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7/3/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Eclectic Mix
Title:  Eclectic Mix
Description:  An eclectic mix of motive power sits on both the ready track and the stored unit line on a lovely April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:01:37 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40) CP 4431(GP38-2) CP 6258(SD60M) CP 6020(SD40-2)
Views:  861   Comments: 0
Wow, What A Group!
Title:  Wow, What A Group!
Description:  This is what I continue to like about the CP: they have quite a colorful collection of diesels, as evidences by this eclectic bunch parked down by the roundhouse and diesel shop at Pig's Eye Yard.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 12:12:55 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4602(GP40) CP 6021(SD40-2) DME 6360(SD40-2) CP 6080(SD40-2) SOO 1551(MP15AC) SOO 1543(MP15AC)
Views:  1189   Comments: 0
Steam And Diesel!
Title:  Steam And Diesel!
Description:  A Canadian Pacific train headed by two older units took the west leg of the Division Street wye while the 261 was at the east end of St. Paul Union Depot's grounds with the 1 P.M. North Pole Express. A steam and diesel shot was just what I wanted for an early Christmas gift. :-)
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:22:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4) CP 6026(SD40-2)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Westbound At Division Street
Title:  Westbound At Division Street
Description:  A westbound Canadian Pacific transfer (?) heads up the east leg of the Division Street wye as the Milwaukee Road 261 waits with the 1 P.M. North Pole Express on St. Paul Union Depot's tail track.
Photo Date:  12/10/2016  Upload Date: 12/11/2016 3:29:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6026(SD40-2) SOO 4412(GP38-2) MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
CP 6028
Title:  CP 6028
Description:  Roster view of this unit taken during a snow squall as it plied the Pigs Eye hump in company with a "bandit" MP15.
Photo Date:  1/14/2012  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 5:00:18 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6028(SD40-2)
Views:  425   Comments: 0
Wow!
Title:  Wow!
Description:  Dig that "bandit" MP15 tacked on behind the dual-flag CP 40-2! This is *Milwaukee Road* territory, man!
Photo Date:  1/14/2012  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 4:51:46 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6028(SD40-2) SOO 1538(MP15AC)
Views:  747   Comments: 1
Fitting Image
Title:  Fitting Image
Description:  All three owners of the yard at Pigs Eye are represented here: CP via the dual-flagged 6028, and the SOO/Milwaukee via the veteran 1538.
Photo Date:  1/14/2012  Upload Date: 1/16/2012 4:54:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6028(SD40-2) SOO 1538(MP15AC)
Views:  714   Comments: 1
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:  346   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:  338   Comments: 0
Golden Oldies At Union Junction
Title:  Golden Oldies At Union Junction
Description:  A westbound CP freight or transfer (I do not know which) passes Union Junction on a cool but reasonably pleasant Sunday morning in November. I sure hope this was not Soo 6061's last run. Two other fans were out chasing this train, which sometimes means something is coming to an end.
Photo Date:  11/22/2015  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 7:11:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 6061(SD60M) CP 6034(SD40-2)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Oldies But Goodies!
Title:  Oldies But Goodies!
Description:  This westbound CP freight (or was it the BNSF transfer run to Northtown?) had two oldies but goodies for power as it rolled through the Midway area past the barren limbs of trackside trees.
Photo Date:  11/22/2015  Upload Date: 11/22/2015 5:27:30 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6034(SD40-2) SOO 6061(SD60M)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
Prize Catch!
Title:  Prize Catch!
Description:  This, the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound BNSF freight on the Midway Sub, was why my buddy Andy and I peeled off Snelling Avenue and bagged the train down where the old St. Paul Saints stadium once stood. What a glorious golden oldie, and a refurbished baby at that!
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Shiny Paint On A Golden Oldie
Title:  Shiny Paint On A Golden Oldie
Description:  This baby sure has a new lease on life now! CP 6042 was the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound freight on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:36 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
Will This Survive CPKC?
Title:  Will This Survive CPKC?
Description:  My buddy Andy and I admired the classy "beaver" logo on this CP unit. Will this classy logo survive the CPKC merger? We shall see.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:47:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
CP And MNNR
Title:  CP And MNNR
Description:  A southbound CP freight sits in the MNNR yard while a MNNR crew heads up to couple onto their train.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:26:56 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6068(SD40-2) CP 6044(SD40-2) CP 4421(GP38-2) MNNR 35(M420W)
Views:  584   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:  953   Comments: 0
DME/CP At Pig's Eye
Title:  DME/CP At Pig's Eye
Description:  A CP freight with DME and CP motive power sits in the north side of Pig's Eye yard on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/8/2014 1:49:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6070(SD40-3) CP 6051(SD40-2)
Views:  1140   Comments: 0
Old and new paint jobs
Title:  Old and new paint jobs
Description:  This DM&E unit is in a lash-up of CP units that have just pulled up to near the CP diesel house at Pig's Eye yard this day. Note the freshly-painted ex-Soo Line SD60 behind it.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/25/2013 11:01:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 6056(SD40-2) CP 6245(SD60)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
DME 6056
Title:  DME 6056
Description:  Roster view of this unit in a lash-up of CP units at the Pigs Eye loco service facility. As soon as I had snapped this, the lashup began to move!
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/25/2013 11:00:58 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 6056(SD40-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
CP 6068 Roster shot
Title:  CP 6068 Roster shot
Description:  Roster shot of this unit.
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:23:31 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6068(SD40-2)
Views:  489   Comments: 0
Flooding?  What flooding?
Title:  Flooding? What flooding?
Description:  The Pigs Eye hump power goes about their duties despite the flood threat from nearby Old Man River. Glad I wound up getting the DME or ICE unit on the right got into the shot.
Photo Date:  4/16/2011  Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:23:46 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6068(SD40-2) SOO 1537(MP15AC)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
Tagged At Highway 280
Title:  Tagged At Highway 280
Description:  The crew of a westbound CP freight with a mix of EMD and GE power waits for the BNSF dispatcher to clear them on down the Midway Sub.
Photo Date:  9/13/2014  Upload Date: 9/20/2014 10:07:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4401(GP38-2) CP 6068(SD40-2)
Views:  1117   Comments: 0
Awaiting Final Disposition
Title:  Awaiting Final Disposition
Description:  Six stored units, among which is Soo "bandit" 2010 (second unit from the back), sit beneath gloomy March skies at Humboldt Yard while awaiting their final disposition.
Photo Date:  3/23/2022  Upload Date: 3/23/2022 8:46:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40) CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
The Deadline Remains
Title:  The Deadline Remains
Description:  The deadline at Humboldt Yard, containing the last Soo/Milwaukee "Bandit", 2010 (at far right) remains even as the hours count down until Canadian Pacific Kansas City comes into being. How much longer will these units put out to pasture be able to soak up the sun on lovely days like this one until they meet their destiny?
Photo Date:  4/11/2023  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 11:09:11 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Venerable Duo
Title:  Venerable Duo
Description:  @ road-weathered 40-2 and a freshly-painted 15AC sit at the Pigs Eye difsel shop.
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 3/26/2191 1:01:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6075(SD40-2) CP 1422(MP15AC)
Views:  902   Comments: 0
DME 6360 and DME (in old CP paint) 6073
Title:  DME 6360 and DME (in old CP paint) 6073
Description:  Here is a close up of DME SD40-2 6360 and newly purchased ex-CP SD40-3 6073 in the lashup from the October 30th '01 freight I caught.
Photo Date:  10/30/2001  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 3:12:10 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  DME 6360(SD40-2) DME 6073(SD40-3)
Views:  1474   Comments: 0
Westbound DME freight in Rochester.
Title:  Westbound DME freight in Rochester.
Description:  DM&E SD40-2 6362 leads a mix of 40-2's and 3's westbound as dusk approaches on a grey October day.
Photo Date:  10/30/2001  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 2:52:03 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6362(SD40-2) DME 6070(SD40-3)
Views:  1624   Comments: 0
The "City of Sleepy Eye"
Title:  The "City of Sleepy Eye"
Description:  David P. Morgan was tepid towards the idea of named diesels, but names like "City of Sleepy Eye" gives the likes of DM&E ex-Milwuakee Road SD40-2 6364 character. Behind her is another ex-CP unit now in DME service.
Photo Date:  10/30/2001  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 3:15:04 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6364(SD40-2) DME 6097(SD40-3)
Views:  1689   Comments: 0
Crew change at Pig's Eye
Title:  Crew change at Pig's Eye
Description:  I do believe th—s is a CP/ICE train that is picture here getting a crew change at Pig's Eye yard. The CP seems to be keeping some of the ex-Soo Line SD60s in service judging by the brand-oew paint on the 6234.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 1:19:27 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ICE 6432(SD40-2) CP 6234(SD60) DME 6367(SD40-2)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
Willmar Ho!
Title:  Willmar Ho!
Description:  And there they go, dashing west beneath grey late May skies.
Photo Date:  5/29/2008  Upload Date: 5/29/2008 5:26:51 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6373(SD40-2) BNSF 3700(MP15DC) BNSF 4180(C44-9W)
Views:  1046   Comments: 1
An Eclectic Mix
Title:  An Eclectic Mix
Description:  This and it's companion shot came out a wee bit fuzzy for some reason, maybe the lighting conditions did it. Anyay, the MP15 sandwiched between the Dash Nine and 40-2 is a bit of extra freight for the crew on this westbound general manifest racing through Long Lake, for it will be dropped off in Willmar.
Photo Date:  5/29/2008  Upload Date: 5/29/2008 5:26:34 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4180(C44-9W) BNSF 3700(MP15DC) BNSF 6373(SD40-2)
Views:  1022   Comments: 0
Big lashup in the trees
Title:  Big lashup in the trees
Description:  One of the gripes of photographing eastbounds at Bandana Square is the trees that have sprouted along the fence bordering the property. This means this big lashup is, well, "in the trees" as a result.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/12/2013 9:52:09 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5002(SD30C-ECO) CP 5014(SD30C-ECO) ICE 6410(SD40-2) CP 9640(AC44CW) CP 8913(ES44AC)
Views:  932   Comments: 0
A "cool" catch!
Title:  A "cool" catch!
Description:  The highlight of a five-unit lashup on an eastbound CP mixed manifest was this ICE unit. The folks kibitzing with each other at the soccer game are blase about it, natch.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/12/2013 9:54:09 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ICE 6410(SD40-2) CP 5014(SD30C-ECO) CP 5002(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  789   Comments: 0
Humboldt Yard Power
Title:  Humboldt Yard Power
Description:  Here is a view of the yard power at Humboldt as the crew works on finishing up some switching moves before needing to clear the main track for a westbounf freight. It is amazing how DME 6092 is now back under the hwnership of its original owner.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 3/19/2014 7:37:47 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6092(SD40-3) ICE 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  224   Comments: 0
Yard Goats and a Snowplow
Title:  Yard Goats and a Snowplow
Description:  A view of the yard power at Humboldt after the hogger had parked them and the cut nf cars he was working on down by a snowplow to await the passage of a westbound freight through the yard.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 3/19/2014 7:38:27 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6092(SD40-3) ICE 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
ICE 6424
Title:  ICE 6424
Description:  A roster/action view as it and the DME unit it was coupled tn goes forward on a switching move at Humboldt Yard on St. Patrick's Day 2014.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 3/19/2014 7:48:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ICE 6424(SD40-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Colorful Lashup Westbound On The BNSF In Long Lake
Title:  Colorful Lashup Westbound On The BNSF In Long Lake
Description:  So close they might as well be running in the street! Here is former BN SD40-2 9676 leading three Norfolk Southern units (SD40-2 6151, SD70 2573, and 9-40CW 9043) and CN/DM&IR SD40-3 409. The train is just getting up to speed as it pulls out of the west end of the East Wayzata siding in Long Lake as viewed from this contributor's home.
Photo Date:  5/5/2006  Upload Date: 11/11/2006 4:19:30 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6796(SD40-2)
Views:  931   Comments: 0
SW10 In The Middle
Title:  SW10 In The Middle
Description:  Here is an SD40-2 and an SD70MAC bracketing an SW10 on the point of a westbound general freight. Meanwhile, a car with the top down rolls down the street oblivious to the cool show behind the sound wall.
Photo Date:  5/3/2007  Upload Date: 5/3/2007 8:15:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6816(SD40-2)
Views:  814   Comments: 0
Running Light Long Hood Forward
Title:  Running Light Long Hood Forward
Description:  BNSF SD40-2 6918, resplendent in Heritage I paint, and sister SD40-2 6645. still clad in Cascade Green but with "BNSF" initals now under the cab, are not going away from me in this shot but right past, en route to presumably Northtown Yard. Running light long hood forward on the old Northern Pacific mainline in St. Paul's Midway area near the U of M transitway just east of Highway 280 and the Minneapolis/St. Paul border. Note Midway stadium in the distance.
Photo Date:  9/25/2006  Upload Date: 9/25/2006 5:08:03 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 6918(SD40-2)
Views:  1096   Comments: 1
Banner Of Colors Eastbound
Title:  Banner Of Colors Eastbound
Description:  One BNSF SD40-2 in Cascade Green, one Canadian National wide-nosed SD-type, CN/WC SD40-3 6914 (Ersatz WC, that is. Not a genuine former WC unit.) BNSF GP39-2 2955 and finally another Cascade Green 40-2, 7021. They are on the point of an eastbound general freight about to stop over in Wayzata to await the passage of a westbound train before proceeding on into town. Photographed from the south side of the Brown Road overpass.
Photo Date:  6/22/2007  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 6:53:55 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7021(SD40-2)
Views:  703   Comments: 0
BNSF 7133 And CSX 8544
Title:  BNSF 7133 And CSX 8544
Description:  A front-on view of the two units powering an eastbound unit covered hopper train waiting in Long Lake to meet vith a westbound freight.
Photo Date:  3/28/2008  Upload Date: 3/28/2008 7:29:14 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7133(SD40-2) CSX 8544(SD50)
Views:  907   Comments: 0
Eastbound Waiting On The Main Track
Title:  Eastbound Waiting On The Main Track
Description:  The crew aboard the eastbound covered hopper train that have veteran former BN SD40-2 7133 and newer CSX SD50 8544 for power wait for a meet in Long Lake on a gorgeous early spring afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/28/2008  Upload Date: 3/28/2008 7:28:57 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7133(SD40-2) CSX 8544(SD50)
Views:  884   Comments: 0
BNSF 7824 BNSF 7184 and BNSF 688
Title:  BNSF 7824 BNSF 7184 and BNSF 688
Description:  A going-away view of this colorful trio on the point of an eastbound general freight.
Photo Date:  10/22/2007  Upload Date: 10/22/2007 7:23:29 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7824(SD40-2) BNSF 7184(SD40-2) BNSF 688(C44-9W)
Views:  1197   Comments: 0
Colorful Eastbound Trio
Title:  Colorful Eastbound Trio
Description:  Rolling through Long Lake on a late October afternoon is this eastbound general freight sporting this colorful lashup.
Photo Date:  10/22/2007  Upload Date: 10/22/2007 7:22:34 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7824(SD40-2) BNSF 7184(SD40-2) BNSF 688(C44-9W)
Views:  1306   Comments: 0
Medley Of Motive Power
Title:  Medley Of Motive Power
Description:  A colorful mix of ex-BN, BNSF, and NS power are the iron horses at the command of the crew aboard this westbound general freight that took the siding that stretches between west Wayzata and east Long Lake on the Wayzata sub to meet with an eastbound train.
Photo Date:  3/28/2008  Upload Date: 3/28/2008 7:29:32 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  FURX 7283(SD40-2) BNSF 8022(SD40-2) NS 9683(C40-9W) NS 3034(GP40-2)
Views:  1238   Comments: 0
Memories Of The Burlington Northern
Title:  Memories Of The Burlington Northern
Description:  Ex-BN SD40-2 7864 and ex-BN ribside hopper 451512 in a classic shot. Harvested from the consist of an eastbound freight that stopped for a time in Long Lake this day. The hopper car provides the distinctive BN herald that has now vanished from virtually all BN locos still in their old paint$
Photo Date:  10/26/2007  Upload Date: 10/27/2007 2:17:29 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7864(SD40-2)
Views:  749   Comments: 0
SD40-2s On Parade
Title:  SD40-2s On Parade
Description:  Back in the 1960's and 1970's the F-unit was a golden oldie. Today it is diesels like the SD40-2 that holds this title. Here is another look at a trio of them on a train held by a red signal on the main track of the BNSF Wayzata sub in Long Lake, MN.
Photo Date:  10/26/2007  Upload Date: 10/27/2007 2:17:09 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7887(SD40-2) BNSF 7879(SD40-2) BNSF 7864(SD40-2)
Views:  1110   Comments: 1
Red Signal, Gone To Beans
Title:  Red Signal, Gone To Beans
Description:  Stopped for a red signal in Long Lake this day are three classic SD40-2's with a general freight consisting of mostly tank cars with$two ex-BN ribside hoppers between the power and the tanks. The first thing the crew did was disembark and to go beans at a nearby grill.
Photo Date:  10/26/2007  Upload Date: 10/27/2007 2:16:55 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7887(SD40-2) BNSF 7879(SD40-2) BNSF 7864(SD40-2)
Views:  1029   Comments: 0
An SD40-2 in an unusual view
Title:  An SD40-2 in an unusual view
Description:  Here is a unusual view of a BNSF ex-BN SD40-2 (number 7874) photographed on a summer's day from the Wayzata Towne trolley at the grade crossing by the Wayzata Depot.
Photo Date:  7/29/2003  Upload Date: 2/22/2007 11:50:30 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7874(SD40-2)
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Burlington Escorts For A Thuroughbread
Title:  Burlington Escorts For A Thuroughbread
Description:  A pair of former BN SD40-2s, the rearmost now working for the FURX lease fleet, bracket a Norfolk Southern GE as the hogger wheels them into Long Lake on the point of a westbound general freight.
Photo Date:  9/1/2007  Upload Date: 9/1/2007 5:32:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7889(SD40-2)
Views:  687   Comments: 1


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