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11/4/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:10/7/2020 - 9/30/2024
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
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"Generation II Locomotives"
Title:  "Generation II Locomotives"
Description:  Detail shot.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 10:17:15 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
The Old And The New
Title:  The Old And The New
Description:  TCWR 2013 is a fairly new addition to TC&W's roster, while I practically grew up with TCWR veteran 3516. Rails in foreground are for Southwest Light Rail, occupying where the Minneapolis & St. Louis main line once was.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:52:36 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
TCWR 2013
Title:  TCWR 2013
Description:  She sure looks good in TC&W colors.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:53:52 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Down By The Depot
Title:  Down By The Depot
Description:  TCWR 3516 and 2013 rest down by the old Milwaukee Road depot late on the afternoon of June 2022's first Saturday. Rails in the foreground belong to the Southwest Light Rail route.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:49:23 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Track
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C) TCWR 2013(GP38-2)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
I'm Gonna Miss Them
Title:  I'm Gonna Miss Them
Description:  I practically grew up with Twin Cities & Western's CAT-powered GP20Cs and GP30Cs. With TC&W gradually sidelining their CAT units and using them as parts sources for functioning CAT units, 3516's time on the roster is in the final countdown. I'm gonna miss her and her sisters.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 9:55:20 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Logo And Road Number
Title:  Logo And Road Number
Description:  Detail shot.
Photo Date:  6/4/2022  Upload Date: 6/4/2022 10:07:49 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
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:  107   Comments: 0
UP Trio
Title:  UP Trio
Description:  A trio of Union Pacific units with a GP40-2 in the front rest at Valley Park yard on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/9/2022  Upload Date: 7/9/2022 10:23:16 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1454(GP40-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Where the NP Crossed the Transfer
Title:  Where the NP Crossed the Transfer
Description:  Belt Line Crossing marks where the old Northern Pacific Line across the northern St. Paul suburbs crossed the Minnesota Transfer Railway's Belt Line. Today both lines are operated by Minnesota Commercial, but the old NP ends about a mile east of here, at the stop sign in the center distnance. From that point east, a trail runs along the line.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:37:19 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   Comments: 0
BNSF 6888
Title:  BNSF 6888
Description:  Fourth of five units on an eastbound freight waiting on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:43:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 6888(ES44C4)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
BNSF 6954
Title:  BNSF 6954
Description:  Lead of five units on a waiting eastbound freight on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:38:11 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 6954(ES44C4)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
BNSF 7370
Title:  BNSF 7370
Description:  Third of five units on an eastbound freight that was waiting on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:42:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 7370(ES44DC)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Classy Oldie
Title:  Classy Oldie
Description:  This classy oldie from BNSF's early days was second of five units on an eastbound freight stopped on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:49:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 996(C44-9W)
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Prize Catch!
Title:  Prize Catch!
Description:  This, the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound BNSF freight on the Midway Sub, was why my buddy Andy and I peeled off Snelling Avenue and bagged the train down where the old St. Paul Saints stadium once stood. What a glorious golden oldie, and a refurbished baby at that!
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Shiny Paint On A Golden Oldie
Title:  Shiny Paint On A Golden Oldie
Description:  This baby sure has a new lease on life now! CP 6042 was the fifth of five units on a stopped eastbound freight on the Midway Sub this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:44:36 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  122   Comments: 1
Will This Survive CPKC?
Title:  Will This Survive CPKC?
Description:  My buddy Andy and I admired the classy "beaver" logo on this CP unit. Will this classy logo survive the CPKC merger? We shall see.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/17/2022 6:47:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6042(SD40-2)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
The Former Fifty
Title:  The Former Fifty
Description:  Minnesota Commercial's SF30C now sports the reporting marks of its new owner, the Arizona State Railroad Musem, as it sits by the roundhouse awaiting shipment west to its new home.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:46:57 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 50(SF30C)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
At Dale And Owasso
Title:  At Dale And Owasso
Description:  The Hugo Job crosses Dale Street near where it meets South Owasso Boulevard late on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:05:37 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Coupling Up
Title:  Coupling Up
Description:  The Hugo Job's crew couples their engine up to the outbound loads slated for shippers in White Bear Lake, Hugo, and Little Canada.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:24:02 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Approaching Dale
Title:  Approaching Dale
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job approaches Dale Street on a cloudy Sunday morning in July.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:08:42 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Crossing The Midway
Title:  Crossing The Midway
Description:  The northbound Hugo Job crosses the BNSF Midway Sub late on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:11:07 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
The Hugo Departs
Title:  The Hugo Departs
Description:  The Minnesot a Commercial's Hugo Job departs the MNNR yard around 9:30 a.m. with twelve outbound cars for customers in White Bear Lake and Hugo: ten loaded lumber flats and two boxcars.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:46:30 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Following The Marty Marchings
Title:  Following The Marty Marchings
Description:  The Hugo Job follows the towering "Marty Marching" power poles as the crew takes the train east on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:06:15 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Moving Onto The Old Northern Pacific
Title:  Moving Onto The Old Northern Pacific
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job slowly moves from the Belt Line to the old Nortern Pacific at Belt Line Junction beneath mostly cloudy skies.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:03:44 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
The Hugo Moves Out
Title:  The Hugo Moves Out
Description:  With the outbound loads in tow, the Hugo Job moves the train out of the MNNR yard on a mild Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:26:28 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Northbound Beneath The Clouds
Title:  Northbound Beneath The Clouds
Description:  Down by Doswell Avenue, the Hugo Job heads north beneath thickening cloudy skies on the morning of the second Sunday of July '22.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:40:34 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Smoke It Up!
Title:  Smoke It Up!
Description:  The Minnesota Commercial crew smokes it up as they take the Hugo Job past the Roseville station sign late on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:05:12 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Get Them Before They're Gone
Title:  Get Them Before They're Gone
Description:  I encouraged my fellow railfan Andy to grab a shot of this Montana Rail Link boxcar that was part of this day's Hugo Job as the train passed us down along South Owasso Boulevard. Montana Rail Link is in the final countdown to purchase by BNSF, so a good railfan ought to get everything MRL before it's gone.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:09:05 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  37   Comments: 0
Sunday Off
Title:  Sunday Off
Description:  MNNR 68 has Sunday off down by the roundhouse as unsettled skies hint at rain around the noon hour.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:54:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 68(B23-7)
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Heading In For The Outbound Loads
Title:  Heading In For The Outbound Loads
Description:  The crew heads into the MNNR yard with the Hugo Job's power to pick up the outbound loads shortly after 9 a.m. on a Sunday in July.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:23:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Here Comes The Hugo!
Title:  Here Comes The Hugo!
Description:  The Hugo Job crew heads for the west throat of the MNNR's yard with #75 for power shortly after 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 6:22:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Classy Front End
Title:  Classy Front End
Description:  Canadian Pacific Alcos sure have classy front ends, no?
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:50:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 83(RS18u)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Hurrah For Alcos!
Title:  Hurrah For Alcos!
Description:  Minnesota Commercial's former Canadian Pacific RS18u rests at the roundhouse beneath skies turning from tranquil to stormy around the noon hour on a Sunday.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:47:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 83(RS18u)
Views:  89   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:  45   Comments: 0
Classy Logo
Title:  Classy Logo
Description:  The MNNR logo on #83.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:50:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 83(RS18u)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Resting Beneath Stormy Skies
Title:  Resting Beneath Stormy Skies
Description:  Yard slug T-3 keeps ex-MNNR 50 company as skies turn stormy around the noon hour on a July Sunday.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:55:45 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR T-3(Yard Slug) MNNR 50(SF30C)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Northbound At Doswell
Title:  Northbound At Doswell
Description:  The northbound Hugo Job approaches Doswell Avenue late on a July Sunday morning that had turned from sunny to cloudy by the time my railfan colleague Andy and I reached this prime spot on Andy's reccomendation (thanks, Andy! :-) )
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:41:16 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Northbound On The Belt
Title:  Northbound On The Belt
Description:  The Hugo Job heads north on the Belt Line north of the crossing with the BNSF Midway Sub around 10 a.m. on a Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/14/2022 5:51:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Stopped At 280
Title:  Stopped At 280
Description:  An eastbound BNSF freight with a NS unit in good paint and a BNSF unit in blemished paint waits at Highway 280 for a clear signal on a cloudy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:28:09 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9648(C44-9W) BNSF 7747(ES44DC)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Only One In View
Title:  Only One In View
Description:  The engines on the ready track at East Minneapolis this day were mostly blocked, but #1766 was visible to me and my railfan colleague Andy.
Photo Date:  7/10/2022  Upload Date: 7/27/2022 10:47:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  UP 1766(SD40N)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Enjoying Sunday Off
Title:  Enjoying Sunday Off
Description:  The Egandale Line's iron horses enjoy a Sunday off puncutated by the sounds of nearby traffic and the rumble of airliners above south of Lone Oak Road.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:16:57 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 302(MP15AC) CEFX 1558(SW1500)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Idle Beneath The Overcast
Title:  Idle Beneath The Overcast
Description:  The Eagandale Line's motive power sits idle beneath overcast skies early on a Sunday afternoon along the old Milwaukee Road south of Lone Oak Road.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:17:42 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Still Has The Lights Up
Title:  Still Has The Lights Up
Description:  Progressive Rail's retro-style depot in Rosemount still sports Christmas lights on the afternoon of the first Sunday of August 2022.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:19:30 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Gray Skies, Colorful Units
Title:  Gray Skies, Colorful Units
Description:  A TC&W trio provides a colrful contrast to the gray skies above Hopkins late on a Sunday afternoon. Rails in foreground belong to the Southwest Light Rail Line, occupying former Minneapolis & St. Louis right-of-way.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:22:57 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Hello Again, 2300!
Title:  Hello Again, 2300!
Description:  This TC&W trio sits beneath overcast skies down at the depot late on a Sunday afternoon. Seeing TC&W 2300 again was a real treat.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:22:02 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2011(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Crossing Old Shakopee
Title:  Crossing Old Shakopee
Description:  A Progressive Rail crew with #34 for power crosses Old Shakopee Road with a string of cars for interchange with CP twenty minutes before 9 a.m. on a Friday morning.
Photo Date:  8/26/2022  Upload Date: 8/26/2022 11:15:06 AM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Crew Change Time
Title:  Crew Change Time
Description:  An eastbound grain train changes crews by the County 15/Highway 12 bridge on a cloudy, slightly rainy Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/16/2022  Upload Date: 9/16/2022 7:11:02 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5752(ES44AC) BNSF 7149(ES44C4) BNSF 6510(ES44C4)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Crossing Lexington
Title:  Crossing Lexington
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job crosses Lexington Avenue on a partly sunny and windy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:32:29 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 43(B23-7)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Title:  Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job passes Roseville's Central Park lon a cool, windy Sunday afternoon. (Kudos to my aunt and her granddaughter, who accompanied me down from a family shindig to check out the train with me. :-) )
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:30:28 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
There's Part Of The Train
Title:  There's Part Of The Train
Description:  Early on a mild, partly sunny Friday afternoon, part of the consist for the Friends of the 261's 2022 "Gourmet Express" sits near the former Milwaukee Road Hopkins depot for the rest of the train to be ferried out from Minneapolis by the Twin Cities and Western (PTC requirements on the BNSF portion of the route from Minneapolis Junction currently requires the Friends to have a PTC-equipped TCWR engine pilot the train through that.)
Photo Date:  9/30/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:39:36 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  20   Comments: 0


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