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6/29/2025
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Older Pumpkins
Title:  Older Pumpkins
Description:  Fifth and six in a six unit lashup on the point of an eastbound freight that paused in Long Lake for a time this day.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 11:04:48 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  614   Comments: 1
First Catch Of 2019
Title:  First Catch Of 2019
Description:  My first catch of 2019 was this eastbound freight stopped for a red signal in Long Lake. The catch was easy as pie, because the hogger had parked this impressive lashup right across from my apartment complex.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 10:58:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4884(C44-9W) BNSF 4540(C44-9W) BNSF 2284(GP38-2) BNSF 1462(SD60M) BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  897   Comments: 1
Zoom Shot
Title:  Zoom Shot
Description:  I got carried away during my visit and had some fun with zoom shots.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:24:43 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2557(GP39-3) BNSF 2045(GP38-2) BNSF 2044(GP38-2)
Views:  764   Comments: 1
Oldies But Goodies
Title:  Oldies But Goodies
Description:  Five older units at Willmar that caught my eye when I visited.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:17:33 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2557(GP39-3) BNSF 2045(GP38-2) BNSF 2044(GP38-2) BNSF 2621(GP39-3)
Views:  883   Comments: 1
All Oldies!
Title:  All Oldies!
Description:  Returning home, I came upon a stopped eastbound BNSF freight which had quite the Golden Oldie lashup on the head end, yes sir.
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 6/15/2019 7:36:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2557(GP39-3) BNSF 2764(GP39E) BNSF 1918(SD40-2)
Views:  812   Comments: 1
Engines, Engines, We've Got Engines
Title:  Engines, Engines, We've Got Engines
Description:  "Engines, engines, we've got engines" a yard's diesel shop fairly shouts. Northtown Yard's is no exception. Note the ex-BN SD60 in the upper center.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:32:43 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 6717(ES44C4) BNSF 2565(GP39-3)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
What A Short Train, Take One
Title:  What A Short Train, Take One
Description:  I found this sitting just north of St. Anthony Parkway at Northtown. What a short train.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:02:24 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2785(GP39-2) BNSF 2571(GP39-3)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
What A Short Train, Take Two
Title:  What A Short Train, Take Two
Description:  What a short train. The small hopper at right had a FRED, so I assume this job came from someplace nearby? (The flight of geese in the background was a wonderful coincidence.)
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:02:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2785(GP39-2) BNSF 2571(GP39-3)
Views:  426   Comments: 0
Golden Oldies
Title:  Golden Oldies
Description:  My visit to Willmar netted these four golden oldies parked near the sand tower. I especially like the 2589 because it retains the classic GP30 look.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 7/30/2018 9:26:36 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2344(GP38-2) BNSF 2285(GP38-2) BNSF 1990(SD40-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3)
Views:  621   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:  383   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:  375   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:  375   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:  480   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:  479   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:  535   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 2601(GP39-3) BNSF 2909(GP39E)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
BNSF 2606 At Northtown
Title:  BNSF 2606 At Northtown
Description:  This venerable ex-Santa Fe unit basks under a warm evening sun as it sits coupled to a string of boxcars.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:47:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2606(GP39-3)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
Engine, Caboose, and Passing Trrain
Title:  Engine, Caboose, and Passing Trrain
Description:  An ex-Santa Fe vet now in BNSF paint and a vintage BN caboose bask in the rays of an evening sun as a southbound Canadian Pacific ethanol job rolls by in the foreground.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:46:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2606(GP39-3)
Views:  486   Comments: 1
Colorful Veteran
Title:  Colorful Veteran
Description:  This veteran unit, now clad in colorful paint and adorned with the "swoosh" logo, was down in Northtown near the diesel shop on a gorgeous Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:16:16 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2610(GP39-3)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
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:  408   Comments: 0
Another Zoom Shot
Title:  Another Zoom Shot
Description:  Like I said, I got carried away.
Photo Date:  7/1/2018  Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:25:14 PM
Location:  Willmar, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2045(GP38-2) BNSF 2044(GP38-2) BNSF 2621(GP39-3)
Views:  796   Comments: 1
Lehigh Valley Unit Where Art Thou?
Title:  Lehigh Valley Unit Where Art Thou?
Description:  I came to Northtown on St. Patrick's Day 2015 in search of Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Valley heritage unit, which was reported as being on a Northtown bound train. Either it was hidden away near the diesel shop or had already departed by the time I took this still impressive pic. Note the unit smoking things up in the left foreground.
Photo Date:  3/17/2015  Upload Date: 3/17/2015 7:06:04 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9329(SD70ACe) BNSF 1692(SD40-2) BNSF 6626(ES44C4) BNSF 2689(GP39-3) BNSF 4661(C44-9W) BNSF 4729(C44-9W)
Views:  955   Comments: 0
BNSF 2699
Title:  BNSF 2699
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was fourth of six on a freight.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:06:52 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2699(GP39-3)
Views:  407   Comments: 0
Wow!
Title:  Wow!
Description:  Feeling my photography slid into the mediocre during a railfan jaunt the day before, I wanted to try my luck again. Lo and behold: I came upon this lashup at Northtown Yard's north throat. Power belonged to a freight that had arrived and was getting its cars switched into the yard. Since some of these units were not operating and thus "along for the ride", I suspect this train came from Willmar.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:04:19 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7923(ES44C4) BNSF 7573(ES44DC) BNSF 2699(GP39-3) BNSF 8907(SD70MAC) CSX 7688(C40-8W) BNSF 7488(ES44DC)
Views:  609   Comments: 0

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