a bird soars into the sky as the train thunders by the future southern junction of the bypass early on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:42:56 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7271(ES44DC) BNSF 7114(ES44C4)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Vintage Coal Car
Title:  Vintage Coal Car
Description:  This vintage coal car, one of many on a westbound Big Stone coal train waiting to depart Willmar early on a Sunday afternnon, dates back to the days the Burlington Northern ran Big Stone coal jobs over the Milwaukee Road, my railfan companion Andy told me this day. He also told me they are on borrowed time, which is why I snapped this shot as we crossed the pedestrian bridge over the yard.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 7:26:20 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
Cool BN Font
Title:  Cool BN Font
Description:  The cool Burlington Northern-style font on the letters that spell "Willmar" look snappy as ever on the east side of the station early on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 7:23:40 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Station,Signal
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Views:  93   Comments: 0
Backing In
Title:  Backing In
Description:  The crew of the motive power of an eastbound BNSF grain train is almost done with their run as they back the train's power into the engine facility at Willmar yard.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:48:55 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4037(C44-9W) BNSF 6799(ES44C4) NS 4361(AC44C6M)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Gotcha At Last
Title:  Gotcha At Last
Description:  An eastobund grain train arriving at Willmar this day caught me and my friend Andy by surprise, but as the train's crew was only going so far as Willmar, when they brought the motive power in off the train, Andy and I got the train's power after all.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:49:39 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 4037(C44-9W) BNSF 6799(ES44C4) NS 4361(AC44C6M)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Classic Face
Title:  Classic Face
Description:  Two ex-Burlington Northern SD-60s, one still virtually in BN paint, were at Willmar this day. Alas, my friend Andy and I could only manage shots like these because the units moved before we could get to them, but a shot of a classic BN "whiteface" unit is still worth its weight in gold.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:52:01 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  19   Comments: 1
Where The Marshall And Morris Meet
Title:  Where The Marshall And Morris Meet
Description:  The junction of the Marshall and Morris subdivisions basks beneath mild, mostly sunny skies on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:09:30 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Clean Pumpkins
Title:  Clean Pumpkins
Description:  A pair of clean pumpkins soaks up a mild June sun on a lovely Sunday afternoon in the Willmar yard's engine terminal.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:46:39 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2909(GP39E) BNSF 2601(GP39-3)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
Soon To Be Former MRL
Title:  Soon To Be Former MRL
Description:  This Montana Rail Link boxcar is soon to be former MRL thanks to BNSF buying out MRL. Car was at Willmar yard this day.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:50:20 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
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Views:  55   Comments: 0
Future North End
Title:  Future North End
Description:  This is the future north end of Willmar bypass, up by the BNSF Morris Subdivision (at left) near old Highway 12 and 45th Strreet Northwest.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:55:19 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Thuroughbred
Title:  Thuroughbred
Description:  4361 was the third of three units on an eastbound grain train that arrived in Willmar and then had the power cut off and head into the engine terminal.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:51:02 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 4361(AC44C6M)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Future South End
Title:  Future South End
Description:  This is the future south end of the Willmar bypass, down by the Marshall Subdivision (center background).
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:54:59 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
Waiting Westbound Big Stone
Title:  Waiting Westbound Big Stone
Description:  A westbound Big Stone coal train awaits its departure from Willmar early on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 7:24:31 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8447(SD70ACe) BNSF 6921(ES44C4)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
A Clean 44CW
Title:  A Clean 44CW
Description:  A sparkling clean AC44CW pulling DPU duty on a westbound Big Stone coal train sits down in the east side of the Willmar yard on a lovely Sunday afternioon.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 7:25:37 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 5622(AC44CW)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Big Stone Coal Power
Title:  Big Stone Coal Power
Description:  Another look at the lead units on a westbound Big Stone coal train my buddy Andy and I found waiting near the Willmar depot this day.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 6/29/2022 7:24:56 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 6921(ES44C4) BNSF 8447(SD70ACe)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Waiting Westbound
Title:  Waiting Westbound
Description:  A westbound BNSF freight with an ES44C4 and a C44-9W for power awaits departure from the west end of Willmar yard on the second Sunday of June 2022.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:09:05 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7022(ES44C4)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Thunder On The Marshall
Title:  Thunder On The Marshall
Description:  A westbound freight on the Marshall Sub thunders west as my friend Andy gets his pics of the train early on a Sunday afternoon. In the foreground is the base for the south end of the Willmar bypass, which wiill connect to the Marshall Sub here
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:43:57 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7114(ES44C4) BNSF 7271(ES44DC)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
How Many Tracks Will Fit Here?
Title:  How Many Tracks Will Fit Here?
Description:  My friend Andy and I were speculating on how many tracks BNSF will fit on this part of the Willmar bypass. 12? 14? VIew is looking from from 15th Avenue SW.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:56:56 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  62   Comments: 1
Here Comes The Bypass!
Title:  Here Comes The Bypass!
Description:  Grading work on the Willmar bypass is well along. This view is looking south from 15th Avenue SW. When the bypass is complete, trains coming in from the west on both BNSF lines, the Marshall and Morris Subdivisions, can take this routing rather than spend time in the yard running the power around.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/8/2022 11:57:15 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
Willmar Yard Panorma
Title:  Willmar Yard Panorma
Description:  A panoramic view of the west side of the Willmar yard shows an SD40-2 yard goat at left, a waiting empty westbound Big Stone coal train at center, and the Willmar depot at right.
Photo Date:  6/12/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 9:44:48 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Station
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Views:  24   Comments: 1
Another Clean Pumpkin
Title:  Another Clean Pumpkin
Description:  One more clean pumpkin could be found at the Willmar engine terminal on this Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:16:10 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2610(GP39-3)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
New Tech And Old
Title:  New Tech And Old
Description:  BNSF 5787 and the Willmar turntable make a sharp comparison of technology new and old on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:25:14 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 5787(ES44AC)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
Down By The Turntable
Title:  Down By The Turntable
Description:  BNSF 5787 idles down by the Willmar turntable on a sunny and pleasant Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/29/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 12:23:09 AM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 5787(ES44AC)
Views:  75   Comments: 0

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