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"What am I doing?!" |
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"What am I doing?" I asked myself as I grabbed this sub-standard shot of an eastbound BNSF freight heading down the old Great Northern with Minnesota's captiol city in the distance. Train had a CSX and an ex-Conrail unit up in front of that pure Santa Fe 'bonnet. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 10:37:12 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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BNSF 677(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Passing Bandana |
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A pair of dash-nines is the motive power at the disposal of this westbound freight consisting of one covered hopper and mostly tank cars. An ethanol move? |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 12:45:13 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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BNSF 5503(C44-9W) BNSF 4310(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Engines At The Yard |
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No less than four units at Ford Yard today. Thought I only would find two. Lucky break! |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 5:09:13 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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CP 4509(GP38-2) SOO 4439(GP38-2) SOO 6038(SD60) CP 5750(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Sweet Soo Disguised And Pure |
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A repainted Soo 38-2 and a still pure red-and-white sibling ilde at the end of Ford Yard on a cold. crisp Pearl Harbor Remembrance day. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/8/2010 11:03:06 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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CP 4509(GP38-2) SOO 4439(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Ford Yard office |
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Here's the modest place the Milwaukee Road built for the Ford Yard office. Not sure how far back this structure goes, though. May not have been the first built for the yard. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 8:11:06 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Black Diamond Hauler |
| Description: |
A going away shot of a coal train passing the Bandana Square parking garage. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/18/2010 5:07:23 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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BNSF 6232(ES44AC) BNSF 8873(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
Won't Ever Tire Of This Vantage Point |
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Thank heavens they built a parking garage at Bandana Square that's usually quiet even on weekdays. From there you can get shots of trains like this one. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 12:45:37 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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BNSF 4310(C44-9W) BNSF 5503(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Beep Beep And Beep Beep |
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So titled because the hogger on this coal train headed east past Bandana Square kept blowing the air horn for some reason. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/18/2010 5:05:37 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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BNSF 8873(SD70MAC) BNSF 6232(ES44AC) |
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289 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sign says it all |
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This old Soo Line era sign says it all at the entrance to the vest pocket-sized parking lot at the Ford yard. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/7/2010 7:42:51 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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| Title: |
Soo Geep |
| Description: |
A close-up of this unit at Ford yard. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 5:09:00 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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SOO 4439(GP38-2) |
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157 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
SDs Here?! |
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Surprised that these C-C trucked babies could make it up the Ford Branch. Nevertheless, there they were. |
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12/7/2010 Upload Date: 12/10/2010 5:08:21 AM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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SOO 6038(SD60) CP 5750(SD40-2) |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First Of 2011! |
| Description: |
My first catch of 2011 turned out to be this westbound freight crossing Pinto Drive as the hogger let 'em roll down the CP/Soo Paynesville sub beneath grey late winter skies. I was surprised to see the NS unit. |
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3/11/2011 Upload Date: 3/12/2011 10:16:12 AM |
| Location: |
Medina, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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CP 8820(ES44AC) NS 9833(C40-9W) CP 8886(ES44AC) CP 9557(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Away She Rolls |
| Description: |
Up ahead lies Loretto, Rockford, and then on to Buffalo on old Soo rails. Pic was taken from near Pinto drive. |
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3/11/2011 Upload Date: 3/12/2011 10:16:22 AM |
| Location: |
Medina, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Krebes |
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CP 9557(AC44CW) CP 8886(ES44AC) NS 9833(C40-9W) CP 8820(ES44AC) |
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288 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Another Nice Touch |
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Down and to the right of the REA sign is another nice touch: this baggage cart. Wonder where they found it and what road once owned it? |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/4/2011 11:00:00 PM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
BNSF 7204 Roster Shot |
| Description: |
Roster shot of this unit getting her engine revved during a test outside the Northtown diesel shop. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/5/2011 10:53:00 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 7204(ES44DC) |
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244 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 8114 |
| Description: |
I hadn't seen an ex-BN SD60 in months until lo and behold, I caught this one sitting outside the Northtown diesel shop. Yes! |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/4/2011 11:09:37 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 8114(SD60M) |
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238 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back On Home Rails |
| Description: |
Ex-NP/BN 1544 reposes at the Northtown diesel shop. Northtown originally was a NP facility greatly changed and expanded after the BN merger. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/9/2011 3:08:01 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 1544(GP28P) |
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255 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 2792 |
| Description: |
Close-up view of this unit. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/9/2011 9:30:58 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 2792(GP39-2) |
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150 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Yellowbonnet And Varnish |
| Description: |
You never know what you'll encounter at Northtown Yard. Lo and behold this lashup I found. Couldn't get the passenger car names and numbers, but turned out otherwise pretty good. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/9/2011 9:30:44 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 2792(GP39-2) |
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164 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking up the Skally |
| Description: |
Amazingly the entire Skally line is intact in WBL itself, ending up in Hugo to the north and Maplewood to the south. Rest of the route in the eastern TC metro is without rails and now largely trails. Here, though, it is easy to imagine the glory days when not only NP but Milwaukee and C&NW trains graced these rails going to and from the Twin Ports. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/3/2011 2:34:33 AM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Loco-Motive Design |
| Description: |
This snazzy sign greets visitors to the WBL depot. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/4/2011 11:09:19 PM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Northtown turntable |
| Description: |
No roundhouse in sight, nor any other tracks surround it, but here it sits on the other side of the 44th Avenue bridge across from the diesel shop. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/3/2011 2:45:11 AM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
NP 1285 And Old Glory |
| Description: |
Title says it all. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/5/2011 10:52:44 PM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
NP 1285 |
| Description: |
An old NP wood caboose graces the grounds of the White Bear Lake depot. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/3/2011 2:26:14 AM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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265 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
WBL Depot |
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Now in the midst of eastern Twin City suburbia, the former Northern Pacific/Burlington Northern station in White Bear Lake is still extant as a museum today. Trains even still pass by in the form of locals run by the Minnesota Commercial railway which leases the former NP "Skally" line in the foreground from the BNSF. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/3/2011 2:26:34 AM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Station |
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167 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Detail Shot |
| Description: |
Detail shot of the station sign on the track-side of the WBL depot. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/4/2011 11:04:37 PM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Nice Touch |
| Description: |
A Railway Express Agency sign adds a classy touch to the museum housed in the ex-NP/BN depot in WBL. |
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4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/4/2011 10:59:42 PM |
| Location: |
White Bear Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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Station |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cascade Greens And An H-3 |
| Description: |
Very colorful trio. |
| Photo Date: |
4/2/2011 Upload Date: 4/9/2011 9:35:38 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 8155(SD60M) BNSF 8151(SD60M) BNSF 1899(SD40-2) |
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952 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Milepost 158 |
| Description: |
A roster shot of the second former Boise-Cascade boxcar I saw at the business located at Yankee Doodle and Dodd roads with a milepost sign included in the composition for extra interest. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 7:12:12 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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71 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
TR 150348 Roster View |
| Description: |
Close up of this ex-Boise-Cascade boxcar. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 7:11:54 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
What Keeps The Line Intact |
| Description: |
South of 494 in Eagan, the old Milwaukee I & M line thrives under the operation of Progressive Rail, serving customers such as this business located at Yankee Doodle and Dodd roads. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2011 8:53:40 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Now On Her Third Owner |
| Description: |
When it first graced these rails, 4507 wore the orange and black of the Milwaukee Road. Now this unit sports the CP "dual flag" scheme from the 1990's but is still at home. Could use a new coat of paint what with that "tag" junk on the long hood. Maybe CP could make her their Milwaukee Road "Heritage" unit? |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:33:34 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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CP 4507(GP38-2) |
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111 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CP 6068 Roster shot |
| Description: |
Roster shot of this unit. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:23:31 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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CP 6068(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Flooding? What flooding? |
| Description: |
The Pigs Eye hump power goes about their duties despite the flood threat from nearby Old Man River. Glad I wound up getting the DME or ICE unit on the right got into the shot. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:23:46 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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CP 6068(SD40-2) SOO 1537(MP15AC) |
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269 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4064 Roster View |
| Description: |
Roster shot. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 7:19:49 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 4064(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
BNSF 4531 Roster View |
| Description: |
Note the snow remaining on the pilot, a souvenier of an early spring snow the night before. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 6:52:20 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 4531(C44-9W) |
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73 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Why Hello Again! |
| Description: |
I first caught this job out in Wayzata. Then here it came roaring through Newport a couple hours later! |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 7:22:22 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 4531(C44-9W) BNSF 690(C44-9W) BNSF 4064(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Why I Doubled Back |
| Description: |
Another roster shot of the 690. I was heading out to the Newport club's flea market at Woodbury High School when I saw an eastbound grain train in the siding with this warbonnet as the second of three units, and one in the "Santa Fe" version, not the "BNSF" one! |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 6:58:52 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 690(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Rotten Orange But Still Sweet |
| Description: |
"Bandit" Soo/Milwaukee 4512 and repainted sister 4507 is the duo at the fingertips of the hogger doing some switching at the southernmost end of Pigs Eye yard. My own nickname for these units is "rotten oranges", but ah they are fruit that still are sweet for the eyes. The closest I will ever come to having seen the Milwaukee in action beyond a museum. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:45:42 PM |
| Location: |
Saint Paul, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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SOO 4512(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
The I & M |
| Description: |
When first built, this line stretched through rural countryside. Now look at what surrounds it: county roads, office buildings, you name it, it's suburbia. Nevertheless, this portion of Milwaukee Road predecessor Minnesota Central (not the same as the one which built from Red Wing to Mankato two decades after this MC) which later became the Milwaukee Road I & M division still sees trains thanks to being operated by Progressive Rail. We are looking south from the Yankee Doodle Road grade crossing. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/16/2011 9:03:03 PM |
| Location: |
Eagan, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Caboose A Flatcar And The Flag |
| Description: |
Getting Old Glory into the composition was pure luck. Sure love those center-cupola Soo hacks. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 7:16:43 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
SOO 51 |
| Description: |
Roster view. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 9:52:23 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
SOO 4413 Roster Shot |
| Description: |
Roster view. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 10:03:26 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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SOO 4413(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
SOO 4447 |
| Description: |
Roster view. "Soo" on long hood is well-worn. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 10:03:43 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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SOO 4447(GP38-2) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Roseport Job? |
| Description: |
This Soo line duo sitting unmanned had a string of tank cars behind them. Was this the Roseport job waiting for a crew to take it into Pigs Eye, or some other job? |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 10:03:13 PM |
| Location: |
Newport, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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SOO 4413(GP38-2) SOO 4447(GP38-2) |
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308 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 690 Roster View |
| Description: |
Roster shot. Note the white "BNSF" initials now under the cab side window. |
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4/16/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 6:58:24 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 690(C44-9W) |
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292 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ready To Roll |
| Description: |
As the westbound train rolls into the distance, the hogger aboard the 4531 wastes no time powering up the 3 units of this eastbound grain job to get off the siding and back on the road. |
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4/17/2011 Upload Date: 4/17/2011 6:47:24 PM |
| Location: |
Wayzata, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 4531(C44-9W) BNSF 690(C44-9W) |
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257 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Water Tank Sign |
| Description: |
The marker next to the Carver water tank. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 6:35:14 AM |
| Location: |
Carver, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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| Title: |
CNW 11142 |
| Description: |
Roster view of this gem at Carver's Depot Park. Tracks in background belong to the doomed Chaska Industrial lead (ex-CNW, exx-M&St.L.) of the Union Pacific about to face the lifting of its rails. |
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5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/5/2011 10:26:35 PM |
| Location: |
Carver, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
Depot Park |
| Description: |
A complete view of Depot Park in Carver with the ill-fated rails of the former Chaska Industrial lead in the background. Get this view while you can! |
| Photo Date: |
5/5/2011 Upload Date: 5/7/2011 6:27:25 AM |
| Location: |
Carver, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
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