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5/7/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Zoom Shot
Title:  Zoom Shot
Description:  I bagged UP 647 from all the way down at Stagecoach Road thanks to the miracle of the zoom lens. Like wow, man.
Photo Date:  7/9/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:23:45 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 647(GP40)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Bandit At Northtown
Title:  Bandit At Northtown
Description:  Some CP units were parked down in the southeastern end of Northtown Yard when I visited recently. This ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" was the pick of them (natch).
Photo Date:  3/10/2015  Upload Date: 3/11/2015 12:46:41 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  242   Comments: 1
Red Door Bandit
Title:  Red Door Bandit
Description:  Veteran Soo/Milwaukee "Bandit" unit 2010 now sports a red door, a replacement from a retired unit, perhaps?
Photo Date:  10/24/2015  Upload Date: 10/24/2015 8:16:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40) CP 4431(GP38-2) CP 4447(GP38-2)
Views:  738   Comments: 2
Eclectic Mix
Title:  Eclectic Mix
Description:  An eclectic mix of motive power sits on both the ready track and the stored unit line on a lovely April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:01:37 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6020(SD40-2) CP 4431(GP38-2) CP 6258(SD60M) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
Oldies In Repose
Title:  Oldies In Repose
Description:  Nine units slumber at Humboldt Yard on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:47:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  345   Comments: 0
All There Was
Title:  All There Was
Description:  Humboldt Yard on President's Day 2020 was so quiet, all you could hear was the sound of traffic on Osseo Road. All I could find to photograph were these three stored units, amongst them "bandit" GP40 2010.
Photo Date:  2/17/2020  Upload Date: 2/17/2020 5:47:22 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  251   Comments: 1
Parked Oldies
Title:  Parked Oldies
Description:  Soo Line "bandit" 2010 and her older EMD companions still rest at Humboldt Yard awaiting a possible call to duty should traffic levels warrant.
Photo Date:  9/4/2020  Upload Date: 9/4/2020 7:58:17 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  264   Comments: 2
The Row Is Smaller Now
Title:  The Row Is Smaller Now
Description:  Traffic levels on Canadian Pacific have increased to the point a number of the newer GEs stored here were reactivated.
Photo Date:  9/4/2020  Upload Date: 9/4/2020 7:56:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8854(ES44AC) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  840   Comments: 0
She's Still There
Title:  She's Still There
Description:  Ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" 2010 is still at Humboldt Yard, hopefully awaiting preservation or a new owner.
Photo Date:  7/3/2021  Upload Date: 7/4/2021 8:51:57 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
Still There
Title:  Still There
Description:  Seven units--five of Canadian Pacific heritage, one of Soo Line, and one of Soo/Milwaukee--are still at Humboldt Yard. Here they are basking beneath mild sunny skies early on an August weekday evening.
Photo Date:  8/12/2021  Upload Date: 8/12/2021 10:06:43 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2) CP 6047(SD40-2) CP 6075(SD40-2) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
Awaiting Final Disposition
Title:  Awaiting Final Disposition
Description:  Six stored units, among which is Soo "bandit" 2010 (second unit from the back), sit beneath gloomy March skies at Humboldt Yard while awaiting their final disposition.
Photo Date:  3/23/2022  Upload Date: 3/23/2022 8:46:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40) CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 0
The Deadline Remains
Title:  The Deadline Remains
Description:  The deadline at Humboldt Yard, containing the last Soo/Milwaukee "Bandit", 2010 (at far right) remains even as the hours count down until Canadian Pacific Kansas City comes into being. How much longer will these units put out to pasture be able to soak up the sun on lovely days like this one until they meet their destiny?
Photo Date:  4/11/2023  Upload Date: 4/11/2023 11:09:11 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6073(SD40-2) SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Back On Home Rails One Last Time
Title:  Back On Home Rails One Last Time
Description:  Now sold but still clad in faded "bandit" paint, Soo 2010 was at the Pig's Eye roundhouse on a showery Saturday afternoon. Usable parts have been removed by CPKC, so the new owner might be a scrapper. Hail and farewell to the last ex-Milwaukee Road unit on the CPKC, sitting here on home rails one last time.
Photo Date:  10/14/2023  Upload Date: 11/7/2023 10:19:02 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Love those bandits!
Title:  Love those bandits!
Description:  A veteran Soo/Milwaukee "bandit" reposes at the head of a line of Soo Line SD60s on the south side of the engine terminal area at Pigs Eye yard.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/25/2013 10:31:45 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2064(GP40)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
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:  177   Comments: 1
DME 4002
Title:  DME 4002
Description:  Roster view of this classy unit.
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 2:30:48 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DME 4002(GP40)
Views:  187   Comments: 1
The Jackson Local
Title:  The Jackson Local
Description:  The Jackson Local idles on the west side of Highway 218. I could not tell if the train was manned or not.
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 2:30:01 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4002(GP40) SOO 4444(GP38-2) CP 4403(GP38-2)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
The Jackson Local, View Two
Title:  The Jackson Local, View Two
Description:  Another view of the Jackson Local as it sits on the west side of the Highway 218 grade crossing. The train may not have been manned. Is this a crew change spot?
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 2:30:25 PM
Location:  Austin, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4002(GP40) SOO 4444(GP38-2) CP 4403(GP38-2)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Approaching 3rd Avenue SE
Title:  Approaching 3rd Avenue SE
Description:  The CP local approaches Third Avenue SE as the crew makes their way south on the old Chicago Great Western.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:55:02 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Crossing 3rd Avenue SE
Title:  Crossing 3rd Avenue SE
Description:  The CP crew heads into the rising sun as they cross 3rd Avenue SE while southbound on the old Chicago Great Western in Rochester. A man waiting for the bus watches the show.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:54:30 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Just About Set To Go
Title:  Just About Set To Go
Description:  The crew of the Canadian Pacific's Rochester local were just about set to head south on the old Chicago Great Western when I came upon their two car train shortly after 8:30 a.m. on a remarkably mild November morning.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:56:06 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Vintage DME!
Title:  Vintage DME!
Description:  The Rochester local had a DM&E unit for power when I came upon it shortly after 8:30 A.M. on the second day of November, 2016.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:47:35 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Southbound At Seneca Foods
Title:  Southbound At Seneca Foods
Description:  The CP local heads south past Seneca Food with two cars for businesses located on the surviving ex-Chicago Great Western in Rochester.
Photo Date:  11/2/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 6:51:47 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 4006(GP40)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
One Car 0630
Title:  One Car 0630
Description:  An early CP 0630 crosses Laurel Avenue with one smooth side covered hopper in tow. This car is either bound for Western Avenue Yard to be put in storage, or it is a revenue car off Progressive Rail's Dan Patch line bound for Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  10/14/2015  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:31:45 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4421(GP38-2) SOO 4601(GP40)
Views:  156   Comments: 2
Approaching Laurel Avenue
Title:  Approaching Laurel Avenue
Description:  A very early 0630 approaches Laurel Avenue as the crew heads back north, passing the site of the recently abandoned spur track. (Is CP going to pick those ties up, or is the spur going to be rebuilt?)
Photo Date:  10/14/2015  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:30:46 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4421(GP38-2) SOO 4601(GP40)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Soo Line!
Title:  Soo Line!
Description:  The northbound 0630-running very early-crosses Golden Hills Drive on its way north with one car in tow. After getting used to the new Canadian Pacific ECO units, finding ex-Soo Line golden oldies in Golden Valley was quite a treat, especially since one of them still wore her Soo colors.
Photo Date:  10/14/2015  Upload Date: 10/14/2015 4:30:20 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 4601(GP40) CP 4421(GP38-2)
Views:  120   Comments: 0
Wow, What A Group!
Title:  Wow, What A Group!
Description:  This is what I continue to like about the CP: they have quite a colorful collection of diesels, as evidences by this eclectic bunch parked down by the roundhouse and diesel shop at Pig's Eye Yard.
Photo Date:  12/6/2014  Upload Date: 12/12/2014 12:12:55 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 4602(GP40) CP 6021(SD40-2) DME 6360(SD40-2) CP 6080(SD40-2) SOO 1551(MP15AC) SOO 1543(MP15AC)
Views:  735   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road And MN&S Vets
Title:  Milwaukee Road And MN&S Vets
Description:  Along Progressive Rail's former MN&S High Line route just west of Lyndale Avenue down by their open-air shops next to Ziegler CAT we find a Milwaukee Road vet in the form of CP GP40 4609 parked idling out on the main track and a Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern vet in the form of PGR SW1500 36 sitting parked shut down on the spur into Ziegler. Nice!
Photo Date:  1/19/2013  Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:52:39 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4609(GP40) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
First Catch Of The Year!
Title:  First Catch Of The Year!
Description:  Parked idling outside Ziegler CAT on Progressive Rail's ex-MN&S High Line just west of Lyndale Avenue this day was this ex-Soo Line exx-Milwaukee Road GP40. Not bad for the first railfan catch of the year for me!
Photo Date:  1/19/2013  Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:52:13 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4609(GP40)
Views:  150   Comments: 1
Cell Phone Cameras Are Handy
Title:  Cell Phone Cameras Are Handy
Description:  The southbound 0630 continues on down the MNS Spur at Valley Road. I took this and the other pic of the train at Valley Road with my Samsung cell phone. Cell phone cameras can come in handy if you have left your regular one at home, as was the case for me this day.
Photo Date:  8/28/2015  Upload Date: 8/28/2015 10:34:47 AM
Location:  Edina, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2208(GP20C-ECO) CP 4613(GP40)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
At Last!
Title:  At Last!
Description:  I have long wanted to photograph a train traveling on the MNS Spur at Valley Lane in Edina. This morning my dream came true! I find it interesting that today's 0630 is a mix of old and new power after chasing one earlier this month which had a matched pair of ECO GP20Cs for power.
Photo Date:  8/28/2015  Upload Date: 8/28/2015 10:33:52 AM
Location:  Edina, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 4613(GP40) CP 2208(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
CP/Soo Line Fiesta
Title:  CP/Soo Line Fiesta
Description:  CP GP40 4615 leads Soo Line sibling 4648 and two other red and white units east along the old Milwaukee Road in downtown St. Paul. They are approaching the junction with the UP's ex-CGW line over the Missisippi, out of view to the left.
Photo Date:  12/7/2007  Upload Date: 12/8/2007 8:17:14 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4615(GP40) SOO 4648(GP40)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Five In The West End
Title:  Five In The West End
Description:  A shot (slightly fuzzy, sorry) of five units I spotted in the west end of Humboldt Yard on a chilly November morning.
Photo Date:  11/21/2015  Upload Date: 11/21/2015 4:05:56 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2213(GP20C-ECO) CP 4620(GP40)
Views:  160   Comments: 0


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