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| Title: |
No Opposing Traffic |
| Description: |
Here is a stopped eastbound general freight holding the main track in Long Lake. There was no opposing traffic, judging by the blank eastbound main signal, so congestion in Minneapolis must have been the issue. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/2014 Upload Date: 5/17/2014 6:39:15 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 1997(SD40-2) PRLX 704(GP38-2) |
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768 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Wow, What A Catch! |
| Description: |
These two classic units were on the point of an eastbound general freight the BNSF dispatcher stopped in Long Lake for almost two hours before being cleared to proceed. The number "1997" is significant to me: it is the first year I began seriously railfanning. |
| Photo Date: |
5/17/2014 Upload Date: 5/17/2014 6:38:42 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
PRLX 704(GP38-2) BNSF 1997(SD40-2) |
| Views: |
745 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Departing Union Yard |
| Description: |
An eastbound BNSF transfer (to CP I think?) heads out of Union Yard after being stopped by the dispatcher. I hated having to shoot into the sun, but the light settings on my Olympus Accura helped some. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2015 Upload Date: 11/21/2015 4:37:38 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2284(GP38-2) PRLX 706(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
628 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stopped At Union Yard |
| Description: |
The crew aboard a BNSF transfer (to CP Pigs Eye?) waits at Union Yard for clearance to proceed on a sunny but cool late November morning. |
| Photo Date: |
11/21/2015 Upload Date: 11/21/2015 4:35:22 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2284(GP38-2) PRLX 706(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
654 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Union Pacific And The Minnesota Commercial |
| Description: |
The hogger aboard the lead unit of UP's East Minneapolis yard power shoves back out of the Minnesota Commercial's yard whilst the crew aboard MNNR 75 looks on. |
| Photo Date: |
5/4/2015 Upload Date: 5/4/2015 7:13:34 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
MNNR 75(B36-7) UP 1079(GP60) HLCX 1033(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
963 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Uncle Pete Switchin' At East Minneapolis |
| Description: |
Here is the yard power for the UP's East Minneapolis yard (now vest pocket-sized after massive downsizing in 1995.) GP38-2 1078 and GP38-2L 367. In this shot the duo as they slowly build a train. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/2006 Upload Date: 10/3/2006 10:15:18 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 1078(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
571 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP GP38-2 1078 at East Minneapolis yard. |
| Description: |
Here is a close-up of UP 1078. Finding places to get portraits of the UP yard power here is a bit of a challenge. I was lucky to find a place on public property at the east end, where this and the other shot taken here on the date at left was done. 1078 isn't C&NW, but she will do. |
| Photo Date: |
9/30/2006 Upload Date: 10/8/2006 7:21:38 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
UP 1078(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
521 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Soon It Will Be Back To East Minneapolis |
| Description: |
The GVI local has just picked up a coil car from Olympic Steel. It was being coupled to the rest of the train when this picture was taken. Soon it would be back to East Minneapolis for the local's crew. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/2014 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 5:19:34 PM |
| Location: |
Plymouth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 705(GP38-2) HLCX 1080(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
584 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coupling Up |
| Description: |
The Golden Valley Industrial Lead local backs up to couple a coil car picked up at Olympic Steel onto its train. I have wanted to bag one of the HLCX units they use on this local for a long time. |
| Photo Date: |
12/17/2014 Upload Date: 12/17/2014 5:13:06 PM |
| Location: |
Plymouth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 705(GP38-2) HLCX 1080(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
622 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GP38-2 And The Diesel House |
| Description: |
A veteran lease unit with three other GP38-2s coupled behind her sits at the Pigs Eye diesel house early on a Sunday evening. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/2023 Upload Date: 3/31/2023 9:20:03 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
HLCX 1088(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
291 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Inactive And Active |
| Description: |
Veteran Soo Line GP38-2 4411, now inactive, sits beneath sunny skies by the Pigs Eye diesel house behind a still-active HLCX 38-2 early on a Sunday evening. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/2023 Upload Date: 3/31/2023 9:33:04 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
SOO 4411(GP38-2) HLCX 1088(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
345 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Center Of Attention |
| Description: |
TC&W 2016 is the center of attention at Train Days 2018. |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/2018 Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:53:52 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Station |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2016(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
468 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Whiling Away The Evening |
| Description: |
A trio of TC&W GP38-2s while away the evening down by the Hopkins depot on Mother's Day 2023. |
| Photo Date: |
5/14/2023 Upload Date: 5/14/2023 9:54:41 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Track |
| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2016(GP38-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2013(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
334 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Idling Amidst The Wind |
| Description: |
An eastward-facing TC&W quartet (St. Paul Turn? Train in from the west?) idles on the siding west of 5th Avenue in Hopkins on a windy, chilly Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2025 Upload Date: 3/15/2025 9:30:23 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2301(GP39-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2016(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Idling Amidst The Chill |
| Description: |
On an unseasonably cool but sun-scrubbed early April afternoon, a quartet of engines--three TCWR, one RRVW--were nice and toasty as they idled just west of 5th Avenue. |
| Photo Date: |
4/7/2025 Upload Date: 4/7/2025 8:02:05 PM |
| Location: |
Hopkins, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
TCWR 2015(GP38-2) RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2016(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
231 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another Zoom Shot |
| Description: |
Like I said, I got carried away. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/2018 Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:25:14 PM |
| Location: |
Willmar, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2045(GP38-2) BNSF 2044(GP38-2) BNSF 2621(GP39-3) |
| Views: |
800 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Zoom Shot |
| Description: |
I got carried away during my visit and had some fun with zoom shots. |
| Photo Date: |
7/1/2018 Upload Date: 12/10/2018 10:24:43 PM |
| Location: |
Willmar, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 2557(GP39-3) BNSF 2045(GP38-2) BNSF 2044(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
767 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Motive Power And The "Witch's Hat" Tower |
| Description: |
The "Witch's Hat" water tower and a grain elevator provide a colorful backdrop to this morning portrait of two units I found at East Minneapolis yard on this fine Saturday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 9/12/2015 11:16:08 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2273(GP38-2) UP 1476(GP40M-2) |
| Views: |
660 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Entering The Junction |
| Description: |
Union Pacific's local from Plymouth, sporting two GMTX unirs for power, rolls onto the south leg of the wye at Minneapolis Junction as the crew enters the last leg of their journey to East Minneapolis yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:05:47 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2694(GP38-2) GMTX 2277(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
614 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Almost Home |
| Description: |
Tne Union Pacific local from Plymouth rounds the south leg of the wye at East Minneapolis beneath rapidly clouding skies as the crew nears their destination of East Minneapolis yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/7/2016 Upload Date: 10/7/2016 7:06:41 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2277(GP38-2) GMTX 2694(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Leased Power At East Minneapolis |
| Description: |
A pair of GATX Locomotive Group units sit parked at Union Pacific's East Minneapolis yard on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in April. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2017 Upload Date: 4/2/2017 9:08:46 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 2694(GP38-2) GMTX 2271(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
599 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
A Window Shot |
| Description: |
I was leaving the area to go chase a train headed by Dayton's Bluff when this jucier plum arrived from the opposite way! I had to turn around, race ahead of the train like I was in "Unstopbbable", and take this first of three shots of this job entering Pigs Eye. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/21/2011 7:22:29 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CP 4523(GP38-2) SOO 4434(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
354 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CP 4523 |
| Description: |
Roster view of this unique rebuilt unit as it leads a Soo Line unit and a general freight into Pigs Eye yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/21/2011 7:38:53 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
CP 4523(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
221 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Close Up Shot |
| Description: |
A close-up going-away view of these two units as the hogger nurses them and his train into Pigs Eye yard. |
| Photo Date: |
10/15/2011 Upload Date: 10/21/2011 7:38:25 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 4434(GP38-2) CP 4523(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
267 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Humbolt Yard Stuff |
| Description: |
Four road units and two ex-Milwaukee switchers were the prizes I bagged on a visit to Humbolt Yard this day. The fact that "bandit" units still can be found in 2011 is one reason why I like the Canadian Pacific better than the Canadian National! |
| Photo Date: |
12/10/2011 Upload Date: 12/11/2011 9:37:15 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
SOO 4423(GP38-2) CP 4523(GP38-2) CP 4440(GP38-2) SOO 1540(MP15AC) SOO 1547(MP15AC) |
| Views: |
856 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CITX 6352 |
| Description: |
Roster view-engine was one of three units on the Northfield run today. The engineer had paused the train in mid-switch, allowing me to take this and two other roster shots. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/2015 Upload Date: 8/1/2015 6:10:50 PM |
| Location: |
Northfield, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
535 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Hasty Shot |
| Description: |
I stumbled upon Progressive Rail's Northfield job as it departed Lakeville. I only had time for two hasty shots while holding my camera out my car window. This was the best of the two. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/2015 Upload Date: 7/31/2015 10:41:46 AM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
962 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
PGR Switching Malt O Meal |
| Description: |
Progressive Rail's Northfield job switches Malt O Meal beneath sunny late July skies. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/2015 Upload Date: 7/31/2015 10:48:52 AM |
| Location: |
Northfield, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
904 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Crew Confab |
| Description: |
The Progressive Rail crew confers before they commence moving stored freight cars parked along the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern north of Dodd Boulevard in Lakeville. PGR picked a nice, mild day for the move. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:29:21 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
| Views: |
890 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Coupling Up |
| Description: |
The road power couples up to a string of stored small (cement?) hoppers parked along the inactive main line of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern. The fallow fields lend an air of prairie railroading to this scene. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:30:02 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
796 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Crossing Dodd |
| Description: |
A school bus driver patiently waits while the Progressive Rail crew moves their leased unit trio across Dodd Boulevard shortly after 9 A.M. at the start of a stored freight car move. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:28:47 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
| Views: |
851 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Pause |
| Description: |
The PGR crew pauses a moment at the start of the stored freight car move which took place this day. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:31:08 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
| Views: |
756 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Moving Past Fallow Fields |
| Description: |
The PGR road power moves up past fallow fields north of Dodd Boulevard as the stored freight car move begins. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:29:40 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 6671(GP38-3) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CITX 6352(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
785 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Resume |
| Description: |
The PGR crew resumes pushing as they continue to couple up strings of covered hoppers stored along the old MN&S main line. |
| Photo Date: |
2/10/2017 Upload Date: 2/10/2017 7:31:42 PM |
| Location: |
Lakeville, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Winter,Action |
| Locomotives: |
CITX 6352(GP38-2) CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CEFX 6671(GP38-3) |
| Views: |
855 Comments: 0 |
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