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5/3/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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:  386   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:  221   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:  438   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
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:  198   Comments: 1
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
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
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
MNNR 58
Title:  MNNR 58
Description:  Resting at the roundhouse early on a Sunday morning after heavy rain rolled through.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:10:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  76   Comments: 2
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:  105   Comments: 1
Idling Amidst The Chill
Title:  Idling Amidst The Chill
Description:  The 58 was active and idling when I photographed it at the MNNR roundhouse on a dry but chilly Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/12/2020  Upload Date: 12/12/2020 7:35:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
Down By The Roundhouse
Title:  Down By The Roundhouse
Description:  The 58 and 84 sit in repose down by the roundhouse late on National Train Day 2021.
Photo Date:  5/8/2021  Upload Date: 5/8/2021 9:43:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E) MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Lease Unit Veteran
Title:  Lease Unit Veteran
Description:  MNNR 58, that venerable lease unit veteran which doubtless roamed the rails of the BN, BNSF, and other roads before coming to the Commercial, sits at the roundhouse early on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:18:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Good Old 58
Title:  Good Old 58
Description:  This day she was resting at the roundhouse, awaiting her next call to duty on the Belt Job and other trains.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:18:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  23   Comments: 0
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:  507   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
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 87(B39-8E) MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  159   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:  76   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:  90   Comments: 1
Quiet Day
Title:  Quiet Day
Description:  Quiet held sway at the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse late on a chilly, breezy Sunday morning in early October.
Photo Date:  10/13/2019  Upload Date: 10/13/2019 7:25:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E) MNNR 54(B30-7) MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
Still Shiny
Title:  Still Shiny
Description:  The new paint on the 84 is still shiny as she and stablemate 85 rest at the Commercial's roundhouse on Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:14:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Still Shiny Too
Title:  Still Shiny Too
Description:  The new paint on the 85 is still positively dazzling. Unit was at MNNR's roundhouse on Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:15:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 85(B39-8E)
Views:  226   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:  223   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:  254   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:  318   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:  413   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:  305   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:  176   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:  43   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:  34   Comments: 0


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