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7/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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BNSF 8058
Title:  BNSF 8058
Description:  Roster shot, taken from 34th Avenue Bridge (which explains the slightly funky angle).
Photo Date:  2/24/2017  Upload Date: 2/24/2017 8:49:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8058(ES44C4)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Racing The Setting Sun
Title:  Racing The Setting Sun
Description:  The crew of an eastbound freight heads their train east on the Wayzata Subdivision, racing the setting sun late on a beautiful, unseasonably mild November afternoon.
Photo Date:  11/4/2020  Upload Date: 11/4/2020 6:36:28 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9242(SD70ACe) BNSF 8077(ES44C4)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
Perfection In A Pan
Title:  Perfection In A Pan
Description:  An eastbound freight races east on the Wayzata Subdivision shortly before 4:30 P.M. on a gloriously mild November afternoon. I was concerned about how this shot might have turned out due to the low light and my flash kicking in, but the result was perfection in a pan. :-)
Photo Date:  11/4/2020  Upload Date: 11/4/2020 6:35:11 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8077(ES44C4) BNSF 9242(SD70ACe)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
Northbound Ore Train
Title:  Northbound Ore Train
Description:  A frosty northbound ore train passes Fridley station on a chilly late November morning.
Photo Date:  11/21/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 4:31:33 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8125(ES44C4) BNSF 9220(SD70ACe) BNSF 7667(ES44DC)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
Wow
Title:  Wow
Description:  The crew aboard this eastbound freight waiting on the Wayzata siding late on a gorgeous April morning had an impressive lashup of five units for motive power..
Photo Date:  4/5/2021  Upload Date: 4/20/2021 8:41:41 AM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5357(C44-9W) BNSF 9190(SD70ACe) BNSF 4665(C44-9W) BNSF 8130(ES44C4) BNSF 7231(ES44DC)
Views:  512   Comments: 0
Colorful Pumpkins
Title:  Colorful Pumpkins
Description:  BNSF's paint scheme sure goes well with early spring scenes, no?
Photo Date:  4/5/2021  Upload Date: 4/20/2021 8:42:13 AM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4665(C44-9W) BNSF 8130(ES44C4) BNSF 7231(ES44DC)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
Thunder At Union Junction
Title:  Thunder At Union Junction
Description:  An eastbound BNSF freight thunders through Union Junction on a cool but pleasant November morning.
Photo Date:  11/22/2015  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 5:21:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4500(C44-9W) BNSF 8194(ES44C4)
Views:  383   Comments: 1
The Last That Made Us Late
Title:  The Last That Made Us Late
Description:  The fifth and last train that held up the 261's fall color trip to Winthrop, another intermodal, northbound this time, passes the train at Minneapolis Junction. Picture taken from coach "Nokomis."
Photo Date:  9/30/2017  Upload Date: 10/1/2017 7:44:41 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8200(ES44C4)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Southbound At Dusk
Title:  Southbound At Dusk
Description:  A southbound mixed freight with four active units and two older ones hitching a ride to Northtown rumbles through Coon Rapids station towards dusk on the last Sunday of August 2015.
Photo Date:  8/30/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 10:08:53 PM
Location:  Coon Rapids, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8205(ES44C4) CP 9573(AC44CW) CP 9527(AC44CW) CN 8904(SD70M-2)
Views:  759   Comments: 0
Two For The Ride, Four Four Power
Title:  Two For The Ride, Four Four Power
Description:  Six units lead a southbound mixed freight through Coon Rapids station, but only four are being run by the engineer because the two older units you see here are just along for the ride along with the freight cars.
Photo Date:  8/30/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 10:10:25 PM
Location:  Coon Rapids, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CN 8904(SD70M-2) CP 9527(AC44CW) CP 9573(AC44CW) BNSF 8205(ES44C4)
Views:  750   Comments: 1
Accidentally Artistic
Title:  Accidentally Artistic
Description:  Fumbling with my camera while getting ready to take this "grab" shot of this eastbound CP ethanol train as it crossed Lyndale Avenue bound for Old Man River and points east, I wound up selecting the "incandescent" setting. Shot is not bad, come to think of it.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/12/2021 9:45:29 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8233(ES44C4) CP 8747(ES44AC)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Goodbye Long Lake
Title:  Goodbye Long Lake
Description:  An eastbound mixed freight leaves Long Lake behind as it enters Wayzata at the border between the two Lake Minnetonka communities.
Photo Date:  9/28/2015  Upload Date: 9/28/2015 3:01:36 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9473(C44-9W) BNSF 8252(ES44C4)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Light Power Move
Title:  Light Power Move
Description:  A light power move heads through University early on a July afternoon. I wonder why so many CP units are on the BNSF?
Photo Date:  7/20/2015  Upload Date: 7/22/2015 7:32:21 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8262(ES44C4) BNSF 7749(ES44DC)
Views:  424   Comments: 0
Light Power To Northtown
Title:  Light Power To Northtown
Description:  A mix of BNSF and CP units runs light into Northtown on a fine July afternoon. This move must have come from St. Paul, judging by the CP unit.
Photo Date:  7/20/2015  Upload Date: 7/22/2015 7:32:44 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7840(ES44DC) CP 9500(AC44CW) BNSF 7749(ES44DC) BNSF 8262(ES44C4)
Views:  665   Comments: 0
The Opening Act
Title:  The Opening Act
Description:  A northbound mixed manifest freight passes by two railfan autos whose drivers await the passage of the Milwaukee Road 261.
Photo Date:  10/10/2015  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:37:17 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7440(ES44DC) BNSF 5044(C44-9W) BNSF 8349(ES44C4)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
Pumpkins In Autumn
Title:  Pumpkins In Autumn
Description:  Three "Great Pumpkin" BNSF units is the motive power at the disposal of the crew wheeling this mixed manifest through Fridley on a lovely Saturday morning in October.
Photo Date:  10/10/2015  Upload Date: 10/10/2015 2:43:37 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8349(ES44C4) BNSF 5044(C44-9W) BNSF 7440(ES44DC)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
Southbound Intermodal At Dawn
Title:  Southbound Intermodal At Dawn
Description:  A southbound BNSF COFC/TOFC intermodal job rolls through Newport at dawn on a lovely Sunday in November.
Photo Date:  11/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/15/2015 2:57:51 PM
Location:  Newport, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8357(ES44C4) BNSF 4970(C44-9W)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
First Catch Of '18
Title:  First Catch Of '18
Description:  The crew of an eastbound mixed freight with a lone GE for power waits for a green signal late on a cool but sunny Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  1/27/2018  Upload Date: 1/27/2018 12:28:32 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8362(ES44C4)
Views:  324   Comments: 0


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