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6/14/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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Wow, What A Catch!
Title:  Wow, What A Catch!
Description:  I found this stopped westbound freight parked on the Wayzata siding earlier this week. It had quite a lashup on the head end!
Photo Date:  4/14/2014  Upload Date: 4/17/2014 9:26:35 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CEFX 133(SD9043MAC) INRD 6011(SD60)
Views:  791   Comments: 0
Double Wow!
Title:  Double Wow!
Description:  I do not know if this was a Canadian Pacific detour or not. I do know it was parked on the Wayzata siding for two days, however. I have no clue as to why.
Photo Date:  4/14/2014  Upload Date: 4/17/2014 9:26:53 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CEFX 133(SD9043MAC) INRD 6011(SD60)
Views:  932   Comments: 2
Got One Of These At Last!
Title:  Got One Of These At Last!
Description:  Indiana Railroads' ex-Soo Line SD60s are often visitors to the Gopher State. I caught one at last on a recent visit to Northtown Yard, in the company of a veteran CP unit.
Photo Date:  3/10/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 11:47:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 9567(AC44CW) INRD 6011(SD60)
Views:  834   Comments: 2
Soo/Milwaukee
Title:  Soo/Milwaukee
Description:  A former Milwaukee Road "bandit" GP40 sits at the head of a quartet of SD60s on the south side of the engine service area at Pig's Eye. The fluttering wind socket is indicative of the sharp winds blowing at the head of a band of rain approaching St. Paul this day.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 1:36:38 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2064(GP40) SOO 6053(SD60) SOO 6024(SD60)
Views:  321   Comments: 1
SOO 6032 and SOO 6042 Passing Bandana Square
Title:  SOO 6032 and SOO 6042 Passing Bandana Square
Description:  Here comes a pair of Soo Line SD60's en route to Northtown yard with today's CP/BNSF transfer run. Nice to see not all of them have been sent to Indiana and the new short line running on former Milwaukee/Soo track there.
Photo Date:  11/24/2006  Upload Date: 11/25/2006 7:15:35 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
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Locomotives:  SOO 6032(SD60)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
Oldies But Goodies!
Title:  Oldies But Goodies!
Description:  Here comes a colorful lashup at the head of another MOW-related train entering Wayzata. This is the first older BNSF unit I've seen in action this year. The Soo Line unit was ` delightful treat.
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:43:41 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1531(GP28M) SOO 6032(SD60)
Views:  589   Comments: 0
Passing The Old Dakota Rail Interchange
Title:  Passing The Old Dakota Rail Interchange
Description:  The MOW train with a mixture of older ex-BN and Soo power passes the old Dakota Rail interchange. Now used for occasional car storage by the BNSF. Sad to relate: I did not know there was a classic ex-BN caboose on the hind end of this job until I looked up from my notes in time to see it rolling around the bend. Better luck next time, I suppose.
Photo Date:  4/22/2009  Upload Date: 4/22/2009 11:44:06 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6032(SD60) BNSF 1531(GP28M)
Views:  659   Comments: 0
Idling By Malt O Meal
Title:  Idling By Malt O Meal
Description:  Another view of the Soo Line units I found idling at Malt O Meal lashed to a cut of cars. I take it CP still serves Malt O Meal despite Progressive Rail doing the bulk of operations in town now?
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 4:21:41 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6043(SD60) SOO 6037(SD60)
Views:  555   Comments: 0
Surprised To See You
Title:  Surprised To See You
Description:  With Progressive Rail now a big player in the Northfield railway scene, I was surprised to find these two Soo Line SD60s at Malt o Meal.
Photo Date:  9/10/2011  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 4:17:01 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6043(SD60) SOO 6037(SD60)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Ducking Under Highway 280
Title:  Ducking Under Highway 280
Description:  There goes Soo Line SD60's 6052 and 6038 on the point of the returning CP/BNSF Northtown transfer on a glorious late April afternoon charging under Highway 280 just across the Minneapolis/St. Paul border on the tracks of the old Northern Pacific main line to downtown St. Paul.
Photo Date:  4/23/2006  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 8:26:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6052(SD60) SOO 6038(SD60)
Views:  1126   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
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Locomotives:  CP 4509(GP38-2) SOO 4439(GP38-2) SOO 6038(SD60) CP 5750(SD40-2)
Views:  762   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:  251   Comments: 0
Mighty Parade
Title:  Mighty Parade
Description:  The imposing seven unit lash-up with mixed BNSF/KCS/SOO power passes the traffic on the Highway 12 bypass as it races east for Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  5/15/2010  Upload Date: 5/15/2010 10:19:59 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 711(C44-9W) BNSF 1544(GP28P) SOO 6048(SD60) SOO 6042(SD60) BNSF 4672(C44-9W) KCS 3930(SD70MAC) BNSF 5492(C44-9W)
Views:  1251   Comments: 0
Massed Motive Power!
Title:  Massed Motive Power!
Description:  Six of the seven units on this eastbound freight cram the frame as they pass under Brown Road.
Photo Date:  5/15/2010  Upload Date: 5/15/2010 10:19:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5492(C44-9W) KCS 3930(SD70MAC) BNSF 4672(C44-9W) SOO 6042(SD60) SOO 6048(SD60) BNSF 1544(GP28P) BNSF 711(C44-9W)
Views:  1155   Comments: 0
Candy Apple Red!
Title:  Candy Apple Red!
Description:  These two Soo Line units are fortunate to still be in service, what with half the old Soo SD60 stable gone to Indiana.
Photo Date:  5/15/2010  Upload Date: 5/15/2010 10:19:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1544(GP28P) SOO 6048(SD60) SOO 6042(SD60) BNSF 4672(C44-9W) KCS 3930(SD70MAC) BNSF 5492(C44-9W)
Views:  1086   Comments: 0
Candy Apple Red SD60
Title:  Candy Apple Red SD60
Description:  I grabbed this "roster" shot of Soo Line 6052 as she approached my location this day with a red-and-white SD60 sibling on the point of the returning CP/BNSF Northtown transfer.
Photo Date:  4/23/2006  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 8:31:26 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6052(SD60)
Views:  965   Comments: 0
The Yard Goats, I Presume
Title:  The Yard Goats, I Presume
Description:  Ex-Soo Line unit 6222 and a GP20 ECO sit in Humboldt's west end on the eve of Labor Day weekend 2020. I presume these units are the yard goats at the moment.
Photo Date:  9/4/2020  Upload Date: 9/4/2020 7:53:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6222(SD60)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Into The Yard
Title:  Into The Yard
Description:  The CP/MNNR transfer heads into the MNNR yard after pausing at the former Amtrak Midway depot.
Photo Date:  3/10/2016  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 11:09:36 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6245(SD60) CP 6225(SD60) CP 3015(GP38AC)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
CP/MNNR Transfer
Title:  CP/MNNR Transfer
Description:  I first spotted this train when I was down by the MNNR roundhouse. I headed up to the former Amtrak Midway station to be in position when it passed by. The train pulled up and stopped for a short while, enabling me to snap this and a few other pics of the train.
Photo Date:  3/10/2016  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 11:08:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 3015(GP38AC) CP 6225(SD60) CP 6245(SD60)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
CP/MNNR Transfer Power
Title:  CP/MNNR Transfer Power
Description:  A closer look at the head end power of the CP/MNNR transfer, taken from the platform at the old Amtrak Midway station.
Photo Date:  3/10/2016  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 11:07:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 3015(GP38AC) CP 6229(SD60) CP 6245(SD60)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
Heading For The Man
Title:  Heading For The Man
Description:  The Canadian Pacific Northfield job heads for the main after completing interchange on a cloudy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:03 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 5045(SD30C-ECO) CP 6232(SD60)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Crew change at Pig's Eye
Title:  Crew change at Pig's Eye
Description:  I do believe th—s is a CP/ICE train that is picture here getting a crew change at Pig's Eye yard. The CP seems to be keeping some of the ex-Soo Line SD60s in service judging by the brand-oew paint on the 6234.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 1:19:27 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  ICE 6432(SD40-2) CP 6234(SD60) DME 6367(SD40-2)
Views:  472   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:  221   Comments: 0
Old and new paint jobs
Title:  Old and new paint jobs
Description:  This DM&E unit is in a lash-up of CP units that have just pulled up to near the CP diesel house at Pig's Eye yard this day. Note the freshly-painted ex-Soo Line SD60 behind it.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/25/2013 11:01:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 6056(SD40-2) CP 6245(SD60)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
Cab View
Title:  Cab View
Description:  A view of the 6245's cab as seen from in between a pair of hopper cars parked at the former Amtrak Midway station.
Photo Date:  3/10/2016  Upload Date: 3/10/2016 11:18:32 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Scenic
Locomotives:  CP 6245(SD60)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
Down At The Depot
Title:  Down At The Depot
Description:  A westbound Canadian Pacific train (the Shakopee transfer?) waits down by Union Depot as rain starts to fall on Labor Day 2020.
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 10:16:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CP 6246(SD60) CP 2239(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  294   Comments: 0
Long Train Waiting
Title:  Long Train Waiting
Description:  The crew of a long Canadian Pacific train made up solely of covered hoppers that stretched all the way from down by Union Depot to the east approaches to Pigs Eye Yard wait to be cleared on ahead as rain begins on Labor Day 2020.
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 9/7/2020 10:17:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2239(GP20C-ECO) CP 6246(SD60)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
Sixties!
Title:  Sixties!
Description:  The crew of this CP freight had a pair of SD60s as the lead units. I love those classic EMDs. These babies are also former Soo Line units, which adds to their appeal for me.
Photo Date:  10/14/2019  Upload Date: 10/15/2019 9:06:16 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6252(SD60) CP 6302(SD60-3)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
Nice Catch
Title:  Nice Catch
Description:  I came upon a stopped northbound Canadian Pacific freight just south of Van Cleve Park on the BNSF on a fairly seasonable Monday afternoon. I have no idea if this train was going to the Paynesville Sub, Northtown, or Duluth, but the motive power the crew had made it quite a nice catch.
Photo Date:  10/14/2019  Upload Date: 10/15/2019 9:04:07 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2276(GP20C-ECO) CP 2206(GP20C-ECO) CP 6252(SD60) CP 6302(SD60-3)
Views:  702   Comments: 1
Escaping The Rain
Title:  Escaping The Rain
Description:  The hogger gets a wheel into an eastbotnd freight as it clears the Wayzata siding a click west of the Wayzata depot and approaches the Barry Avenue crossing and depot grounds with air horns sounding. Couple mikutes after he cleared, it began to rain.
Photo Date:  10/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/23/2011 2:45:56 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5355(C44-9W) NS 6586(SD60) CSX 209(AC44CW)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Barry Avenue Parade
Title:  Barry Avenue Parade
Description:  A NS unit is the second of three units on an eastbound mixed manifest freight as it enters the grounds of the Wayzata depot.
Photo Date:  10/23/2011  Upload Date: 10/23/2011 2:39:50 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6586(SD60)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
Pumpkins and Horses
Title:  Pumpkins and Horses
Description:  I keep seeing a lot of CSX and NS power on the Wayzata sub these days. This train iq my third catch of 2010, incidentally. Nice to be back on the scene!
Photo Date:  4/4/2010  Upload Date: 4/4/2010 5:03:18 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6601(SD60) BNSF 4823(C44-9W)
Views:  661   Comments: 0
EMDX 9076 (Oakway Leasing) and BNSF Warbonnet with intermodal at Minneapolis Junction
Title:  EMDX 9076 (Oakway Leasing) and BNSF Warbonnet with intermodal at Minneapolis Junction
Description:  Here comes an Oakway leasing unit and an ex-Santa Fe warbonnet on the point of a northbound BNSF intermodal train passing Minneapolis Junction heading towards Northtown yard and beyond on a glorious early November Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  11/5/2006  Upload Date: 11/5/2006 6:33:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9076(SD60)
Views:  623   Comments: 0
SD60s!
Title:  SD60s!
Description:  A close-up view of the bentonite train's power. Interesting that the BNSF has lowered the numbering sequence on their former BN SD60Ms from the 9000 series to an 8000.
Photo Date:  6/16/2008  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:30:54 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8129(SD60M) EMDX 9088(SD60)
Views:  1077   Comments: 0
Eastbound Bentonite Job Taking The Hole
Title:  Eastbound Bentonite Job Taking The Hole
Description:  An eastbound bentonite train takes the hole in Long Lake. However, the train was just a wee bit too long for the siding. Which necessitated the westbound BNSF Employee Appreciation special having to stop so the bentonite job could pull out at the Wayzata end of the siding and clear the tracks.
Photo Date:  6/16/2008  Upload Date: 6/16/2008 8:30:31 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8129(SD60M) EMDX 9088(SD60)
Views:  949   Comments: 1


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