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Crawling Down The Siding
Title:  Crawling Down The Siding
Description:  A view of the motive power of an eastbound freight I caught taking the siding at Long Lake for a quick meet with a special westbound consisting of two locomotives toting a locomotive/rotary plow set west.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:37:16 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5234(C44-9W) BNSF 7239(ES44DC)
Views:  225   Comments: 0
Crawling Into Wayzata
Title:  Crawling Into Wayzata
Description:  An eastbound freight crawls down the siding prior to a quick meet with a westbound. Soon enough the train will stretch from Wayzata to Long Lake on the siding located here on the BNSF Wayzata sub.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:37:56 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7239(ES44DC) BNSF 5234(C44-9W)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
Taking The Siding By Sunset
Title:  Taking The Siding By Sunset
Description:  Sunset on this grey Saturday in February is barely forty minutes away as this eastbound BNSF sand or potash (do not know which) train takes the siding at Long Lake for a quick meet with a westboud extra toting a rotary snowplow/locomotive combo. Most of the hoppers were from the BNSF with a few other shippers mixed into the consist strung out between the lead units and the DPU.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:37:00 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5234(C44-9W) BNSF 7239(ES44DC)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
Here Comes The DPU
Title:  Here Comes The DPU
Description:  This eastbound sand or potash job I caught this day warranted a DPU. Here it comes as it prepares to pass under my vantage point on the pedestrian bridge that spans the BNSF/Highway 12 Bypass corridor.
Photo Date:  2/9/2013  Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:38:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5921(ES44AC)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
You Want General Electrics?  You got General Electrics!
Title:  You Want General Electrics? You got General Electrics!
Description:  The crew of this temporarily stopped eastbound freight have not less than three different GE models for power.
Photo Date:  3/3/2013  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 2:35:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5650(AC44CW) BNSF 5229(C44-9W) BNSF 5876(ES44AC)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
The First Train Of The Day
Title:  The First Train Of The Day
Description:  An eastbound BNSF freight (the Northtown-KCK?) hove to around 7 A.M. this day. The crew brought it to a stop due to red signals. This enabled me to go out and get this and another shot of it. Love that early-morning light in the background!
Photo Date:  3/3/2013  Upload Date: 3/3/2013 2:34:42 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5650(AC44CW) BNSF 5229(C44-9W) BNSF 5876(ES44AC)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Under Brown Road Again
Title:  Under Brown Road Again
Description:  I wonder how many times the crew aboard this westbound freight has passed under Brown Road in Long Lake?
Photo Date:  3/24/2013  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 6:58:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4501(C44-9W) BNSF 1087(C44-9W)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Headin' West!
Title:  Headin' West!
Description:  On a late March day so chilly the term "spring" is an oxymoron, a crew snug in a warm cab takes a long frieght west.
Photo Date:  3/24/2013  Upload Date: 3/24/2013 6:57:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4501(C44-9W) BNSF 1087(C44-9W)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Former BNSF 'Bonnet
Title:  Former BNSF 'Bonnet
Description:  A former "BNSF"-ized Warbonnet unit -now decked out in Heritage II paint- brings up the rear of an eastbound freight on a (finally!) mild March day.
Photo Date:  3/27/2013  Upload Date: 3/27/2013 7:12:35 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 745(C44-9W)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
On The Move Again
Title:  On The Move Again
Description:  An eastbound freight (unit potash? Sand?) is underway again after being briefly halted in Long Lake by the dispatcher.
Photo Date:  3/27/2013  Upload Date: 3/27/2013 7:22:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4123(C44-9W)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Getting A Wheel Into The Train
Title:  Getting A Wheel Into The Train
Description:  The hogger of this eastbound freight gets a wheel into the train after a brief pause in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  3/27/2013  Upload Date: 3/27/2013 7:23:10 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4123(C44-9W)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Did A Sand Train Drop This?
Title:  Did A Sand Train Drop This?
Description:  Found this on the siding in Long Lake on the west side of the pedestrian bridge. Did a sand train drop this?
Photo Date:  3/27/2013  Upload Date: 3/27/2013 7:13:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Almost Stopped
Title:  Almost Stopped
Description:  The crew aboard this eastbound (loaded) unit coal job have almost got their long train brought to a stopm for a (temporarily) red signal at Long Lake. Meanwhile traffic on U.S. 12 zips east and west without pause.
Photo Date:  4/7/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 8:19:28 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5785(ES44AC) BNSF 9256(SD70ACe)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
Eastbound DPU On The Move Again
Title:  Eastbound DPU On The Move Again
Description:  The DPU on an eastbound unit coal train that stopped for all of three (?!) minutes at Long Lake brings up the rear as the train speeds out of town.
Photo Date:  4/7/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 8:19:57 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9307(SD70ACe)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Eastbound Coal At A Crawl
Title:  Eastbound Coal At A Crawl
Description:  The crew of this eastbound unit coal job is slowing their train to a crawl as they approach the Brown Road underpass prior to a 3-minute halt for a red signal at Long Lake.
Photo Date:  4/7/2013  Upload Date: 4/7/2013 8:34:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5785(ES44AC) BNSF 9256(SD70ACe)
Views:  273   Comments: 0
Pulling up in the engine terminal
Title:  Pulling up in the engine terminal
Description:  A quartet of diesels -three CP (or CP-painted) and one DME- pull up inside the confines of the Pig's Eye yard engine terminal on a blustery, cloudy April Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/21/2013  Upload Date: 4/27/2013 5:21:37 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5936(SD40-2) DME 6056(SD40-2)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
April morning
Title:  April morning
Description:  Two hours after a gorgeous April morning dawned witnessed this eastbound BNSF freight get flagged by the dispatcher before getting clearance to roll on into Minneapolis. What a lovely sight it made!
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:15:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7866(ES44DC) NS 9401(C40-9W)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
In your face!
Title:  In your face!
Description:  Man this pic turned out nice! The crew of this eastbound freight gets a wheel into their train as they leave a red signal in Long Lake behind on a lovely April Sunday mornng.
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:16:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7866(ES44DC) NS 9491(C40-9W)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Crawling into the hole
Title:  Crawling into the hole
Description:  An eastbound (sand?) unit train crawls into the hole at Long Lake for a meet in a few hours with a westbound on the Wayzata sub.
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:55:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5375(C44-9W) UP 4001(SD70M) UP 8319(SD70ACe)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
What is this stuff?
Title:  What is this stuff?
Description:  What is this stuff I saw in these gondolas; pipes?
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:16:33 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  87   Comments: 3
Flats with rails?
Title:  Flats with rails?
Description:  These flat cars have rails on their beds?
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:17:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 1
Slow order boards
Title:  Slow order boards
Description:  These slow order boards can be seen from the Long Lake trail bridge over the Wayzata sub; another pair can be found in view of the County15/Highway 12 connection bridge in Wayzata. Must be work going on here currently or something?
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:07:27 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Two Uncle Petes and a Pumpkin
Title:  Two Uncle Petes and a Pumpkin
Description:  This eastbound unit (sand?) train taking the siding in Long Lake on this April Sunday afternoon had two UP units along with a BNSF one at the crew's disposal. There was no DPU unit on the hind end, incidentally.
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:40:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8319(SD70ACe) UP 4001(SD70M) BNSF 5375(C44-9W)
Views:  212   Comments: 1
What is this doing here?
Title:  What is this doing here?
Description:  What is this doing here? Anybody know? I caught it in the consist of an eastbound mixed freight in Long Lake .
Photo Date:  4/28/2013  Upload Date: 4/28/2013 8:17:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 1
On by the slow order board
Title:  On by the slow order board
Description:  An eastbound freight storming through Long Lake this morning rumbles by the yellow slow order board recently staked along the main track and siding here.
Photo Date:  4/30/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:19:57 AM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 7596(ES40DC) BNSF 5195(C44-9W)
Views:  190   Comments: 0
Eastbound tonnage
Title:  Eastbound tonnage
Description:  An eastbound mixed freight hustles through Long Lake on the morning of the last day of April 2013.
Photo Date:  4/30/2013  Upload Date: 4/30/2013 10:19:43 AM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5195(C44-9W) NS 7596(ES40DC)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
Passing trains: take two
Title:  Passing trains: take two
Description:  The crew aboard this westbound general freight ease on past an eastbound unit oil train as a game of musical chairs on the Wayzata sub nears completion.
Photo Date:  5/4/2013  Upload Date: 5/4/2013 4:23:53 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6038(ES44AC) BNSF 5377(C44-9W) BNSF 4904(C44-9W)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Eastbound oil taking the siding
Title:  Eastbound oil taking the siding
Description:  The crew of this eastbound unit oil train had to wait for another eastbound train -a general freight- to clear before they could take the siding and pass an oncoming westboud general freight this day. The Wayzata sub sure can be busy!
Photo Date:  5/4/2013  Upload Date: 5/4/2013 4:35:20 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4936(C44-9W) CSX 7640(C40-8)
Views:  144   Comments: 0
All clear!
Title:  All clear!
Description:  With the eastbound oil train clear, the crew on this westbound general freight get ready to rock and roll on out of town headed west.
Photo Date:  5/4/2013  Upload Date: 5/4/2013 4:23:34 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4904(C44-9W) BNSF 5377(C44-9W) BNSF 6038(ES44AC)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Passing trains: take one
Title:  Passing trains: take one
Description:  A westbound mixed merchandise job and an eastbound unit oil train prepare to pass each other in Long Lake, The hogger on the westbound is keeping his train at a crawl since he knows the hind end of the oil train will not be clear for a few minutes even as it's hogger gets a wheel into it as they take the siding.
Photo Date:  5/4/2013  Upload Date: 5/4/2013 4:24:08 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4936(C44-9W) CSX 7640(C40-8) BNSF 6038(ES44AC) BNSF 5377(C44-9W) BNSF 4904(C44-9W)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Musical chairs
Title:  Musical chairs
Description:  The BNSF dispatcher had a game of musical chairs to play on the Wayzata sub this day when two eastbounds needed to be juggled around a westbound. Here the last of the eastbounds -a unit oil train- is almost clear as the westbound comes to a temporary halt for the red signal on the main track.
Photo Date:  5/4/2013  Upload Date: 5/4/2013 4:20:03 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4904(C44-9W) BNSF 5377(C44-9W) BNSF 6038(ES44AC)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Idling DPU
Title:  Idling DPU
Description:  Here is the DPU unit of an eastbound ethanol (?) job that took the Long Lake/Wayzata siding this day.
Photo Date:  5/8/2013  Upload Date: 5/8/2013 4:14:52 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  236   Comments: 0
First catch of my "fishing opener"
Title:  First catch of my "fishing opener"
Description:  You can talk about the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but National Train Day is *my* "fishing opener," my friends! Here is my first catch of the Train Day weekend, a westbound BNSF grain train rolling through Long Lake at a smart clip.
Photo Date:  5/10/2013  Upload Date: 5/10/2013 2:00:42 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7737(ES44DC) BNSF 7913(ES44DC) BNSF 6615(ES44C4)
Views:  309   Comments: 0
What is that car?
Title:  What is that car?
Description:  What is that car in the center? I saw it in the consist of a westbound BNSF freight on National Train Day 2013.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/11/2013 8:56:36 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 2
Old CNW hopper and spare wheels on flats
Title:  Old CNW hopper and spare wheels on flats
Description:  Here is a double-treat I found in the consist of a westbound BNSF freight I bagged on National Train Day 2013: a former Chicago & North Western ribside covered hopper and two flatcars with spare wheels on them.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/11/2013 8:54:31 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Red to green
Title:  Red to green
Description:  As soon as the engines at the head of this westbound freight hit the main track signal on the left, it went from green to red. Soon as the train passed, the signal went blank. Note the diverse mix of rolling stock the crew of this westbound has in their charge.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/11/2013 8:47:20 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 0
On to the green signal!
Title:  On to the green signal!
Description:  This National Train Day westbound charges for the green main track signal at the Long Lake end of the Long Lake/Wayzata siding.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/11/2013 8:41:27 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9451(SD70MAC) BNSF 7649(ES44DC) BNSF 5191(C44-9W)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
A National Train Day BNSF westbound
Title:  A National Train Day BNSF westbound
Description:  Here comes a westbound BNSF freight rumbling through Long Lake on National Train Day 2013. Note the stopped eastbound in the siding in the right background.
Photo Date:  5/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/11/2013 8:38:07 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5191(C44-9W) BNSF 7649(ES44DC) BNSF 9451(SD70MAC)
Views:  326   Comments: 0
Workin' on the Wayzata Sub
Title:  Workin' on the Wayzata Sub
Description:  Here is a shot of the BNSF tie loader in action as its operator drops bundles off ties off alongside the main track of the Wayzata Sub from atop a stopped eastbound work train.
Photo Date:  5/15/2013  Upload Date: 5/15/2013 5:16:28 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Eastbound tie train
Title:  Eastbound tie train
Description:  This train is an eastbound tie train with a pair of GEs on the point stopped so the dude in the tie unloader (background) can drop off batches of them along this stretch of the Wayzata Sub. Sorry it is a bit grainy; the digital zoom feature on my Olympus can do that.
Photo Date:  5/15/2013  Upload Date: 5/15/2013 5:15:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
BNSF 4936
Title:  BNSF 4936
Description:  Roster shot; was lead unit on a stopped eastbound general freight.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 5/18/2013 9:40:35 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4936(C44-9W)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
CSX 7640
Title:  CSX 7640
Description:  Roster shot; unit was second of three units on a stopped eastbound freight.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 5/18/2013 9:40:54 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 7640(C40-8)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
CSX 9036
Title:  CSX 9036
Description:  Roster shot; was third unit on a stopped eastbound freight that had another CSX unit ahead of it and a BNSF leader.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 5/18/2013 9:41:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 9036(C40-9W)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Stopped by the tie piles
Title:  Stopped by the tie piles
Description:  Recently a MOW train dropped off a bunch of ties along the Wayzata Sub in Long Lake. Here this eastbound freight stopped by disptach for about an hour waited down by them.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 5/18/2013 9:21:50 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 9036(C40-9W) CSX 7640(C40-8) BNSF 4936(C44-9W)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Tagged by the dispatcher
Title:  Tagged by the dispatcher
Description:  This eastbound freight got tagged by the dispatcher out in Long Lake. Its crew had a couple CSX units as well as a BNSF leader for power.
Photo Date:  5/18/2013  Upload Date: 5/18/2013 9:21:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4936(C44-9W) CSX 7640(C40-8) CSX 9036(C40-9W)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
BNSF 516196
Title:  BNSF 516196
Description:  This BNSF gondola sports the "Swoosh" logo, meaning it is a fairly recent repaint/new car. It was the second freight car behind the engines of a stopped eastbound general freight I bagged this day.
Photo Date:  5/31/2013  Upload Date: 5/31/2013 9:14:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   Comments: 0
GNTX 29658
Title:  GNTX 29658
Description:  This gondola looked like something on a model railroad. It was the first car behind the all-ex-BN motive power on this eastbound freight that red signals halted this day.
Photo Date:  5/31/2013  Upload Date: 5/31/2013 9:11:20 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1916(SD40-2)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
The Burlington Northern lives!
Title:  The Burlington Northern lives!
Description:  God bless the BNSF for how they have taken their time in repainting ex-BN units. The result is sights like this veteran BN lashup on an eastbound freight stopped by a red signal in Long Lake, MN. The dispatcher held them here for a couple hours, and then let the crew go ahead.
Photo Date:  5/31/2013  Upload Date: 5/31/2013 9:10:49 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8100(SD60M) BNSF 8103(SD60M) BNSF 1916(SD40-2)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
BN units!!!!
Title:  BN units!!!!
Description:  Man, it has been a while since I bagged some ex-BN units still wearing ex-BN paint in Long Lake! These three six-axle gems were on the point of an eastbound freight stopped by red signals. Dig those loads of scrap in the two gondolas behind them!
Photo Date:  5/31/2013  Upload Date: 5/31/2013 6:43:24 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1916(SD40-2) BNSF 8103(SD60M) BNSF 8100(SD60M)
Views:  487   Comments: 1
"Whiteface(s)"
Title:  "Whiteface(s)"
Description:  The crew aboard this eastbound general freight the dispatcher tagged with a red signal in Long Lake have veteran ex-BN motive power at their disposal, and ones in the "whiteface" scheme at that!
Photo Date:  5/31/2013  Upload Date: 5/31/2013 6:43:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Richard Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1916(SD40-2) BNSF 8103(SD60M) BNSF 8100(SD60M)
Views:  516   Comments: 1


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