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5/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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:  322   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:  236   Comments: 0
Gaggle Of Engines
Title:  Gaggle Of Engines
Description:  A gaggle of engines soaks up the sun at the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse on a warm but lovely early June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/5/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:21:31 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 311(C424) MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  546   Comments: 2
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:  231   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:  44   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:  81   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:  323   Comments: 0
44 And 49
Title:  44 And 49
Description:  The 44 and 49 sit down at the "Commersh"'s roundhouse late on the afternoon of National Train Day 2021. What do their numbers total when put together? 4449! :-)
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 9:34:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  87   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:  76   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  78   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  53   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:  85   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  94   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:  32   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  87   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  126   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:  104   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  93   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 42(SF30B) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  101   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 44(B23-7) MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  132   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:  1109   Comments: 1
Napping The Afternoon Away
Title:  Napping The Afternoon Away
Description:  The 68 naps the afternoon away down at the MNNR roundhouse on the second Saturday in December, 2020.
Photo Date:  12/12/2020  Upload Date: 12/12/2020 7:35:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 68(B23-7)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
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:  45   Comments: 0
Ex-CR 1969 At Cleveland Avenue Roundhouse
Title:  Ex-CR 1969 At Cleveland Avenue Roundhouse
Description:  Here is ex-Conrail GE number 1969 basking under sun scrubbed Gopher State skies on the ready tracks at Cleveland Avenue roundhouse.
Photo Date:  2/25/2006  Upload Date: 1/21/2007 8:38:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 1969(B23-7)
Views:  677   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:  170   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:  188   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:  142   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:  140   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:  173   Comments: 0
MNNR 1978
Title:  MNNR 1978
Description:  Down by the roundhouse as the last drips of rain fall from a heavy thunderstorm that just rolled through.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:09:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  186   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:  82   Comments: 0
Lazy Sunday
Title:  Lazy Sunday
Description:  Late on an unseasonably cool and breezy Sunday morning in early October, engines at the Minnesota Commercial roundhouse enjoy a lazy Sunday.
Photo Date:  10/13/2019  Upload Date: 10/13/2019 7:26:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR T-2(Yard Slug) MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Still Operable?
Title:  Still Operable?
Description:  I do not think the 1978 has moved from this spot in a while. Is this unit still operable?
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:14:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  139   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:  378   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:  431   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:  129   Comments: 0
Idling At The Sand Tower
Title:  Idling At The Sand Tower
Description:  MNNR 1983 is tended to by a Minnesota Commercial crew as it idles at the sand tower by the roundhouse late on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:17:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7)
Views:  45   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:  348   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:  95   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:  107   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:  74   Comments: 1
GE And Alco
Title:  GE And Alco
Description:  2002 and the 318 rest at the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse on a dry but chilly December afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/12/2020  Upload Date: 12/12/2020 7:28:33 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 2002(B23-7) MNNR 318(RS27)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
NREX 4227 and 4221
Title:  NREX 4227 and 4221
Description:  Roster view of two ex-Santa Fe units the MNNR has recently added to their roster as they repose behind the fence at the Cleveland Avenue roundhouse
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/23/2013 7:49:38 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  NREX 4227(B23-7) NREX 4221(B23-7)
Views:  204   Comments: 0


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