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7/1/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Stopped Near Shoreham
Title:  Stopped Near Shoreham
Description:  A southbound CP freight stis stopped by Shoreham up from University Junction on a clear and pleasantly chilly Saturday afternoon. Wonder why they had to stop? I had no time to see why because I had to return a video game bought at Rosedale Mall. Dig that veteran SD40-2 in the back!
Photo Date:  12/10/2011  Upload Date: 12/11/2011 9:43:14 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9638(AC44CW) CP 9587(AC44CW) CP 5735(SD40-2)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
Engines At The Yard
Title:  Engines At The Yard
Description:  No less than four units at Ford Yard today. Thought I only would find two. Lucky break!
Photo Date:  12/7/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 5:09:13 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4509(GP38-2) SOO 4439(GP38-2) SOO 6038(SD60) CP 5750(SD40-2)
Views:  789   Comments: 2
SDs Here?!
Title:  SDs Here?!
Description:  Surprised that these C-C trucked babies could make it up the Ford Branch. Nevertheless, there they were.
Photo Date:  12/7/2010  Upload Date: 12/10/2010 5:08:21 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6038(SD60) CP 5750(SD40-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
Paint Schemes Old And New
Title:  Paint Schemes Old And New
Description:  A veteran CP SD40-2 and a younger but still seasoned SD70ACU model paint schemes old and new down by the shops at Pigs Eye early on a Sunday evening.
Photo Date:  3/26/2023  Upload Date: 3/31/2023 9:21:10 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5878(SD40-2) CP 7004(SD70ACU)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
Stored Action Reds, Dual Flags, and Others
Title:  Stored Action Reds, Dual Flags, and Others
Description:  Stored units remain at Humbloldt Yard. I wonder if this is CP's surge fleet?
Photo Date:  3/30/2021  Upload Date: 3/30/2021 9:14:37 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5905(SD40-2)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
At The Diesel Shop
Title:  At The Diesel Shop
Description:  A veteran CP SD40-2 reposes south of the border just outside the diesel shop at Pig's Eye yard on a fine early December afternoon. Note the newer motive power just visible to the right.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 12:43:13 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5920(SD40-2)
Views:  832   Comments: 0
Last two of a quartet
Title:  Last two of a quartet
Description:  The third and fourth units of a four unit quartet I caught pulling up in the Pig's Eye engine terminal. CP sure must intened to hang on to the rest of their ex-Soo SD60s if they are repainting 'em.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 5:21:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6245(SD60) CP 5929(SD40-2)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Passing The "Hustle Muscle"
Title:  Passing The "Hustle Muscle"
Description:  A Dresser trap rock run passes the GN "Hustle Muscle" as it rolls through the grounds of the Osceola depot.
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:40:08 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5935(SD40-2) DME 6076(SD40-3) GN 400(SD45)
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Trap Rock!
Title:  Trap Rock!
Description:  An eastbound trap rock train passes the Osceola depot platform on its way to Withrow, MN and on into the Twin Cities. The DME unit was a coup for me!
Photo Date:  8/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/9/2015 6:39:26 PM
Location:  Osceola, WI
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  DME 6076(SD40-3) CP 5935(SD40-2)
Views:  223   Comments: 1
"Pac Man" Era Oldies
Title:  "Pac Man" Era Oldies
Description:  Two SD40-2s--veterans from the "Pac Man" logo era--rest in the east end of Humboldt Yard beneath gray skies on a steamy afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/1/2015  Upload Date: 9/1/2015 5:12:48 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5935(SD40-2) CP 6067(SD40-2)
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Pulling up in the engine terminal
Title:  Pulling up in the engine terminal
Description:  A quartet of diesels -three CP (or CP-painted) and one DME- pull up inside the confines of the Pig's Eye yard engine terminal on a blustery, cloudy April Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 5:21:37 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5936(SD40-2) DME 6056(SD40-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
GE and EMD
Title:  GE and EMD
Description:  Units five and six in a big lineup of motive power I found this day parked by the Pig's Eye diesel house. The paint on both units have seen better days.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/26/2013 9:56:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 9555(AC44CW) CP 5941(SD40-2)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
Running Light Now
Title:  Running Light Now
Description:  Somewhere between Philip and Wall, the crew aboard this DME job cut off their cars and ran light towards Rapid City. Here they are ducking under I-90 in the town made famous by a certain drug store.
Photo Date:  9/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/3/2011 2:15:32 PM
Location:  Wall, SD
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CITX 3102(SD40-2) CP 5957(SD40-2) DME 6071(SD40-3)
Views:  814   Comments: 0
DME Panorama
Title:  DME Panorama
Description:  Sure there's only one DME unit -the City of Ft. Pierre- in this shot, but it gives a good idea of the route in South Dakota. Nice that new owner CP is sending some of their old and old leased units down into these parts.
Photo Date:  9/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/3/2011 2:15:15 PM
Location:  Philip, SD
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DME 6071(SD40-3) CP 5957(SD40-2) CITX 3102(SD40-2)
Views:  849   Comments: 0
My First Catch Here
Title:  My First Catch Here
Description:  I finally made my first catch in the town that lent its name to the locale in "Grumpy Old Men": the yard power assigned to the Wabasha yard, which was sitting quiet near the yard office on a lovely fall afternoon beneath bluffs which have yet to blossom into full fall colors.
Photo Date:  10/7/2015  Upload Date: 10/7/2015 11:19:02 PM
Location:  Wabasha, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2302(GP20C-ECO) CP 5957(SD40-2)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
Dual-Flags On The Midway Sub
Title:  Dual-Flags On The Midway Sub
Description:  I think this is a train from Duluth/Superior, but it could also be the CP-BNSF Northtown transfer. Whatever job it was I caught this day, here it is rolling down the old NP main. Now the BNSF Midway subdivision. The bridge carrying the U of M transitway over the line is in the distance. Beyond that, the Saints stadium.
Photo Date:  9/15/2006  Upload Date: 4/17/2009 1:08:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9520(AC44CW) CP 5966(SD40-2)
Views:  1134   Comments: 0
On The Ready Track
Title:  On The Ready Track
Description:  An SD30C-ECO, a GP20C-ECO, and an honest to Pete SD40-2 in new CP paint sit on the ready track at Humboldt Yard early on the evening of the Saturday of the July 4 weekend.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:51:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5034(SD30C-ECO) CP 6000(SD40-2)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
Slumbering On A False Spring Afternoon
Title:  Slumbering On A False Spring Afternoon
Description:  Stored power, including a veteran CP SD40-2 in faded "dual flag" red, an AC44CW in spiffier paint, and d surprisingly clean Soo/Milwaukee "bandit" GP40 and, apparently, a Soo GP38-2 slumber beneath graying skies on a false spring afternoon (the weather was balmy enough for light coats and long#shorts).
Photo Date:  2/19/2017  Upload Date: 2/19/2017 7:17:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6003(SD40-2) CP 9524(AC44CW)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
Still Parked
Title:  Still Parked
Description:  This cluster of units, including a veteran CP SD40-2, and ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" GP40, and a Soo Line GP38-2, remain parked in the east end of Humboldt Yard since I saw them last.
Photo Date:  3/24/2017  Upload Date: 3/24/2017 7:19:19 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6003(SD40-2) CP 9524(AC44CW)
Views:  464   Comments: 0
Waiting Ballast Train
Title:  Waiting Ballast Train
Description:  The CPKC's Herzog ballast train, which arrived in town from Ortonville three days previously, waits at the west throat of Humboldt Yard on a humid, cloudy evening, (Not the best of shots, since I only had my cell phone camera, but better than nothing.)
Photo Date:  5/31/2023  Upload Date: 5/31/2023 9:32:10 PM
Location:  Brooklyn Center, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3967(SD70MAC) CP 6017(SD40-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
I Will Miss This Paint Scheme Too
Title:  I Will Miss This Paint Scheme Too
Description:  Roster shot at Humboldt. I sure will miss this paint scheme too.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:45:16 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
The Ballast Train Is In
Title:  The Ballast Train Is In
Description:  The CPKC ballast train, which had been depositing ballast along the Paynesville Sub in the days leading up to this picture, sits empty early on a Wednesday evening at Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:44:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2) KCS 3967(SD70MAC)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Boo Yah!
Title:  Boo Yah!
Description:  "Boo yah!" I cried after snapping this shot of the CPKC train at Humboldt Yard. I thought I'd blown my only chance to bag this train, but lo and behold, there it was at the east end of the yard early on a Wednesday evening a week after I first saw the train! There are second chances in life, my friends.
Photo Date:  6/7/2023  Upload Date: 6/7/2023 10:54:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6017(SD40-2) KCS 3967(SD70MAC)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
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:  857   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:  1182   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:  298   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:  422   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:  745   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:  340   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:  332   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:  232   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:  213   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:  233   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:  219   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:  578   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:  950   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:  1136   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:  487   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:  702   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:  1114   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:  420   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:  900   Comments: 0


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