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6/12/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Bingo!
Title:  Bingo!
Description:  Used the "digital zoom" feature on my camera from way down at the Amtrak depot to catch the MNNR yard goat in action.
Photo Date:  8/13/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:35:35 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 40(B23-7)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
MNNR 40
Title:  MNNR 40
Description:  Roster view at the sand tower at Cleveland Avenue roundhouse.
Photo Date:  10/29/2011  Upload Date: 10/30/2011 9:22:31 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 40(B23-7)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
MNNR Trio
Title:  MNNR Trio
Description:  I found this trio of units down by the roundhouse late on a humid, gray morning in late June.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 9:37:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  566   Comments: 1
Crossing Lexington
Title:  Crossing Lexington
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job crosses Lexington Avenue on a partly sunny and windy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:32:29 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 43(B23-7)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Title:  Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job passes Roseville's Central Park lon a cool, windy Sunday afternoon. (Kudos to my aunt and her granddaughter, who accompanied me down from a family shindig to check out the train with me. :-) )
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:30:28 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
At The Roundhouse
Title:  At The Roundhouse
Description:  Roster view of two MNNR units in the colorful new paint scheme taken at the MNNR roundhouse.
Photo Date:  3/10/2016  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 11:06:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  704   Comments: 0
Great Day For Railfanning
Title:  Great Day For Railfanning
Description:  My friend Andy snaps away with his camera as the eastbound Hugo Job rolls parallel to South Owasso Boulevard (at right) on a great day for railfanning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:25:51 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Crossing Dale
Title:  Crossing Dale
Description:  The Hugo Job crosses Dale Street as the crew takes the train east for White Bear Lake with eleven loaded lumber flats strung out behind their motive power.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:15:42 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Hugo Job At I-35E
Title:  Hugo Job At I-35E
Description:  The Hugo Job passes under I-35E as the crew takes the train east on a beauteous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:01:43 PM
Location:  Vadnais Heights, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Crossing Labore
Title:  Crossing Labore
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job crosses Labore Road on a cool but gorgeous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:05:11 PM
Location:  Vadnais Heights, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Just About Ready To Go
Title:  Just About Ready To Go
Description:  With three loads of lumber left to deliver before picking up empty flats and heading west again, the engineer aboard the Hugo Job awaits the arrival of the brakeman before they make their last drop off of the run early on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:30:52 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  210   Comments: 0
Eastward, Ho
Title:  Eastward, Ho
Description:  Having crossed Dale Street, the Hugo Job continues on east beneath sun-scrubbed skies on a lovely Sunday in March.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:26:19 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Wrapping Up At Structural Wood Corp
Title:  Wrapping Up At Structural Wood Corp
Description:  The MNNR crew on the Hugo Job is in the process of wrapping up switching at Structural Wood Corporation, with the engineer waiting for the word to reverse and couple up with the remaining loads of lumber bound for another White Bear-based shopper.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:30:29 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Pulling Forward Into M&D Junction
Title:  Pulling Forward Into M&D Junction
Description:  The Hugo Job pulls forward into M&D Junction while switching UFP White Bear Lake on a gorgeous Sunday. They were pulling out empty lumber flats prior to delivering the last three lumber flats they had for today's run.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:38:20 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  257   Comments: 0
Reversing Out Of The Junction
Title:  Reversing Out Of The Junction
Description:  The Hugo Job crew reverses out of M&D Junction while switching UFP White Bear Lake during the noon hour on the last Sunday of March 2022.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:39:08 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  219   Comments: 0
Switching UFP
Title:  Switching UFP
Description:  The Hugo Job crew switches UPF White Bear Lake during the noon hour of the last Sunday of March, 2022.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:36:53 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Approaching The Fan Gathering
Title:  Approaching The Fan Gathering
Description:  Me and my friend Andy were out chasing the Hugo Job on this morning, but four other fans were in pursuit as well! They were perched on that snowbank at left, just out of the shot, as the eastbound Hugo Job approached.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:12:19 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
Eastbound On The Old NP
Title:  Eastbound On The Old NP
Description:  The Hugo Job heads east on the old Northern Pacific in Roseville on a gorgeous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/28/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:14:44 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Strollin' Through Downtown
Title:  Strollin' Through Downtown
Description:  Job 19 strolls through downtown White Bear Lake as my buddy Andy and I's cameras click away on a postcard-worthy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/29/2024  Upload Date: 10/6/2024 9:29:46 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Back To M&D
Title:  Back To M&D
Description:  Job 19's crew heads through downtown White Bear Lake en route back to M&D Junction to collect their train for their eastbound run to St. Paull early on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/29/2024  Upload Date: 10/6/2024 9:30:27 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Majestic
Title:  Majestic
Description:  Job 19 looks majestic as it passes the White Bear Lake depot beneath gorgeous skies.
Photo Date:  9/29/2024  Upload Date: 10/6/2024 9:28:59 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Hello, Hugo Job!
Title:  Hello, Hugo Job!
Description:  Late on a Sunday afternoon, engineer Dan Lindfors brings the Hugo Job to a stop so the brakeman can decouple six empty bulkhead flats.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:00:06 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 51(B30-7)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
One More Switch To Throw
Title:  One More Switch To Throw
Description:  The Hugo Job crew, with Dan Lindfors as engineer, is almost finished now that they've brought the train back to the MNNR yard. Here the brakeman is disembarking from #51 in order to throw the switch ahead of them.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:00:25 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 51(B30-7)
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Through The Canyon
Title:  Through The Canyon
Description:  The Hugo Job, with Dan Lindfors at the throttle, heads through the industrial canyon stretching from Transfer Road on south as he and his brakeman take their iron horses to the roundhouse after a long day's work.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:18:04 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 51(B30-7)
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Heading To The Switch
Title:  Heading To The Switch
Description:  The Hugo Job's brakeman heads to throw a switch so he and engineer Dan Lindfors can head for the roundhouse and call it a day late on a gorgeous May afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:17:16 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 51(B30-7) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Units Active And Stored
Title:  Units Active And Stored
Description:  A glimpse from Transfer Road (via zoom shot) reveals units stored in the north side of the Commercial's yard. The paint on the second of these units here indicates a new arrival, the 45, which is an operable unit. Not sure what the 200's status is, but the 35, alas, is stored facing an uncertain future last I heard.
Photo Date:  7/7/2024  Upload Date: 7/20/2024 8:45:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MNNR 200(SW1200) MNNR 45(B23-7) MNNR 35(M420W)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
MNNR 68 Leaving The Sand Tower
Title:  MNNR 68 Leaving The Sand Tower
Description:  MNNR GE 68 pulls away from the sand tower at the Cleveland Avenue roundhouse on a gorgeous February afternoon. The passenger equipment on the right I have yet to discover the provenance of.
Photo Date:  2/25/2006  Upload Date: 1/21/2007 8:32:43 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 68(B23-7)
Views:  1543   Comments: 1
Sunday Off
Title:  Sunday Off
Description:  MNNR 68 has Sunday off down by the roundhouse as unsettled skies hint at rain around the noon hour.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:54:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 68(B23-7)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
MNNR 1971
Title:  MNNR 1971
Description:  Roster view taken at the venerable MNNR roundhouse on Cleveland Avenue.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/11/2013 11:56:09 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1971(B23-7)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
MNNR 1978
Title:  MNNR 1978
Description:  Roster shot taken in storage line at Cleveland Avenue roundhouse.
Photo Date:  10/29/2011  Upload Date: 10/30/2011 9:31:54 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  405   Comments: 0
MNNR 1978
Title:  MNNR 1978
Description:  Roster view, taken at the MNNR roundhouse.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/12/2013 1:33:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
MNNR 1978
Title:  MNNR 1978
Description:  Roster shot taken at MNNR roundhouse in flat early afternoon light due to cloud cover.
Photo Date:  5/18/2015  Upload Date: 5/18/2015 7:53:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
Two GEs At Dawn
Title:  Two GEs At Dawn
Description:  Minnesota Commercial's ex-Santa SF30C (still sporting silver trucks) and one of the Commercial's B23-7s rest at the roundhouse early on a cool September Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:04:50 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 50(SF30C) MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
The 1978
Title:  The 1978
Description:  Roster shot. Is this unit still operational?
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:30:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
Treasures Of The Minnesota Commercial
Title:  Treasures Of The Minnesota Commercial
Description:  More roundhouse treasures scooped up via zoom lense.
Photo Date:  8/13/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:12:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 55(C30-7) MNNR 1982(B23-7)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
Two by the sand tower
Title:  Two by the sand tower
Description:  Two MNNR units --a "new unit" (the 84) and a veteran one (the 1983)-- rest by the sand tower at the MNNR roundhouse on a sleepy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/11/2013  Upload Date: 8/11/2013 11:57:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E) MNNR 1983(B23-7)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
Gaggle Of Units Reduex
Title:  Gaggle Of Units Reduex
Description:  Two days after I first visited this week, the gaggle of units outside the roundhouse looked like this.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:36:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
Happy Accident
Title:  Happy Accident
Description:  The Warbonnet units you see in the background heading west on the BNSF Midway Sub was a happy accident when I snapped this pic of MNNR's yard goats.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 9:59:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
Gotcha At Last!
Title:  Gotcha At Last!
Description:  The first time me and my chase buddy Andy had reached Transfer Road intent on photographing MNNR's yard goats, they began backing out of our range! A merry chase saw us back at Transfer Road, where we finally made our catch.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 9:58:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Pulling Up To Transfer
Title:  Pulling Up To Transfer
Description:  The MNNR yard crew pulls up to Transfer Road late on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. The empty bulkhead flatcars at right are from the Hugo Job.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:30:28 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Preparing To Reverse
Title:  Preparing To Reverse
Description:  The MNNR yard crew prepares to reverse on their next switch move as a warm early May sun shines upon them. The empty bulkhead flatcars at right were dropped off by the Hugo Job not too long before.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:31:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Zoom!  Click!
Title:  Zoom! Click!
Description:  I obeyed that "no trespassing" sign to the letter and the spirit; a zoom in got this great pic of these two Minnesota Commercial units in front of the MNNR roundhouse.
Photo Date:  8/13/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:03:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 59(C36-7) MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  745   Comments: 1
Gotcha at last, 2002!
Title:  Gotcha at last, 2002!
Description:  As I was heading east on Central, this unit suddenly appeared and crossed the Minnesota Transfer-vintage bridge that carries the MNNR over the road (and now LRT corridor); since I was bound for the other side of the MNNR Cleveland Avenue roundhouse, I was able to catch this boy after he got there.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:43:06 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Switching In The Morning Sun
Title:  Switching In The Morning Sun
Description:  The Minnesota Commercial switch crew is hard at work a couple hours after sunrise on a cool September morning.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:22:16 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  214   Comments: 0
A Day At The Roundhouse
Title:  A Day At The Roundhouse
Description:  MNNR 2002 idles on the turntable at the right while the sand tower looks over the roundhouse like a sentinal on a balmy June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:42:21 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  143   Comments: 1


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