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Viewing Album:  Around The Twin Cities: Vol. 2
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:9/3/2014 - 9/7/2020
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Enjoy!
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On To The Yard
Title:  On To The Yard
Description:  The Hennepin Job heads for the yard on a glorious Saturday afternoon. A healthy cut of cars was tacked on behind the 84, let me tell you.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 7:34:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
What A Short Train, Take One
Title:  What A Short Train, Take One
Description:  I found this sitting just north of St. Anthony Parkway at Northtown. What a short train.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:02:24 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2785(GP39-2) BNSF 2571(GP39-3)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
What A Short Train, Take Two
Title:  What A Short Train, Take Two
Description:  What a short train. The small hopper at right had a FRED, so I assume this job came from someplace nearby? (The flight of geese in the background was a wonderful coincidence.)
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 10:02:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2571(GP39-3) BNSF 2785(GP39-2)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
Idling The Afternoon Away
Title:  Idling The Afternoon Away
Description:  UP 720 idles a gorgeous April afternoon away at East Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 9:34:21 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 720(GP38-2)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Racing Through The Midway
Title:  Racing Through The Midway
Description:  An eastbound BNSF general manifest races through the Midway on a sunny (yes!) Saturday afternoon in April.
Photo Date:  4/21/2018  Upload Date: 4/21/2018 7:01:46 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5537(ES44C4)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
BNSF 2699
Title:  BNSF 2699
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was fourth of six on a freight.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:06:52 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2699(GP39-3)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
BNSF 7488
Title:  BNSF 7488
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was fifth of six on a freight.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:07:32 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7488(ES44DC)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
BNSF 7573
Title:  BNSF 7573
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was third of six on a freight.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:05:42 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7573(ES44DC)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
BNSF 7923
Title:  BNSF 7923
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was first of six on a freight that had just arrived.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:04:52 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7923(ES44C4)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
BNSF 8907
Title:  BNSF 8907
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was last of six on a freight. Note how weathered the green paint has gotten at the top. Still nice to see SD70s out and about, though.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:08:26 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8907(SD70MAC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Wow!
Title:  Wow!
Description:  Feeling my photography slid into the mediocre during a railfan jaunt the day before, I wanted to try my luck again. Lo and behold: I came upon this lashup at Northtown Yard's north throat. Power belonged to a freight that had arrived and was getting its cars switched into the yard. Since some of these units were not operating and thus "along for the ride", I suspect this train came from Willmar.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:04:19 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7923(ES44C4) CSX 7688(C40-8W) BNSF 7573(ES44DC) BNSF 2699(GP39-3) BNSF 7488(ES44DC) BNSF 8907(SD70MAC)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
CSX 7688
Title:  CSX 7688
Description:  Roster shot. Unit was second of six on a freight. You know, I find seeing CSX units in Vikingland fitting, given how CSX's current management is striving to make the railroad the Minnesota Vikings of the railroad world, but I digress.
Photo Date:  4/22/2018  Upload Date: 4/22/2018 9:05:16 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7688(C40-8W)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
Heading Back In
Title:  Heading Back In
Description:  With truck traffic clear for the moment, Cargil 860's crew heads back in to the river terminal late on a lovely morning in early May.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 8:08:26 PM
Location:  Savage, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Confab In The Cab
Title:  Confab In The Cab
Description:  The crew aboard Cargil 860 have a confab in the cab after heading out onto the trackage located outside the terminal.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 8:07:19 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Pause At Dakota
Title:  Pause At Dakota
Description:  The crew aboard Cargil 860 pause at Dakota Avenue to let outbound truck traffic pass before entering the river terminal. Sign at left is sound advice best always heeded.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 8:07:58 PM
Location:  Savage, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Waiting For A Westbound
Title:  Waiting For A Westbound
Description:  The crew aboard this eastbound BNSF freight waits down by the County 15/Highway 12 overpass for a westbound that is minutes from Wayzata.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 10:03:15 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5456(C44-9W) BNSF 4695(C44-9W)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
UP Power At Valley Park
Title:  UP Power At Valley Park
Description:  Zoom shot.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 9:55:15 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 5617(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
In At Valley Park
Title:  In At Valley Park
Description:  An eastbound train in at Valley Park waits late on the morning of the second day of May 2018.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 8:00:19 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
"Remote Control Zone"
Title:  "Remote Control Zone"
Description:  One of the signs attached to the Valley Park sign on the east side of the grade crossing located at the yard's east end reflects how railroading is now in the 21st Century.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/4/2018 7:59:22 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Yard Power In Repose
Title:  Yard Power In Repose
Description:  Valley Park's yard power idles by the yard office late on the lovely morning of the first Wednesday of May 2018.
Photo Date:  5/2/2018  Upload Date: 5/2/2018 9:54:52 PM
Location:  Shakopee, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 837(GP38-2) UP 527(GP38-2)
Views:  168   Comments: 1
Cascade Green Gem
Title:  Cascade Green Gem
Description:  Minnesota Transportation Museum's classic Burlington Northern SD9 attracts visitors while on display at St. Paul Union Depot for National Train Day 2018. MTM's Train Days display train, led by their Soo Line-painted ex-Rock Island geep, is in the left background.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:47:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  BN 6234(SD9) MNTX 559(GP7)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
Hallowed Logo
Title:  Hallowed Logo
Description:  Need I say more, my friends?
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:48:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 1995(SD70ACe)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Always Nice To See
Title:  Always Nice To See
Description:  Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern 102 is always nice to see. I wonder when Progressive Rail will next take this baby out for a run on the Dan Patch Line?
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:18:58 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Aha!
Title:  Aha!
Description:  Thanks to a tip from a railfan colleague, I finally relocated the MN&S 102, long assigned to Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line. The venerable bay window caboose is now parked on a rusty spur near PGR's Bloomington freight house.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:18:11 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
MNS 102
Title:  MNS 102
Description:  Need I say more, folks?
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:18:32 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  214   Comments: 0
MTM Display Train
Title:  MTM Display Train
Description:  MTM's display train basks beneath partly sunny skies at St. Paul Union Depot during National Train Day 2018. Friends of the 261's display train is in the left background.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 9:37:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  MNTX 559(GP7)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
Great Northern Glory
Title:  Great Northern Glory
Description:  Great Northern A-11, pride of the Minnesota Transportation Museum, proudly brings up the markers on MTM's Train Days 2018 display train.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 9:38:26 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  MNTX 559(GP7)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Dan Patch Line Power In Repose
Title:  Dan Patch Line Power In Repose
Description:  Parked on the main line instead of the spur (due to a movement to be made into Ziegler CAT?), the Dan Patch Line motive power rests beneath balmy Saturday afternoon skies on National Train Day 2018.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:19:18 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 36(SW1500) PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Descending Division Street
Title:  Descending Division Street
Description:  A southbound CP freight descends Division Street hill on National Train Day 2018.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:11:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8916(ES44AC) CEFX 1035(AC44CW) CP 2271(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  229   Comments: 0
Passing The Park
Title:  Passing The Park
Description:  A southbound CP freight passes the railfan park at St. Paul Union Depot on a balmy Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 10:12:58 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2271(GP20C-ECO) CEFX 1035(AC44CW) CP 8916(ES44AC)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Center Of Attention
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:  207   Comments: 0
Union Pacific 1995
Title:  Union Pacific 1995
Description:  Union Pacific's Chicago and North Western unit sits on proud display at St. Paul Union Depot for National Train Day 2018.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 7:47:27 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Station
Locomotives:  UP 1995(SD70ACe)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Westbound At Division Street
Title:  Westbound At Division Street
Description:  A westbound (empty) unit coal train heads past the railfan park at St. Paul Union Depot late on a balmy, partly sunny May morning.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 9:52:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6341(ES44AC) BNSF 6298(ES44AC) BNSF 6186(ES44AC) BNSF 9340(SD70ACe)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
Northbound Empty Coal At Division Street
Title:  Northbound Empty Coal At Division Street
Description:  An empty westbound BNSF coal train ascends Division Street on a lovely Saturday morning in early May. Note the stored panel track in the left foreground.
Photo Date:  5/5/2018  Upload Date: 5/5/2018 9:53:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9340(SD70ACe) BNSF 6186(ES44AC) BNSF 6298(ES44AC) BNSF 6341(ES44AC)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Departing Grain
Title:  Departing Grain
Description:  An eastbound BNSF grain train with a mix of Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific units for power departs Long Lake on a rainy evening after being briefly stopped in town. Picture was taken from my apartment.
Photo Date:  5/14/2018  Upload Date: 5/14/2018 7:48:17 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2608(SD70M) UP 5826(AC44CWCTE) NS 8165(ES44AC)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Apartment Railfanning
Title:  Apartment Railfanning
Description:  I live pretty close to the BNSF Wayzata Sub, and I finally discovered how decent a vantage point my apartment can make. And so, early on a rainy evening in early May, I bagged this departing eastbound grain train which had an interesting mix of motive power at the crew's disposal.
Photo Date:  5/14/2018  Upload Date: 5/14/2018 7:47:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8165(ES44AC) UP 5826(AC44CWCTE) NS 2608(SD70M)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Cab Shot
Title:  Cab Shot
Description:  Took this on a whim. Pic turned out pretty good. I remember when these babies were brand-new on the BNSF.
Photo Date:  5/16/2018  Upload Date: 5/16/2018 9:51:20 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8899(SD70MAC)
Views:  134   Comments: 0
Preparing To Depart
Title:  Preparing To Depart
Description:  The crew of an empty eastbound BNSF unit coal train prepares to depart after waiting on the siding down by the County 15/Highway 12 overpass.
Photo Date:  5/16/2018  Upload Date: 5/16/2018 9:50:56 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8993(SD70ACe) BNSF 8899(SD70MAC)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
In The Nick Of Time
Title:  In The Nick Of Time
Description:  Coming home to my humble abode, I saw the west signal for the main track was green. I got my camera, and hustled for the pedestrian bridge over the BNSF/Highway 12 corridor that has long been a favorite train catching spot. As I got onto the bridge, I saw this eastbound freight coming and got this picture in the nick of time.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 2:49:08 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5748(ES44AC) BNSF 9811(SD70MAC) BNSF 5395(C44-9W)
Views:  87   Comments: 1
Racing East
Title:  Racing East
Description:  An eastbound BNSF general freight races east through Long Lake on a balmy, partly sunny May afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 2:49:28 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5395(C44-9W) BNSF 9811(SD70MAC) BNSF 5748(ES44AC)
Views:  87   Comments: 0
Into The Siding
Title:  Into The Siding
Description:  Early on a balmy May evening, an eastbound general freight with an impressive lashup takes the siding for, apparently, a crew change down at Wayzata.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 8:42:35 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6916(ES44C4) CREX 1412(ES44AC) BNSF 8504(SD70ACe) BNSF 9385(SD70ACe) BNSF 8906(SD70MAC) BNSF 9747(SD70MAC)
Views:  235   Comments: 2
Going To Switch Crews
Title:  Going To Switch Crews
Description:  The crew of an eastbound BNSF general freight takes their train down the siding bound for Wayzata and a change of crews.
Photo Date:  5/17/2018  Upload Date: 5/17/2018 8:44:03 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9747(SD70MAC) BNSF 8906(SD70MAC) BNSF 9385(SD70ACe) BNSF 8504(SD70ACe) CREX 1412(ES44AC) BNSF 6916(ES44C4)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
Eastbound!
Title:  Eastbound!
Description:  Here comes an eastbound BNSF general freight on the Wayzata Sub. There was a Union Pacific GE and a BNSF GP30 or GP39 in a GP30 shell behind the lead BNSF unit. Alas, a camera malfunction robbed me of a good "going away" shot of this baby, but oh well.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/18/2018 1:57:24 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9319(SD70ACe)
Views:  124   Comments: 1
Eastbound CSX-BNSF Grain
Title:  Eastbound CSX-BNSF Grain
Description:  The eastbound CSX-BNSF unit grain train splits the signals at Long Lake as the crew wheels the train east. A CSX GE was the second unit on this baby, but I did not get a good "going away" shot of the engine.
Photo Date:  5/18/2018  Upload Date: 5/18/2018 1:50:02 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4853(C44-9W)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
Horray For The Santa Fe!
Title:  Horray For The Santa Fe!
Description:  While it is sad the Santa Fe left us in 1995, the memory of that legendary railroad still lives on in units like ex-AT&SF 2842. She now sports a BNSF number, yes, but her paint is otherwise still pure Santa Fe.
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 10:30:10 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2842(GP39-2)
Views:  95   Comments: 2
Memories Of The Burlington Northern
Title:  Memories Of The Burlington Northern
Description:  Who would have guessed units like ex-BN 9701 would be the Burlington Northern's pinnacle of motive power, a last hurrah before that mega merger pioneer passed itself into the pages of history via a mega merger? 9701's BN logos are now gone, replaced by "swoosh" logos below the cab windows and zilch on the nose, but her paint still echos BN's last hours of glory.
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 10:30:24 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 9701(SD70MAC)
Views:  172   Comments: 1
Unexpected Company
Title:  Unexpected Company
Description:  While I was documenting a stopped eastbound freight on the siding, this eastbound grain train appeared. Talk about "two for the price of one". :-)
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 8:37:35 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5252(C44-9W) BNSF 4126(C44-9W)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Colorful Mix
Title:  Colorful Mix
Description:  An eastbound grain train recedes into the distance, revealing again this colorful mix of units on the head end of an eastbound general freight on the Wayzata siding.
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 8:37:09 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9701(SD70MAC) BNSF 2842(GP39-2) BNSF 5127(C44-9W) BNSF 7405(ES44DC)
Views:  143   Comments: 1
First Two Units
Title:  First Two Units
Description:  First two units on the head end of an eastbound general freight I found in the siding on a lovely Sunday evening.
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 10:23:06 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 5127(C44-9W) BNSF 7405(ES44DC)
Views:  98   Comments: 1
Last Two Units
Title:  Last Two Units
Description:  Last two of four units on the head end of an eastbound general freight I found in the siding, pulled almost all the way down to the grade crossing on downtown Wayzata's west side.
Photo Date:  5/20/2018  Upload Date: 5/20/2018 10:23:28 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2842(GP39-2) BNSF 9701(SD70MAC)
Views:  122   Comments: 1

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