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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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A Vista Soon To Change
Title:  A Vista Soon To Change
Description:  This vista, looking west towards Beltline Boulevard and the historic grain silo now owned by Nordic Ware, will change once Southwest LRT construction starts.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:29:39 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
New Rail For New Alignment
Title:  New Rail For New Alignment
Description:  Ribbon rail for Twin Cities & Western's realingment to the neighboring ex-Minneapolis & St. Louis main line sits at Bass Lake Yard late on a June Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:30:03 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Midway's Power
Title:  Midway's Power
Description:  Midway Yard's power idles east of Snelling on an overcast Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:23:24 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1896(SD40-2) BNSF 1824(SD39-2)
Views:  159   Comments: 1
MNNR Trio
Title:  MNNR Trio
Description:  I found this trio of units down by the roundhouse late on a humid, gray morning in late June.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 9:37:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  230   Comments: 1
Birds And The Witch's Hat
Title:  Birds And The Witch's Hat
Description:  An eastbound Union Pacific freight arriving at East Minneapolis passes a line of birds perched on a power line in the foreground and the famous "Witch's Hat" water tower in the background.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:19:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7199(AC44CW) UP 8598(SD70ACe)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
Arriving At East Minneapolos
Title:  Arriving At East Minneapolos
Description:  An eastbound UP freight slows to a stop at East Minneapolis on an overcast and sprinkly Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:20:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8598(SD70ACe) UP 7199(AC44CW)
Views:  140   Comments: 1
Uncle Pete Trio
Title:  Uncle Pete Trio
Description:  Three units I spotted parked at East Minneapolis during this visit.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:21:58 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1474(GP40M-2) UP 1380(GP40-2) UP 1868(SD40N)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
MNNR 1978
Title:  MNNR 1978
Description:  Down by the roundhouse as the last drips of rain fall from a heavy thunderstorm that just rolled through.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:09:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Still With The Commercial
Title:  Still With The Commercial
Description:  The shiny paint on C424 313 indicates the Commercial still has use for this baby.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:18:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424)
Views:  89   Comments: 1
Who Is "Alco Adam"?
Title:  Who Is "Alco Adam"?
Description:  Who is "Alco Adam", anyway? Gleam from my flash is due to the grubby skies overhead. I know they say not to shoot pics in such conditions, but that was in the days before you could adjust your camera's light settings with ease.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:18:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Vibrant Even Beneath Gray Skies
Title:  Vibrant Even Beneath Gray Skies
Description:  Love how that new paint job the 313 got a few years ago is still so fresh, the locomotive gleams even beneath gray skies.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:17:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
Soon To Depart
Title:  Soon To Depart
Description:  This veteran Alco, first owned by a subsidiary of the Green Bay and Western, and then the GB&W proper, has been sold to a new owner and soon is to depart. I waited out a thunderstorm just so I could see her one more time.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:16:24 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 314(C424) MNNR 313(C424)
Views:  197   Comments: 1
A Notable Face
Title:  A Notable Face
Description:  A C424 has a notable face, one that no modern diesel can match.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:16:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 314(C424)
Views:  66   Comments: 0
We Will Miss You, 314
Title:  We Will Miss You, 314
Description:  Minnesota Commercial fans are already missing number 314, even though she has not departed for her new owner. Us Alco fans will miss you, 314.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:15:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 314(C424)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
MNNR 54
Title:  MNNR 54
Description:  54 slumbers early on a Sunday morning after being drenched by some thunderstorms.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:13:00 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 54(B30-7)
Views:  74   Comments: 1
MNNR 58
Title:  MNNR 58
Description:  Resting at the roundhouse early on a Sunday morning after heavy rain rolled through.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:10:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  76   Comments: 2
Slug And Companion
Title:  Slug And Companion
Description:  T-3 and companion 88 rest at the roundhouse early on a rainy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:08:13 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 88(B30-7) MNNR T-3(Yard Slug)
Views:  96   Comments: 2
In Repose
Title:  In Repose
Description:  Slug T-3 and her companion unit sit in repose early on a rainy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:07:32 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR T-3(Yard Slug)
Views:  68   Comments: 1
"Merriam Park"
Title:  "Merriam Park"
Description:  A look at coach "Merriam Park", which always seems to be parked down by the roundhouse. What is this passenger car's story?
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:09:13 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Paused At Wayzata
Title:  Paused At Wayzata
Description:  An eastbound freight pauses in Wayzata beneath windy, unsettled skies early on the morning of the last day of June 2019.
Photo Date:  6/30/2019  Upload Date: 7/2/2019 11:03:10 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7358(ES44DC) BNSF 3961(ET44C4) BNSF 8262(ES44C4)
Views:  103   Comments: 1
Waiting On A Humid Afternoon
Title:  Waiting On A Humid Afternoon
Description:  The crew of an eastbound freight is doubtless happy for air conditiong in the cab of the 6945 as they wait for clearance into Minneapolis on a humid July afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/3/2019  Upload Date: 7/3/2019 4:10:30 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6945(ES44C4) BNSF 5319(C44-9W)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
CSX Container At Old Amtrak Midway
Title:  CSX Container At Old Amtrak Midway
Description:  A semi hauling a CSX container was parked down by the old Amtrak Midway depot this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:45:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  10   Comments: 0
The 1978
Title:  The 1978
Description:  Roster shot. Is this unit still operational?
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:30:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Two Alcos And A GE
Title:  Two Alcos And A GE
Description:  Caption says it all.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:08:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424) MNNR 314(C424) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  458   Comments: 1
Tiptoeing On The Spur
Title:  Tiptoeing On The Spur
Description:  The 48's engineer tiptoes his short train down the spur north of Menards as a loaded centerbeam flat (out of view to the left) is delivered..
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:47:11 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  71   Comments: 1
The 48 In Action
Title:  The 48 In Action
Description:  Taken while the engineer was pushing three centerbeam flats--two empty, one loaded--onto the spur north of Menards this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:46:34 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
Heading For The Yard
Title:  Heading For The Yard
Description:  The MNNR crew heads for their yard with two empty centerbeam flats after dropping off one loaded with number on the spur north of the Menards off Prior.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:03:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  76   Comments: 1
Little Grade Crossings
Title:  Little Grade Crossings
Description:  The 48's engineer takes his short train over one of several little grade crossings--for footpaths--that run through this area along Prior like paths at a park.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:02:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  89   Comments: 1
The 54
Title:  The 54
Description:  Roster shot. That parking lot across from the roundhouse sure is a nice place to get pics like these from.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:19:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 54(B30-7)
Views:  79   Comments: 1
The 58
Title:  The 58
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  105   Comments: 1
The 84
Title:  The 84
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  90   Comments: 1
Dropping Off
Title:  Dropping Off
Description:  A Minnesota Commercial crew drops off a centerbeam flatcar loaded with lumber on a spur just north of Menards off Prior.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:45:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Heading Back Out
Title:  Heading Back Out
Description:  The MNNR crew heads back out after dropping off a load of lumber north of Menards on a mild but at time rainy Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:58:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Down By Menards
Title:  Down By Menards
Description:  The MNNR crew pauses down by Menards as a centerbeam loaded with lumber is uncoupled.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:55:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  129   Comments: 1
Noble Faces
Title:  Noble Faces
Description:  Two Alcos and a GE made for a trio of noble faces this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:07:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424) MNNR 314(C424) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  407   Comments: 3
Motive Power Old And New
Title:  Motive Power Old And New
Description:  The crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train had an old unit in the lead and a new one trailing as they waited for clearance to head into town from the western suburbs.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:03:02 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
Proceeding Ahead
Title:  Proceeding Ahead
Description:  As the signal flashes yellow, the crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train gets their train moving again after waiting in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:07:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  103   Comments: 1
Waiting Ballast
Title:  Waiting Ballast
Description:  An eastbound ballast train waits for clearance to proceed east on the Wayzata Subdivision on a partly cloudy and mild Sunday afternoon in late July.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:06:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Waiting By U.S. 12
Title:  Waiting By U.S. 12
Description:  The crew aboard the lead unit could watch traffic pass on U.S. 12 as they waited for clearance to proceed east.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:04:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  79   Comments: 1
Trailing DPU
Title:  Trailing DPU
Description:  A westbound BNSF freight paused just north of Division Street, giving me plenty of time to bag the DPU bringing up its markers.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:49:34 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4797(C44-9W)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Mid-Train Helper
Title:  Mid-Train Helper
Description:  An eastbbound Union Pacific freight passed St. Paul Union Depot while I was merrily photographing U.P. 4014. I took time out to bag the mid-train helper too.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:48:49 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5506(AC45CCTE)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Sleeping Car "Berlin"
Title:  Sleeping Car "Berlin"
Description:  I never had seen this beaut of a sleeping car before I saw and photographed it at old Amtrak Midway. This car is an American European Express alumni. Wish I could afford a ticket to ride this baby.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:54:35 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Classy Name
Title:  Classy Name
Description:  The name and reporting mark on private sleper "Berlin."
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 11:07:10 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Can't Avoid Me!
Title:  Can't Avoid Me!
Description:  This southbound Union Pacific freight tried to surprise me towards the end of my visit to Union Depot this day. This baby couldn't sneak by this top railfan! :-)
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:50:56 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5992(AC44CWCTE) UP 8812(SD70ACe)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Oldies And A Newbie
Title:  Oldies And A Newbie
Description:  The second, third, and fourth unit of a stopped eastbound freight revealed a mix of old and news. The angle of the evening sun forced me to break off trying to get all four of the units on this job, but three is enough, especially if two are ex-Santa Fe and BN, respectively! :-)
Photo Date:  9/14/2019  Upload Date: 9/14/2019 8:15:27 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6511(ES44C4) BNSF 167(GP60) BNSF 1462(SD60M)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
Rails Over The Boulevard
Title:  Rails Over The Boulevard
Description:  You can get a good zoom shot of the MNS Sub's Minnetonka Boulevard bridge while looking south from West 29th Street. This is the new span that replaced the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern-vintage one.
Photo Date:  9/25/2019  Upload Date: 9/25/2019 8:50:53 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Looking North From West 29th
Title:  Looking North From West 29th
Description:  A view north along the Canadian Pacific MNS Sub from West 29th Street.
Photo Date:  9/25/2019  Upload Date: 9/25/2019 8:50:31 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 1
Another Sweet Soo Reminder
Title:  Another Sweet Soo Reminder
Description:  Both crossbucks at the West 29th Street grade crossing on the MNS Sub still have their Soo Line-vintage U.S. D.O.T. plates. This one is on the east crossbuck.
Photo Date:  9/25/2019  Upload Date: 9/25/2019 8:49:31 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Sweet Soo Reminder
Title:  Sweet Soo Reminder
Description:  The crossbucks at the West 29th Street grade crossing on the MNS Sub still sport their Soo Line U.S. D.O.T. plates. This one was on the west crossbuck.
Photo Date:  9/25/2019  Upload Date: 9/25/2019 8:48:42 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Quiet Day
Title:  Quiet Day
Description:  Quiet held sway at the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse late on a chilly, breezy Sunday morning in early October.
Photo Date:  10/13/2019  Upload Date: 10/13/2019 7:25:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 87(B39-8E) MNNR 54(B30-7) MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  122   Comments: 0

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