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GMTX 2187
Title:  GMTX 2187
Description:  Roster view of this snappy lease unit at Hoffman Avenue yarrd. Dig that clean paint job!
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 10/21/2011 7:50:13 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2187(GP38-2)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
Leased Power At East Minneapolis
Title:  Leased Power At East Minneapolis
Description:  A pair of GATX Locomotive Group units sit parked at Union Pacific's East Minneapolis yard on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in April.
Photo Date:  4/2/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 9:08:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GMTX 2694(GP38-2) GMTX 2271(GP38-2)
Views:  572   Comments: 2
Entering The Junction
Title:  Entering The Junction
Description:  Union Pacific's local from Plymouth, sporting two GMTX unirs for power, rolls onto the south leg of the wye at Minneapolis Junction as the crew enters the last leg of their journey to East Minneapolis yard.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:05:47 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2694(GP38-2) GMTX 2277(GP38-2)
Views:  574   Comments: 2
Almost Home
Title:  Almost Home
Description:  Tne Union Pacific local from Plymouth rounds the south leg of the wye at East Minneapolis beneath rapidly clouding skies as the crew nears their destination of East Minneapolis yard.
Photo Date:  10/7/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:06:41 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2277(GP38-2) GMTX 2694(GP38-2)
Views:  522   Comments: 2
GMTX 2290
Title:  GMTX 2290
Description:  Zoom lens shot of this uniw I spotted at Valley Park Yard this day.
Photo Date:  6/2/2015  Upload Date: 6/2/2015 5:55:05 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  GMTX 2290(GP38-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
The Local Is In!
Title:  The Local Is In!
Description:  On a bone-chilling early Tuesday afternoon in late January we find the Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial Lead local just arrived at its last stop west of Xenium Lane in Plymouth jith seven coil cars in tow for the shipper located here. An ex-UP GP38-2 is the motive power for the crew today.
Photo Date:  1/22/2013  Upload Date: 1/22/2013 10:38:58 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2301(GP38-2)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Switching At Olympic Steel
Title:  Switching At Olympic Steel
Description:  The UP local switches steel coil cars at Olympic Steel early on a Wednesday afternoon. Ex-UP lease units sure are popular on this run. Olympic Steel is the westernmost customer on the UP's Golden Valley Industrial Lead (so named because most of the industires on line are in Golden Valley, MN).
Photo Date:  9/3/2014  Upload Date: 9/4/2014 8:08:27 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  GMTX 2313(GP38-2)
Views:  1128   Comments: 0
Headin' East
Title:  Headin' East
Description:  The eastbound UP local on the Golden Valley Industrial Lead is about to cross Nathan Lane as the train ambles east at around 10 MPH.
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/6/2013 11:21:51 AM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2319(GP38-2)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
East Minneapolis, Ho!
Title:  East Minneapolis, Ho!
Description:  The eastbound Golden Valley Industrial Lead job passes Hedberg as it approaches the grade crossing on Nathan Lane with ten coil cars in tow bound for the East Minneapolis yard.
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/5/2013 10:40:28 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2319(GP38-2)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Pulling Up To 13th Avenue
Title:  Pulling Up To 13th Avenue
Description:  The hogger on todays GV Industrial Lead job nurses the ex-UP engine at his disposal up to 13th Avenue during a switching move at the shipper located just west of Xenium Lane.
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/6/2013 11:33:59 AM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2319(GP38-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Crossing The Luce
Title:  Crossing The Luce
Description:  Switching work done, the hogger nurses his charge up out of the spur track off the Golden Valley Industrial Lead that crosses both 13th Avenue and the Luce Line just west of Xenium Lane (visible at grade crossing in the upper left); here the engine is crossing the Luce Line as the six coil cars going east this day tag along behind it. The UP sure likes to lease units that once were on their roster!
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/6/2013 1:25:31 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2319(GP38-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 0
Halfway Through The Move
Title:  Halfway Through The Move
Description:  The hogger aboard ex-UP lease unit 2319 stops his charge up at 13th Avenue on the spur into the lone customer west of Xenium Lane on the Golden Valley Industrial Lead. They were about to cut the string of twelve coil cars strung out behind the engine in half, leaving six for the customer and six for the trip home.
Photo Date:  2/5/2013  Upload Date: 2/6/2013 1:06:37 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Richard Held
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2319(GP38-2)
Views:  370   Comments: 0


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