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5/2/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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Crossing South Shore Drive
Title:  Crossing South Shore Drive
Description:  Heading home down the old Minnesota Western is UP 971 and her trailing unit on today's Golden Valley Industrial lead local. Note the saddle of this railfan's own "motive power", my bycicle, in the lower part of the frame!
Photo Date:  11/7/2005  Upload Date: 2/22/2007 8:07:08 PM
Location:  Medicine Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Krebes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 971(GP50)
Views:  665   Comments: 1
"BN/Santa Fe"
Title:  "BN/Santa Fe"
Description:  Three units hitching a ride on an eastbound freight from Willmar to Minneapolis still display their BN and Santa Fe heritage decades after the 1995 merger.
Photo Date:  10/5/2014  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:41:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1832(SD40-2) BNSF 1964(SD40-2) BNSF 3106(GP50)
Views:  808   Comments: 0
The Head End
Title:  The Head End
Description:  Two BNSF and one NS unit have three older units and a string of mixed merchandise cars behind them as the crew waits on a red signal in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  10/5/2014  Upload Date: 10/5/2014 5:41:41 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3106(GP50) NS 7662(ES40DC) BNSF 5900(ES44AC) BNSF 4655(C44-9W)
Views:  695   Comments: 1
Darn Wires
Title:  Darn Wires
Description:  I caught this stopped eastbound freight from the living room of my apartment. Those darn wires like to get in the way, but I still made a good catch.
Photo Date:  7/26/2015  Upload Date: 7/26/2015 11:24:34 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2731(GP39-2) BNSF 3106(GP50) BNSF 6092(ES44AC) BNSF 6298(ES44AC)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Into The Evening Sun
Title:  Into The Evening Sun
Description:  A westbound freight charges into the sun early on a Saturday evening in Long Lake while an eastbound oil train heads down the Wayzata siding.
Photo Date:  8/14/2021  Upload Date: 8/14/2021 7:50:18 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3125(GP50) BNSF 3818(ET44C4) BNSF 5878(ES44AC) BNSF 3992(ET44C4) BNSF 6617(ES44C4)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Golden Oldie In The Lead
Title:  Golden Oldie In The Lead
Description:  I walked down to the access gate between old and new Highway 12 so I could get the WLMNTW's lead unit. GP50s are golden oldies. :-)
Photo Date:  3/20/2021  Upload Date: 3/20/2021 8:51:04 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3134(GP50)
Views:  262   Comments: 0
Eastbound WLMNTW
Title:  Eastbound WLMNTW
Description:  The crew of the eastbound WLMNTW waits for the dispatcher to give them a green signal while stopped in Long Lake early on a mild, breezy Saturday evening in March.
Photo Date:  3/20/2021  Upload Date: 3/20/2021 8:50:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1616(SD40-2) BNSF 1833(SD40-2) BNSF 3134(GP50)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Hitching A Ride
Title:  Hitching A Ride
Description:  The 3141 was the fifth of five units on the point of an eastbound freight that was briefly stopped in Long Lake, but the unit was just hitching a ride from Willmar and was not operating.
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:03:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3141(GP50)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Movin' Out
Title:  Movin' Out
Description:  Cleared to proceed, the engineer on an eastbound BNSF freight eases the train back into motion after being briefly stopped in Long Lake by the BNSF dispatcher.
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:04:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3141(GP50) BNSF 7798(ES44DC) BNSF 9836(SD70MAC) BNSF 5637(AC44CW) BNSF 9136(SD70ACe)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Golden Oldie Moving Up
Title:  Golden Oldie Moving Up
Description:  An ex-BN GP50 moves up at the Northtown shop on a cold and blustery afternoon in late February.
Photo Date:  2/24/2017  Upload Date: 2/24/2017 6:23:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3158(GP50)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
Golden Oldie Backing Up
Title:  Golden Oldie Backing Up
Description:  An ex-BN GP50, with "Burlington Northern" visible again next to the BN logo on its long hood, reverses into the Northtown shop as the hogger pays careful attention to the brakeman's instructions.
Photo Date:  2/24/2017  Upload Date: 2/24/2017 6:24:28 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3158(GP50)
Views:  211   Comments: 1


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