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6/25/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Tying down the 84 and 58
Title:  Tying down the 84 and 58
Description:  Shortly after MNNR 2002 arrived, these two units arrived running light southbound to the roundhouse. The crewman on the 84 is setting the handbrake as the units idle.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:43:32 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E) MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  779   Comments: 0
Almost Home
Title:  Almost Home
Description:  The MNNR Belt Job is almost home as it approaches the MNNR yard (middle right background). Note the work currently taking place at St. Anthony Junction.
Photo Date:  11/28/2015  Upload Date: 11/28/2015 5:11:03 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
Here Comes The Belt Job
Title:  Here Comes The Belt Job
Description:  The Minnesota Commercial Belt Job rolls through St. Anthony Junction as it returns from New Brighton. Picture was taken from the U of M transitway.
Photo Date:  11/28/2015  Upload Date: 11/28/2015 5:09:43 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  732   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:  751   Comments: 0
Getting Creative
Title:  Getting Creative
Description:  I've seen the 58 so much I decided to get creative with this pic, which incorporates the "sandtower" sign for said structure, rising out of view in the upper center.
Photo Date:  4/2/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 8:25:58 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  469   Comments: 1
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:  287   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:  604   Comments: 1
The 58
Title:  The 58
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
MNNR 84
Title:  MNNR 84
Description:  Roster shot of this "new" unit, taken on a sunny but blustery Easter Sunday 2013 at the MNNR roundhouse.
Photo Date:  3/31/2013  Upload Date: 4/1/2013 12:59:34 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  788   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:  844   Comments: 0
Crossing Kasota
Title:  Crossing Kasota
Description:  The Hennepin Job crosses Kasota Avenue beneath glorious (at last) April skies on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 7:33:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
On To The Yard
Title:  On To The Yard
Description:  The Hennepin Job heads for the yard on a glorious Saturday afternoon. A healthy cut of cars was tacked on behind the 84, let me tell you.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 7:34:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
The 84
Title:  The 84
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
Paint's Looking A Little Ragged
Title:  Paint's Looking A Little Ragged
Description:  Oh man. The paint at the back top of the 84's long hood is looking a little ragged. Hope that's not a sign you'd need The Force to get this baby in motion on May the 4th, 2025.
Photo Date:  5/4/2025  Upload Date: 5/8/2025 10:33:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
MNNR 87
Title:  MNNR 87
Description:  Roster shot of a "new" unit for the Commercial taken at the MNNR roundhouse on a blustery but sunny Easter 2013. It was coupled up to their other "new" unit, the 84. Both were idling unmanned.
Photo Date:  3/31/2013  Upload Date: 4/1/2013 12:59:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
Movin' Out Bright And Early
Title:  Movin' Out Bright And Early
Description:  A Minnesota Commercial crew departs the roundhouse bright and early with this eclectic duo for power. They are bound for the Commercial's yard, located north of the roundhouse.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/15/2015 12:21:06 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 35(M420W) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  664   Comments: 0
Going To Find Their Train
Title:  Going To Find Their Train
Description:  The MNNR crew takes their power up into the Commercial's yard en route to their train. I suspect this was the power for the New Brighton run.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:20:25 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E) MNNR 35(M420W)
Views:  745   Comments: 0
Passing Under The Pierce Butler Route
Title:  Passing Under The Pierce Butler Route
Description:  The 87 passes under the Pierce Butler Route as the crew heads on into the MNNR yard.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:19:57 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E) MNNR 35(M420W)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
A Pause To Set The Switch
Title:  A Pause To Set The Switch
Description:  After departing the Minnesota Commercial roundhouse, the crew pauses north of the former Amtrak Midway depot so a switch can be set prior to proceeding on into the MNNR"s yard.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/16/2015 10:19:35 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 35(M420W) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  728   Comments: 1
MNNR 87
Title:  MNNR 87
Description:  Roster shot, taken at the Commercial's roundhouse.
Photo Date:  4/2/2017  Upload Date: 4/2/2017 8:00:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  439   Comments: 0
Hennepin Job North Of Park Junction
Title:  Hennepin Job North Of Park Junction
Description:  The crew aboard the Hennepin Job prepare to move south after waiting for a westbound BNSF freight to clear Park Junction on the St. Paul Subdivision.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 7:33:04 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Resting Beneath Restless Skies
Title:  Resting Beneath Restless Skies
Description:  MNNR 88 and 87 rest beneath skies that had turned restless by the noon hour on the second Sunday of July '22.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:56:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 88(B30-7) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  205   Comments: 0


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