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Title: |
View Over The Rooftop |
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Got the best shot I could of this Soo unit by zooming in over the roof of the Ford Yard office. Turned out pretty decent. Liked how I got the Espee boxcar into the shot. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:47:23 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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SOO 4451(GP38-2) |
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361 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Acceleration Time |
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An eastbound iron ore train gains speed as it leaves Bandana Square behind. Meanwhile, the folks at the Como Park soccer fields pay the dramatic sight no heed as kids teams chase the white and black balls around the fields. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:14:56 AM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 5768(ES44AC) BNSF 9198(SD70ACe) |
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392 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Eastbound Taconite |
Description: |
An eastbound taconite train bound for the steel mills slowly gets up to speed as it passes Bandana Square. Crew sure has the ponies for hauling all that ore. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:12:40 AM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 9198(SD70ACe) BNSF 5768(ES44AC) |
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387 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
And Once More The Caritas |
Description: |
This must be my umpteenth shot of this varnish palace. Today it was the last of six private cars on the spur at the Amtrak Midway station. Car number is "80045." |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:12:01 PM |
Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
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830 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Tracks Two And Three |
Description: |
I always thought these signs at Amtrak Midway were nifty. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:17:52 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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47 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Canadian Pacific! |
Description: |
These three units on the point of an eastbound freight just shouts the name of the road as it passes Bandana. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:30:50 AM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CP 9681(AC44CW) CP 8566(AC44CW) CP 8823(ES44AC) |
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350 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 9412 |
Description: |
First in a string of five units I found parked in the east end of UP's East Minneapolis yard. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:42:38 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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UP 9412(C41-8W) |
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250 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 9443 |
Description: |
Second of a five unit lashup I found parked at East Minneapolis yard. It and the lead unit were both idling. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:42:49 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Santa Fe All The Way |
Description: |
A former Santa Fe GE now owned by the Minnesota Commercial rests under breezy skies at Cleveland Avenue. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:06:30 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 42(SF30B) |
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347 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Super Dome! |
Description: |
Here is the second private car I found, North Star Rail's Milwaukee Road Super Dome. Are you like me and can picture David P. Morgan enjoying a drink and conversation in the lower level like he wrote he used to do? |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:59:03 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
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263 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Katy Did (Show Up) |
Description: |
Seen this car several times before. It's a true classic of the open-platfrom heavyweight passenger car era. Today it was the fourth of six private cars parked on the spur at Amtrak Midway. One curious thing I noted; it also bears the number "800393". Anybody know why? |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:06:57 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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174 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
From Dairyland to Gopher Land |
Description: |
Green Bay and Western vetr 314 is still with us earning her keep on the Minnesota Commercial. Note the very weathered shack next to it's parking place at Cleveland Avenue roundhouse this Saturday. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:19:58 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 314(C424) |
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297 Comments: 0 |
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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. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:35:35 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 40(B23-7) |
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363 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Treasures Of The Minnesota Commercial |
Description: |
More roundhouse treasures scooped up via zoom lense. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:12:50 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 55(C30-7) MNNR 1982(B23-7) |
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439 Comments: 0 |
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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. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:03:12 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 59(C36-7) |
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400 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Montreal Locomotive Works gem |
Description: |
This Canadian MLW gem remains alive and well south of the border plying Minnesota Commerical rails. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 11:14:16 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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MNNR 71(M636) |
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630 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
And The New |
Description: |
Got this shot of the MNNR sign on the Cleveland Avenue roundhouse from across the street thanks to "digital zoom" mode. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:23:31 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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48 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Nix Steam No More |
Description: |
It occured to me while photographing these Norfolk Southern visitors to East Minneapolis that with their revived steam program, the nickname "Nix Steam" no longer applies! |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 9:01:15 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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NS 9402(C40-9W) NS 7530(ES40DC) |
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140 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Thuroughbreds Beneath The Clouds |
Description: |
Only reason I stopped at East Minneapolis was because of some temporary cloud cover overhead dulling the west-facing sun. I had to beat it after this shot, though; sun was about to return. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 9:01:31 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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NS 7530(ES40DC) NS 9402(C40-9W) |
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119 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Old |
Description: |
Weathered though it is, this sign for the Minnesota Transfer Railway still adorns the Cleveland Avenue roundhouse, having been put up during the glory days of steam. Now it is a reminder of the Minnesota Commercial's heritage. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:23:19 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Feast Your Eyes While You Can! |
Description: |
With the December 2011 closing date for the St. Paul Ford Plant looming, this vista at Ford Yard is now a very perishable commodity. Get your pics while you can! |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:35:49 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
We Meet At Last |
Description: |
I've heard of the "Gritty Palace", but this was my first catch of it. It was the fifth of six private cars stashed at Amtrak Midway. Nifty name, but what does "GNW&B" stand for? |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:11:49 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
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183 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Rio Grand Scenic? |
Description: |
The third of six private varnish palaces I found at Amtrak Midway is this full-length dome lettered for the Rio Grande Scenic, but it's reporting mark I did not record. It's number, though, is 800124. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 9:02:40 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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158 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Skytop! |
Description: |
Was pleasantly surprised to find the Cedar Rapids tacked on to the tail end of six -count 'em, six!- private cars at the Amtrak Midway depot. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:56:30 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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807 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Replacement Pic |
Description: |
Last December, not knowing what my new camera could do, I took a blurry shot of the caboose stationed at Ford Yard. Today, that pic is history, replaced by this one, taken on "digital zoom" mode. I could even deduce the number! |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:40:06 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ford Yard's Power |
Description: |
Portrait shot of the two units, taken from the Cleveland Avenue bridge. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/13/2011 8:47:08 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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Locomotives: |
SOO 4444(GP38-2) SOO 4451(GP38-2) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pay Attention Kids |
Description: |
The two boys down to the right belonged to a total group of five or six I saw come up to the fence by the Bandana Parking garage and proceed to start going through a hole in it and across the tracks right as that CP job was coming! I shouted a warning, but they didn't listen. Luckily the first batch of three or four got across while the other two sensibly waited after finally waking up to the oncoming Big Bad Beaver Rail job. Guys; never try to cross tracks when a train is inbound! A trip to the soccer fields isn't worth a trip to the hospital or funeral home. |
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8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:31:19 AM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CP 8823(ES44AC) CP 8566(AC44CW) CP 9681(AC44CW) |
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401 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3125 |
Description: |
I had to cope with all kinds of obstacles to get four of a five unit UP lashup I found at East Minneapolis yard this day. This was the third unit, a golden oldie. |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:49:53 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
UP 3125(SD40-2) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
UP 3236 |
Description: |
The fourth of five UP units I found at East Minneapolis on this visit. Couldn't get the fifth off to the right due to too many obstructions in the way. Was nice to bag two UP SD40-2s, though! |
Photo Date: |
8/13/2011 Upload Date: 8/14/2011 8:50:07 AM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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UP 3236(SD40-2R) |
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317 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Eastbound Grain |
Description: |
A Dash nine duo is the ponies at the disposal of the crew of this eastbound unit grain train passing Edina Realty and the other businesses west of the Ferndale grade crossing. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2011 Upload Date: 8/15/2011 1:20:32 PM |
Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 4932(C44-9W) BNSF 4733(C44-9W) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CSX Trio |
Description: |
Soon after an eastbound grain train breezed through town another eastbound took the hole, this time a mixed freight&led by this CSX trio. Nice! |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2011 Upload Date: 8/15/2011 1:15:42 PM |
Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CSX 5495(ES40DC) CSX 8591(SD50-2) CSX 4582(SD70MAC) |
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407 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5157 is the DPU |
Description: |
Here's the DPU of an eastbound grain job clearing the Ferndale Road crossing. Got Lhe main track signal into the composition by pure chance. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2011 Upload Date: 8/15/2011 1:18:30 PM |
Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 5157(C44-9W) |
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197 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Another Zomm Shot |
Description: |
Before I caught this train in Wayzata, I first snapped this shot of it stopped in Long Lake just before they got the green signal. |
Photo Date: |
8/15/2011 Upload Date: 8/15/2011 1:20:43 PM |
Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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Locomotives: |
BNSF 4733(C44-9W) BNSF 4932(C44-9W) |
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176 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
To The Yard! |
Description: |
With a CN SUV and two employees tagging along, the crew of today's westbound CN/WC train head up to the MNNR yard. Glad I got the WC hopper on the right into the shot. BiW: if the crew of the SUV sees this, I'd be dappy to send them a copy if you like. |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 12:00:00 AM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BCOL 4619(C40-8M) CN 5707(SD75I) |
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502 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Bringing Em Down |
Description: |
The CN/WC hogger applies the motive power to bring a cut of cars ouu of the Minnesota Commercial yard to be switched onto todays westbound to Wisconsin. Note the CN vehicle on the right. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 9:47:53 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CN 5707(SD75I) BCOL 4619(C40-8M) |
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443 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Coupled Up |
Description: |
The CN WC locos coupled up to some interchange at thd MNNR yard. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 9:47:40 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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134 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 5707 Roster Shot |
Description: |
Roster!shot of this unit taken as iz and its BCOL companion swing up into the MNNR yard. |
Photo Date: |
8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 9:33:30 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CN 5707(SD75I) |
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146 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The CN (WC) Arrives |
Description: |
With a colorful motive power mix the westbound CN (WC) pulls in to New Brighton to interchange with the Minnesota Commercial. |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 7:43:37 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CN 5707(SD75I) BCOL 4619(C40-8M) |
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186 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Detached And Getting Ready |
Description: |
After being,met by a CN vehicle with two employees that had come down from the MNOR yard after the CN WC arrived, the train's motive power prepares to reverse up into the yard after the crew cut them loose. |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 9:21:22 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BCOL 4619(C40-8M) CN 5707(SD75I) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
I Still Liked the Real WC Better |
Description: |
Ten years after my first visit to New Brighton, the old Soo Line depot shows what a difference a decade makes. I still liked the real Wisconsin Central better than its ersatz paper subsidiary ghost. Shame on those greedy stockholders who willingly threw to the wolves a vibrant regional railroad! |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 7:43:59 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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94 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Station Sign "Roseville" |
Description: |
This piece of ex-Northern Pacific track links the Minnesota Commercial's former Minnesota Transfer mainline with the ex-NP Skally Line fragment that runs from White Bear Lake to Hugo. This station sign can be found two blocks east of the County C/Snelling intersection. Anyone know what the "Shunt" sign is for? |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 7:43:46 PM |
Location: |
Roseville, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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141 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Easing To A Stop |
Description: |
As the power lines that tower above 35W hum and crackle, the hogger on the westbound CN WC eases the train to a stop for some interchange work at New Brighton. |
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8/20/2011 Upload Date: 8/20/2011 7:53:37 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BCOL 4619(C40-8M) CN 5707(SD75I) |
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216 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
First The BNSF Power |
Description: |
Two BNSF dash-nines lead a NS and CSX unit at the head of a long freight passing Bandana Square going east. |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:31:22 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 4949(C44-9W) BNSF 4765(C44-9W) |
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229 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Passing The Soccer Fields |
Description: |
As soccer moms and dads watch their offspring do their stuff on the soccer fields of Como Park, the passing of an eastbound BNSF job with a glut o power gets attention only from yours truly atop Bandana Square's "No State Fair parking" marked four story garage. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:39:05 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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CSX 120(AC44CW) NS 9131(C40-9W) BNSF 4765(C44-9W) BNSF 4949(C44-9W) |
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339 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 8851 |
Description: |
Roster shot. It and another NS unit were at the UP's East Minneapolis yard. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/3/2011 10:09:55 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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NS 8851(C40-9) |
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96 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
BNSF 5430 Through The Windshield |
Description: |
A view of the DPU on an ethanol job I'd first caught in Wayzata then encountered on the Union Cutoff later that same day. Note the city bus and State Fair shuttle in my rearview mirror; they probably enjoyed the view less than I did! It was a long train. |
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9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:31:57 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 5430(C44-9W) |
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175 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
LLPX 2205 |
Description: |
Roster view taken at East Minneapolis yard. Why is this unit in UP paint if it isn't a former UP unit? |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 3:50:07 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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LLPX 2205(GP38AC) |
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253 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Espee Reminders |
Description: |
I found this pair of ex-Espee ballast hoppers in a string of freight cars near the Amtrak Midway&depot. |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/3/2011 8:03:51 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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132 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
NS 9142 |
Description: |
Roster shot, taken at UP's East Minneapolis yard. |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/3/2011 10:09:39 PM |
Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
Categories: |
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NS 9142(C40-9W) |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Both Major Eastern Roads! |
Description: |
Behind the two BNSF units were these representatives from both major eastern railroads. Train was eastbound at Bandana Square. |
Photo Date: |
9/3/2011 Upload Date: 9/4/2011 10:31:37 PM |
Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
Author: |
Richard Held |
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Locomotives: |
NS 9131(C40-9W) CSX 120(AC44CW) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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