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CEFX 3800
Title:  CEFX 3800
Description:  PGR's Lakeville Turn backs into the Northfield Yard.
Photo Date:  7/27/2020  Upload Date: 9/1/2020 1:56:01 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  138   Comments: 0
CEFX 3800
Title:  CEFX 3800
Description:  CEFX 3800 smokes away as it backs into the yard.
Photo Date:  7/27/2020  Upload Date: 9/1/2020 1:56:52 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  142   Comments: 0
CP 2220, 2326
Title:  CP 2220, 2326
Description:  CP H37 builds before departure.
Photo Date:  8/24/2020  Upload Date: 8/31/2020 1:18:41 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  185   Comments: 0
CP 2220, 2326
Title:  CP 2220, 2326
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/24/2020  Upload Date: 8/31/2020 1:20:19 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  184   Comments: 0
UP 6376
Title:  UP 6376
Description:  This unit still has alternating ditch lights!
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 12/30/2020 9:21:34 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 6376(AC44CW) UP 8649(SD70ACe)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
UP 8649
Title:  UP 8649
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2020  Upload Date: 12/30/2020 9:37:17 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8649(SD70ACe)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
UP 7881
Title:  UP 7881
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 12/31/2020 12:01:05 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 7881(AC45CCTE) FXE 4075(SD70ACe) UP 5140(SD70M)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
FXE 4075
Title:  FXE 4075
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 12/31/2020 12:02:43 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  FXE 4075(SD70ACe)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
UP 5140
Title:  UP 5140
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 12/31/2020 12:03:37 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5140(SD70M)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
FXE 4075
Title:  FXE 4075
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/7/2020  Upload Date: 12/31/2020 12:10:11 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FXE 4075(SD70ACe) UP 7881(AC45CCTE)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
UP 5447
Title:  UP 5447
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:06:14 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 5447(AC45CCTE)
Views:  71   Comments: 0
UP 7493
Title:  UP 7493
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:09:10 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 7493(AC45CCTE)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
UP 6630
Title:  UP 6630
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:11:57 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 6630(AC44CW)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
UP 6047
Title:  UP 6047
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:19:06 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 6047(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  62   Comments: 0
UP 5537
Title:  UP 5537
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:21:09 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 5537(AC45CCTE)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
CSX 3021
Title:  CSX 3021
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:24:05 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  CSX 3021(ES44AC-H)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
UP 5447
Title:  UP 5447
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2020  Upload Date: 1/20/2021 8:26:16 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  UP 5447(AC45CCTE) UP 7493(AC45CCTE) UP 6630(AC44CW) UP 6047(AC44CWCTE) UP 5537(AC45CCTE) CSX 3021(ES44AC-H)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
CEFX 3800
Title:  CEFX 3800
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2020  Upload Date: 1/21/2021 5:23:51 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CBFX 3805(GP38-3)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
CBFX 3805
Title:  CBFX 3805
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/16/2020  Upload Date: 1/21/2021 5:25:44 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  CBFX 3805(GP38-3) CEFX 3800(GP38-3)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
CP 2224
Title:  CP 2224
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/31/2021 9:15:19 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2224(GP20C-ECO) CP 5043(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
CP 2224
Title:  CP 2224
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/31/2021 9:16:53 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2224(GP20C-ECO) CP 5043(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
CP 5043
Title:  CP 5043
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2020  Upload Date: 1/31/2021 9:17:44 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Greenwood Champ
Categories:  Night,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5043(SD30C-ECO) CP 2224(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Idling Beneath The Sunny Skies
Title:  Idling Beneath The Sunny Skies
Description:  CBFX 3805 idles in the company of Progressive Rail 40 (just visible at right) beneath mild, sunny skies on a late April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:54:24 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CBFX 3805(GP38-3)
Views:  156   Comments: 0
Mid-Train Unit
Title:  Mid-Train Unit
Description:  The mid-train unit on a long, Precision Scheduled Railroading-style freight makes its appearance as the train continues to pass the Northfield depot on a gorgeous (for once!) April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:13:39 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6395(AC44CW)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Racing By The Depot
Title:  Racing By The Depot
Description:  A northbound Union Pacific freight races by the Northfield depot beneath gorgeous April skies on a Thursday afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 9:12:52 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  16   Comments: 0
Snappy Depot
Title:  Snappy Depot
Description:  The Northfield depot, moved to a new location off railroad property, is looking snappy as it continues to be restored to its original appearance. She sure is looking snappy!
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:52:47 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Whose Rails Were These?
Title:  Whose Rails Were These?
Description:  A stretch of heavily overgrown track can be found behind the Northfield Quality Inn & Suites. I dunno whose rails were these, but I wonder if these were part of an interchange track between the Chicago Great Western and the Milwaukee Road/Rock Island.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:45:48 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  83   Comments: 1
Overgrowtn Switch
Title:  Overgrowtn Switch
Description:  A overgrown stretch of track behind the Northfield Quality Inn & Suites includes this switch.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:46:29 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  79   Comments: 0
MN&S Lives
Title:  MN&S Lives
Description:  The front end of PGR #40 sure looks classy. The name is now "Progressive Rail", but the look and feel of the units famed previous owner, the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern, remains strong.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:52:00 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
The Prize
Title:  The Prize
Description:  I came all the way to Northfield with the goal of seeing Progressive Rail #40, the famous ex-Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern locomotive that is plying home rails again between Northfield and Lakeville after a stint on PGR's Wisconsin Northern. Here the veteran unit is idling at the Northfield yard in company with CBFX 3805 (just visible at left) on a gorgeous April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/22/2021  Upload Date: 4/23/2021 7:51:17 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Tied down grain train
Title:  Tied down grain train
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/21/2022  Upload Date: 7/24/2022 11:26:36 AM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5127(SD70M)
Views:  109   Comments: 0
UP 3021
Title:  UP 3021
Description:  M-NPAL
Photo Date:  5/21/2022  Upload Date: 6/28/2022 6:27:43 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 3021(SD70AH-T4)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
CEFX 3800
Title:  CEFX 3800
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 3:24:44 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 3800(GP38-3)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
ILSX 1304
Title:  ILSX 1304
Description:  Power for Progressive Rail.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 3:26:59 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1304(GP15AC)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
ILSX 1305
Title:  ILSX 1305
Description:  Power for Progressive Rail.
Photo Date:  7/3/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 3:27:08 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Jeffrey Streiff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1305(GP15AC)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Heading For The Man
Title:  Heading For The Man
Description:  The Canadian Pacific Northfield job heads for the main after completing interchange on a cloudy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:03 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6232(SD60)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SD60!
Title:  SD60!
Description:  Sure was cool to catch an ex-Soo Line SD60 on the Northfield job this day! Here the veteran unit, which doubtless led the way to Northfield, is now the trailing unit as the hogger gets the train onto the main after completing interchange.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:35 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6032(SD40-2)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
On The Main But Not Departing Yet
Title:  On The Main But Not Departing Yet
Description:  The hogger aboard Canadian Pacific's Northfield job is getting the train clear of the yard in this shot, but the train is not leaving town just yet. The engineer will back the train up once it is on the main and then, once the switch is set back for the main track, back up to pick of the rest of the crew before departure.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:17 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 6032(SD40-2)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Leased Duo
Title:  Leased Duo
Description:  Currently Progressive Rail is running trains between Lakeville and Northfield with this leased ex-UP duo. Here the pair rests at the yard's north end beneath cloudy skies on a mild Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:22 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1305(GP15AC) ILSX 1304(GP15AC)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
Idle Leasers
Title:  Idle Leasers
Description:  Two lease units which, along with PGR 40, had been holding down the Lakeville to Northfield duties rest at the north end of the yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:49:20 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CBFX 3805(GP38-3)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Nice Touch
Title:  Nice Touch
Description:  Replica staiton signs have been added to the Northfield depot. This is how the one on the north side looks.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:15 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  93   Comments: 0
There She Be
Title:  There She Be
Description:  My buddy Andy and I found Progressive Rail's ex-Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern SD39 sitting in the south end of the yard, where she's been for some time due to a mechanical issue. I sure hope PGR gets her back up and running soon.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:55 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Snazzy Addition
Title:  Snazzy Addition
Description:  The replica station signs on the Northfield depot, carefully based on archival photographs of the station, are a snazzy addition to this preserved gem. This is the sign on the south side of the building.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:59 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Interesting Touch
Title:  Interesting Touch
Description:  I spied this lettering on a switch near the Post parking lot. My friend Andy told me this marks where the rail comes from. Quite an interesting touch.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:40 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  80   Comments: 0
Red Duo
Title:  Red Duo
Description:  The CPKC Northfield job's red duo waits for its crew to return on a partly-sunny Sunday in May.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:50:07 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5022(SD30C-ECO) CP 5020(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Low Angle Sure Is The Way To Go!
Title:  Low Angle Sure Is The Way To Go!
Description:  Oh man... Taking shots of trains from a low angle sure is the way to go! Look how dramatic the Northfield job's power looks, even while sitting still awaiting the crew's return on a lovely Sunday in May.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:50:53 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5020(SD30C-ECO) CP 5022(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
DME Vet Through The Trees
Title:  DME Vet Through The Trees
Description:  A view through the trees of this Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern vet which has now traded blue and gold for blue and white (photo not taken from railway property, btw).
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:52:51 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  ILSX 1311(GP38)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
PGR's New Kids
Title:  PGR's New Kids
Description:  Progressive Rail's new power for the Jesse James line takes a breather on the Sunday of Memorial Day 2023.
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:51:51 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ILSX 1401(GP15-1) ILSX 1311(GP38)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Yellow Unit, Blue Unit
Title:  Yellow Unit, Blue Unit
Description:  Progressive Rail's new Jesse James line power soaks up the sun at the Northfield yard while enjoying a Sunday off. (Photo was not taken from any railroad property, btw.)
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:54:08 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ILSX 1401(GP15-1) ILSX 1311(GP38)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Golden Oldie Through The Trees
Title:  Golden Oldie Through The Trees
Description:  A view of Progresive Raill's Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern golden oldies SD39 through the trees (photo not taken on railroad property, btw).
Photo Date:  5/28/2023  Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:55:45 PM
Location:  Northfield, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PGR 40(SD39)
Views:  37   Comments: 0


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