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| Title: |
Paused At Lyndale |
| Description: |
The Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line crew apparently paused in the middle of their work, shut the 34 and 36 down, and "went for beans" (i.e., lunch) by the time I showed up and captured my latest portrait of the Dan Patch Line duo. |
| Photo Date: |
3/27/2019 Upload Date: 3/27/2019 11:28:32 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500) |
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277 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Northbound At 28th Street |
| Description: |
A northbound Blue Line train enters 28th Street station shortly after noon on a gorgeous April day. |
| Photo Date: |
4/16/2019 Upload Date: 4/17/2019 12:26:06 AM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger,Action |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound From The Mega Mall |
| Description: |
A northbound Blue Line train departs the Mall of America early on a lovely July afternoon. I could not discern many passengers aboard this run, a sign of the times we are currently living. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/2020 Upload Date: 7/30/2020 9:42:39 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Arriving At The Mega Mall |
| Description: |
A southbound Blue Line train approaches the Mall of America early on a gorgeous July afternoon. I could not discern many passengers on this run either, a sign of how things have slowed down thanks to all that is going on right now. |
| Photo Date: |
7/30/2020 Upload Date: 7/30/2020 9:43:23 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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22 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Local switches the side tracks |
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| Photo Date: |
12/30/2020 Upload Date: 1/10/2021 1:27:23 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Paul Leach |
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| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) |
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202 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Northbound At 28th |
| Description: |
A northbound Blue Line train enters 28th Street station during the noon hour on a gorgeous last day of February, 2022. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2022 Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:58:35 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Station,Transit,Action |
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33 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Taking A Breather |
| Description: |
The Dan Patch Line's motive power takes a breather a few blocks southwest of Lyndale Avenue down by Ziegler CAT while basking beneath clear, mild skies on the last day of February 2022. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2022 Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:45:13 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500) |
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99 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Break Time |
| Description: |
Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line motive power sits shut off down by Ziegler CAT early on the mild afternoon of the last day of February 2022. PGR 36 now sports a "Join Our Team" banner, promoting PGR to prospective employees. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2022 Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:47:32 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,Winter |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500) |
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101 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound At Mall of America |
| Description: |
A southbound Blue Line train soaks up the warm late February sun as it arrives at the Mall of America during the noon hour. |
| Photo Date: |
2/28/2022 Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:58:54 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Winter,Transit,Action |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CAIX 10228 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 6/22/2022 8:48:55 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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24 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CCBX 58192 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 3/18/2024 7:06:31 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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10 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CCBX 72666 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 6/7/2022 9:34:11 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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24 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
CEFX 50657 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 5/31/2022 9:50:29 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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24 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DOWX 68593 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 5/24/2022 10:34:22 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ICRX 44288 |
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| Photo Date: |
4/20/2022 Upload Date: 2/24/2024 10:18:27 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Andrew Goblirsch |
| Categories: |
Track |
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18 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Reunited |
| Description: |
After being sidelined for mechanical repairs, Progressive Rail 36 is back with its compatriot PGR 34 on the Hi-Line. Here the duo soaks up a very mild October sun at Lyndale early on a Monday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/2022 Upload Date: 10/10/2022 8:12:20 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
PGR 36(SW1500) PGR 34(SW1500) |
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89 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Mega Mall, Here We Are |
| Description: |
A southbound three-car Blue Line train arrives at the Mall of America early on a mild Tuesday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2022 Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:34:16 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting For The Blue Line |
| Description: |
Northbound traffic on 24th Avenue waits as the third light rail vehicle of a three-car southbound Blue Line train arrives at the Mall of America early on a mild October Tuesday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
10/11/2022 Upload Date: 10/18/2022 9:35:06 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Transit,Passenger,Action |
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27 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Weathered Derail |
| Description: |
The weathered derail remains along the tracks north of the Dan Patch swing bridge. This is my first "low angle" shot in quite a while, and it turned out great! :-) |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/1/2023 9:52:20 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Where the MN&S and Normandale Once Paralelled |
| Description: |
A look north from the Dan Patch swing bridge shows the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main at left and the surviving stretch of Normandale Boulevard on a blustery but beauteous May Day 2023. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/1/2023 9:50:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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45 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting For The Thunder To Return |
| Description: |
The old MN&S main line sits quiet on May Day 2023, its rusty rails caressed by a strong wind making the trees in the Minnesota River valley sway. One day in the future, however, the thunder of trains will return in the form of renewed Twin Cities & Western grain train service to Port Cargill in Savage. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/1/2023 9:48:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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37 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
"I'm still standing" |
| Description: |
"I'm still standing/yeah/yeah/yeah," as Sir Elton John sang. The Dan Patch swing bridge, now owned and operated by the Twin Cities & Western, defiantly rides out the latest Minnesota River flood on a blustery but sunny May Day 2023. |
| Photo Date: |
5/1/2023 Upload Date: 5/1/2023 9:47:36 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Track |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Gateway To Ziegler |
| Description: |
The outer gate for Ziegler CAT was open on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend for some reason. The inner gate remained shut, cutting off would-be trespassers. CAT-powered units from TC&W and RRV&W have used this spur to get repairs done at Ziegler. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:24:21 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Oxboro On A Sunday Morning |
| Description: |
A view of Oxboro Siding late on a Sunday morning--and the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, 2023. |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:23:10 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) |
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64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Low Angle Shot |
| Description: |
Here is a view of Progressive Rail 34 from a low angle, courtesy of yours truly. She seems quite stately in such a view, no? |
| Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/29/2023 9:18:35 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
PGR 34(SW1500) |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting Interchange |
| Description: |
A string of interchange cars waits on Nesbitt Yard's lone siding late on a stormy Saturday afternoon. Note the pronounced dip between main line and siding. Not sure if these cars were bound for Progressive Rail or going out on CPKC. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2023 Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:12:05 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
New Sign |
| Description: |
Nesbitt Yard (well, a siding, but that's enough to call it a yard if it's an interchange point) now sports a new sign for Can Pac Casey for motorists on Old Shakopee Road to see. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2023 Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:10:45 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Yard |
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46 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Old MN&S Main |
| Description: |
The old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main line south of Old Shakopee Road has the aura of days gone by hanging over it late on a stormy Saturday afternoon. |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2023 Upload Date: 6/25/2023 9:11:21 PM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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47 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Parked At Lyndale |
| Description: |
Progressive Rail likes to stage big hoppers used for hauling plastic pellets to a customer up the Dan Patch Line down by Lyndale Avenue (visible in the lower right, incidentally). I do not know if these cars were loaded or empty, but I do know the shipper is at the Lyndale Distribution Center. |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2024 Upload Date: 3/2/2024 11:18:09 AM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track |
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25 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
First Pic Of 2024! |
| Description: |
My first railfan run of 2024 took me to Progressive Rail's Dan Patch line, and the first pic was of the line's SW1500 duo down at the "shops" southwest of Lyndale Avenue on a snow-free February afternoon courtesy of a strong El Nino (though, coincidentally, a storm was destined to drop some snow the very next day!) |
| Photo Date: |
2/13/2024 Upload Date: 3/2/2024 11:12:13 AM |
| Location: |
Bloomington, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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41 Comments: 0 |
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