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7/9/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Beep Beep And Beep Beep
Title:  Beep Beep And Beep Beep
Description:  So titled because the hogger on this coal train headed east past Bandana Square kept blowing the air horn for some reason.
Photo Date:  12/7/2010  Upload Date: 12/18/2010 5:05:37 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8873(SD70MAC) BNSF 6232(ES44AC)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
The "Northtown-Pasco"?
Title:  The "Northtown-Pasco"?
Description:  The only "sunny side" train I could find down at Northtown sits beneaph the 44th Avenue bridge. This might be the "Northtown-Pasco" job I kept hearing about on the scanner. Certainly has the horses for a long trip up the Staples sub and beyond.
Photo Date:  8/7/2011  Upload Date: 8/7/2011 11:32:48 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6237(ES44AC) BNSF 8864(SD70MAC)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
Eastbound black diamonds
Title:  Eastbound black diamonds
Description:  An eastbound unit coal train emerges from beneath the Hopkins Crossroad bridge as the crew rolls it towards Minneapolis along the Wayzata Sub. Note the ex-BN SD70MAC.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/12/2013 1:44:35 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9457(SD70MAC) BNSF 6244(ES44AC)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
Eastbound coal at Minnehaha Creek
Title:  Eastbound coal at Minnehaha Creek
Description:  An eastbound unit coal traUn has just crossed Minnehaha Creek for the second time on its journey east along the Wayzata Sub. It now is about to pass signal 191 as it approaches the Hopkins Crossroad underpass.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/12/2013 1:43:29 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6244(ES44AC) BNSF 9457(SD70MAC)
Views:  631   Comments: 0
Another Sunny Roster Shot
Title:  Another Sunny Roster Shot
Description:  The BNSF 6259 up close. That "swoosh" logo grows on you after awhile ...
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:52:56 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6259(ES44AC)
Views:  542   Comments: 0
Ecologically Friendly Transport On Display
Title:  Ecologically Friendly Transport On Display
Description:  My bycicle got into this portrait of a pair of ES44's stopped in Wayzata by a red signal with an eastbound in tow. They say the new ES44-types are more evironment-friendly. Just like bicycles are ...
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:53:24 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7430(ES44DC) BNSF 6259(ES44AC)
Views:  944   Comments: 0
Coming To A Dead Stop
Title:  Coming To A Dead Stop
Description:  The crew of this eastboudn freight was apparently ordered to stop for a red signal right on the main track in the west side of Wayzata. For reasons I was unable to determine.
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:52:07 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6259(ES44AC) BNSF 7430(ES44DC)
Views:  781   Comments: 0
Coming Into Town
Title:  Coming Into Town
Description:  Passing trackside trees starting to bud, an eastbound BNSF freight with a pair of ES44's at the disposal of the crew enters Wayzata.
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:51:40 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7430(ES44DC) BNSF 6259(ES44AC)
Views:  801   Comments: 0
More GEs
Title:  More GEs
Description:  Two more GEs I found at Willmar on the first day of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 8/4/2018 6:24:15 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9002(SD70ACe) BNSF 6261(ES44AC) BNSF 7240(ES44DC)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Backlit Motive Power
Title:  Backlit Motive Power
Description:  Nuts. I wish the clouds were over the sun when I snapped this, but time was short. It still looks kinda nice, all things considered. These units were on the point of one of two coal trains stopped on the Wayzata Sub late on this cold, crisp Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  11/23/2013  Upload Date: 11/25/2013 12:53:14 AM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6322(ES44AC) BNSF 9520(SD70MAC)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
Wyoming To Wisconsin
Title:  Wyoming To Wisconsin
Description:  The "WPSX" reporting marks on the hopper indicates these black diamonds are just passing through the Gopher State en route to the Badger State. Not many coal burning plants left in the Twin Cities anyhow, what with the natural gas fad taking hold at Excel Energy.
Photo Date:  5/9/2010  Upload Date: 5/9/2010 10:43:49 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9285(SD70ACe) BNSF 6364(ES44AC)
Views:  713   Comments: 0
Motive Power Old And New
Title:  Motive Power Old And New
Description:  The crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train had an old unit in the lead and a new one trailing as they waited for clearance to head into town from the western suburbs.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:03:02 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  451   Comments: 1
Proceeding Ahead
Title:  Proceeding Ahead
Description:  As the signal flashes yellow, the crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train gets their train moving again after waiting in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:07:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  378   Comments: 1
Waiting Ballast
Title:  Waiting Ballast
Description:  An eastbound ballast train waits for clearance to proceed east on the Wayzata Subdivision on a partly cloudy and mild Sunday afternoon in late July.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:06:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
Waiting By U.S. 12
Title:  Waiting By U.S. 12
Description:  The crew aboard the lead unit could watch traffic pass on U.S. 12 as they waited for clearance to proceed east.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:04:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  283   Comments: 1
Black Diamond Express!
Title:  Black Diamond Express!
Description:  This coal train is about to duck under a favorite vantage point of mine, the Brown Road bridge. Hope the hogger and conductor made sure to send off mom's day greetings.
Photo Date:  5/9/2010  Upload Date: 5/9/2010 10:43:30 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6394(ES44AC) BNSF 9285(SD70ACe)
Views:  582   Comments: 0
More Eastbound Bakken Oil
Title:  More Eastbound Bakken Oil
Description:  An eastbound Bakken oil train waits for a green signal beneath gray skies soon to clear in Long Lake. The crew got their green signal about twenty minutes after I snapped this pic.
Photo Date:  3/21/2015  Upload Date: 3/21/2015 1:18:09 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6407(ES44AC) BNSF 4504(C44-9W)
Views:  385   Comments: 0


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