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PGR 36 And Freight House Sign |
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Here we have PGR's former MN&S SW15000 parked in the freight house on a sunny late August evening. Since I usually catch this unit here, for variety's sake I composed into this shot the "All Drivers" sign on the left. |
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8/21/2012 Upload Date: 8/23/2012 8:17:47 AM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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PGR 36(SW1500) |
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DSSA 101 |
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Roster view of this wooden baggage car the MTM restored and turned into a railroad art gallery at the Jackson Street roundhouse. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:09:31 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Setting The Brakes |
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Volunteer Devin sets the hand brake of the Hustle Muscle as per the directions of engineer Bob as the unit is parked after a Saturday's worth of caboose rides. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:52:18 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GN 400(SD45) |
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The View From The Cab |
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A view from the front cab windows of the Hustle Muscle during my cab ride aboard the unit at Jackson Street roundhouse. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:02:10 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GN 400(SD45) |
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Engineer Seat And Control Stand |
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Along with an MTM volunteer named Devin, I was fortunate to get a cab ride in the Hustle Muscle as the MTM crew wrapped up operations for the day. Here is the engineer's seat and control stand in the surprisingly spacious cab. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:52:41 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GN 400(SD45) |
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A Jackson Street Roundhouse Panorama |
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The last caboose ride of the day reverses out of the roundhouse on a short trip outside the museum grounds. Note the MTM's former US Navy switcher to the left next to the double door BN boxcar, as well as the former Greyhound bus in the right foreground and the Milwaukee Road-style logo on the trailer for the Greater Midwest Lego Train Club in the left foreground! |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:30:03 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GN 400(SD45) MNTX 10106(45Tonner) |
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SD45 And Center Cupola |
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The last caboose ride on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Jackson street pulls up to a stop at the turntable as a young museum volunteer looks on. They even had folks riding up in the cab of the Hustle Muscle! |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:30:19 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Making Them Take Flight In Haste |
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The crew nursing the yard power down to the Amtrak depot on a switch move causes a flock of birds nestled on the tracks to take flight on their approach. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:25:45 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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MNNR 88(B30-7) MNNR T-3(Yard Slug) |
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Reversing By The Platforms |
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The crew switching the MNNR yard reverse up past the platforms of the Amtrak depot beneath grey skies on the last Saturday in August of 2012. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:26:00 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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MNNR T-3(Yard Slug) MNNR 88(B30-7) |
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| Title: |
NP 30 |
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The Minnesota Transportation Museum's Northern Pacific Russel snow plow sits in repose at the end of a rain shower outside the pole barn at the Jackson Street roundhouse. Meanwhile, the last caboose ride of thje day has just pulled in. Note their former US Navy switcher in the left background and NP ten wheeler 328 in the right background. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:30:37 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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NP 328(4-6-0) MNTX 10106(45Tonner) |
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NP 1264 |
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The MTM's wooden NP hack rests in repose next to the old boiler building in a light drizzle on the afternoon of the last Saturday in August of 2012. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:30:56 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
CRIP 2529 |
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According to a display on the car, this Rock Island commuter coach was too damaged for the Minnesota Transportation Museum to operate so they swapped out the usuable trucks and put them beneath an operable Rock Island commuter car and placed a pair of diesel (!) trucks beneath the 2529 and made it a place for special events at the Jackson Street roundhouse. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 2:09:49 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Soo 31 |
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A roster view of the Soo Line caboose used by the MTM for caboose rides at Jackson Street just after the rides concluded for the day. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:49:45 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Red Flagged COFC At Jackson Street |
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An eastbound COFC sits red flagged by the signals at Jackson Street with a BNSF warbonnet in the lead of an H-II painted sibling. Soon the crew would have the train in motion again. |
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8/25/2012 Upload Date: 8/26/2012 1:31:17 PM |
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Saint Paul, MN |
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Richard Held |
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BNSF 762(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Cut Of Cars On The Hi Line |
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I was surprised to find this cut of freight cars parked on the Hi Line east of Penn Avenue South. Saw no sign of the PGR 36 past here so I presume these cars were parked here for the weekend? |
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10/14/2012 Upload Date: 10/14/2012 8:40:09 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Progressive Rail's Emergency Contact Info |
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A vie of one of the stickers adorning one of the signals at the West 102nd street crossing on Progressive Rail's former Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern Hi Line. |
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10/14/2012 Upload Date: 10/14/2012 8:40:26 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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| Title: |
Queen Avenue South |
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A view looking southeast down the Hi Line from the Queen Avenue South grade crossing. |
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10/14/2012 Upload Date: 10/14/2012 8:40:47 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Two Crossings In A Row |
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Looking southeast down the Hi Line from the West 102nd street crossing we can not only see it but also the Queen Avenue south crossing in a scene fit for a model railroad. |
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10/14/2012 Upload Date: 10/14/2012 8:41:02 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Wow! |
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Parked beneath gloomy winter skies this day on the spur located on the south side of the Laurel Avenue grade crossing on the MN&S spur was this CP caboose. I'd seen pictures of the crummies that had the "Pac Man" logo on them but never in my wildest dreams thought I would find one down in the Twin Cities, much less on the MN&S Spur! |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/17/2012 11:05:48 PM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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| Title: |
Round Yet Another Cruve |
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The MN&S Spur twists and turns through the inner western suburbs of Minneapolis like a jointed steel rail conga line. Today this curve by Brunswick Avenue in SLP is bearing the weight of the CP/SOO local which is returning to Humbolt Yard after interchanging with Progressive Rail at Nesbit Siding in Bloomington. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:20:56 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4410(GP38-2) SOO 4449(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
On Past The Power Poles |
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It is interesting how a major power line is routed down the MN&S Spur for most of the stretch of track through SLP. Here the northbound CP/Soo local passes by them with one car of interchange from Progressive Rail in Bloomington. Dig how the Soo Line's own "4449" is still wearing Soo livery at this late date! Note my own "motive power" at the far right background. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:21:19 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4449(GP38-2) SOO 4410(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Away She Goes At 10 MPH |
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The northbound CP/Soo local tip toes along the jointed rail of the MN&S Spur as it passes Brunswick Avenue on its trip north to Humbolt Yard in Minneapolis with a lone loaded gondola the sole northbound interchange from Progressive Rail this day. I tried catching it once more up in Golden Valley, but by then the train had given me the slip. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:21:36 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4449(GP38-2) SOO 4410(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Double Yes! |
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The grade crossing of the MN&S spur on Excelsior Boulevard in SLP has been a place I've always wanted to catch a train at. Finally, I got to. Here we see the northbound CP local which interchanges with Progressive Rail down in Bloomington about to cross Excelsior in a scene fit for a model railroad. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 2:51:40 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4410(GP38-2) SOO 4449(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Yes! |
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We are just south of Excelsior Boulevard on the Canadian Pacific Soo Line MN&S Spur (the former main line of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern railroad), a place I've always wanted to photograph a train at. Lo and behold: by pure luck I finally got to do that! Here comes the northbound CP local which serves Nesbit Siding in Bloomington where CP interchanges with Progessive Rail, operator of the former MN&S "High Line." Today only one loaded gondola is making the return trip to Humbolt Yard. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 2:51:13 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4410(GP38-2) SOO 4449(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
With Only One Gondola In Tow |
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The northbound CP local on the MN&S Spur has only one loaded gondola in tow this day as the train heads for Humbolt Yard in northwest Minneapolis. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:01:44 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4410(GP38-2) SOO 4449(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
St. Paul Turn And Milepost |
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A portrait of the just-returned St. Paul Turn with the "432" milepost composed into it. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:34:10 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Richard Held |
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TCWR 4302(GP30C) RRVW 4105(GP15C) TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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| Title: |
St. Paul Turn |
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A close-up of the motive power of the TC&W St. Paul Turn as the engines idle away beneath a grey December sky after the crew had brought the train back to the Hopkins depot after the trip into the Cities. Interesting to note is how TC&W GP20C 3516 is still sporting its "Generation II Locomotives" paint job even after suffering a small fire some time ago. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:34:32 PM |
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Hopkins, MN |
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Richard Held |
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TCWR 4302(GP30C) RRVW 4105(GP15C) TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
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| Title: |
In Your Face! |
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I was way down at Brunswick Avenue when I took this shot. Still, dig that "in your face" feel! Train is the northbound CP local on their MN&S Spur. |
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12/17/2012 Upload Date: 12/19/2012 3:20:35 PM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Richard Held |
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SOO 4410(GP38-2) SOO 4449(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Another Look |
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A week after I first stumbled across it, this CP caboose still was on the spur track at Laurel Avenue right off the MN&S Spur. Dig that paint job! |
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12/26/2012 Upload Date: 12/27/2012 10:45:15 AM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Cornicopia At Laurel Avenue |
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The spur track off the MN&S Spur at Laurel Avenue was quite the cornicopia on this frigid day after Ciristmas. Not only was the CP caboose I found a week before still there, it had been joined by a narly-looking piece of MOW equipment! |
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12/26/2012 Upload Date: 12/27/2012 10:45:38 AM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Yowza! |
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This is a cool piece of MOW equipment. I found it parked on the spus track off of Laurel Avenue. CAT sure likes selling stuff to railroads! Dig that red "Pac Man" logo paint job too. |
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12/26/2012 Upload Date: 12/27/2012 10:46:22 AM |
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Golden Valley, MN |
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Richard Held |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Junction At Dusk |
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This junction along the former MN&S main line is known as "Milwaukee Jct" because the track at right forms part of a wye that connects to the former Milwaukee Road east-west main line in an industrial part of SLP known as "Skunk Hollow." Here is how it looked at dusk on a cold day aftgr Christmas. |
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12/26/2012 Upload Date: 12/27/2012 10:34:50 AM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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Skunk Hollow Spur At Dusk |
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The spur from Milwaukee Junction looking down into Skunk Hollow. Cars of salt are still delivered on these rails to J.B. Hill Company, the sole customer on the Skunk Hollow trackage. |
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12/27/2012 Upload Date: 12/27/2012 10:35:55 AM |
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Saint Louis Park, MN |
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| Title: |
Milwaukee Road And MN&S Vets |
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Along Progressive Rail's former MN&S High Line route just west of Lyndale Avenue down by their open-air shops next to Ziegler CAT we find a Milwaukee Road vet in the form of CP GP40 4609 parked idling out on the main track and a Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern vet in the form of PGR SW1500 36 sitting parked shut down on the spur into Ziegler. Nice! |
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1/19/2013 Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:52:39 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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CP 4609(GP40) PGR 36(SW1500) |
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First Catch Of The Year! |
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Parked idling outside Ziegler CAT on Progressive Rail's ex-MN&S High Line just west of Lyndale Avenue this day was this ex-Soo Line exx-Milwaukee Road GP40. Not bad for the first railfan catch of the year for me! |
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1/19/2013 Upload Date: 1/19/2013 7:52:13 PM |
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Bloomington, MN |
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Richard Held |
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CP 4609(GP40) |
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The Local Is In! |
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On a bone-chilling early Tuesday afternoon in late January we find the Union Pacific's Golden Valley Industrial Lead local just arrived at its last stop west of Xenium Lane in Plymouth jith seven coil cars in tow for the shipper located here. An ex-UP GP38-2 is the motive power for the crew today. |
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1/22/2013 Upload Date: 1/22/2013 10:38:58 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GMTX 2301(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Headin' West |
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A westbound CP freight charges west with an ES44AC and an older AC44CW at the disposal of the crew today. The train is about to duck under Chesire Lane North. |
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2/4/2013 Upload Date: 2/4/2013 10:52:43 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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CP 8758(ES44AC) CP 9814(AC44CW) |
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Passing Underneath Chesire Lane North |
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A hard-charing westbound CP freight storms under the Chesire Lane North bridge over the CP Paynesville Sub as a school bus starts to cross headed south. Wonder if any of the kids were looking at the sight? |
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2/4/2013 Upload Date: 2/4/2013 10:53:20 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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CP 8758(ES44AC) CP 9814(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Headin' East |
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The eastbound UP local on the Golden Valley Industrial Lead is about to cross Nathan Lane as the train ambles east at around 10 MPH. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 11:21:51 AM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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GMTX 2319(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
East Minneapolis, Ho! |
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The eastbound Golden Valley Industrial Lead job passes Hedberg as it approaches the grade crossing on Nathan Lane with ten coil cars in tow bound for the East Minneapolis yard. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/5/2013 10:40:28 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GMTX 2319(GP38-2) |
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Red Flag In Place Of A FRED |
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The crew of the Golden Valley Industrial Lead job put a red flag instead of a FRED device on the rear coupler of the last coil car in the ten coil car string they toted east this day. The train is just about done crossing Nathan Lane; Highway 169 is in the distance. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 11:23:57 AM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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Pulling Up To 13th Avenue |
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The hogger on todays GV Industrial Lead job nurses the ex-UP engine at his disposal up to 13th Avenue during a switching move at the shipper located just west of Xenium Lane. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 11:33:59 AM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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GMTX 2319(GP38-2) |
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Crossing The Luce |
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Switching work done, the hogger nurses his charge up out of the spur track off the Golden Valley Industrial Lead that crosses both 13th Avenue and the Luce Line just west of Xenium Lane (visible at grade crossing in the upper left); here the engine is crossing the Luce Line as the six coil cars going east this day tag along behind it. The UP sure likes to lease units that once were on their roster! |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 1:25:31 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GMTX 2319(GP38-2) |
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Halfway Through The Move |
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The hogger aboard ex-UP lease unit 2319 stops his charge up at 13th Avenue on the spur into the lone customer west of Xenium Lane on the Golden Valley Industrial Lead. They were about to cut the string of twelve coil cars strung out behind the engine in half, leaving six for the customer and six for the trip home. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 1:06:37 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
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Richard Held |
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GMTX 2319(GP38-2) |
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Waiting Coil Cars |
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There are two shippers on the Golden Valley Industrial Lead that processes steel, both located in Plymouth; one by Medicine Lake and one just west of Xenium Lane. These four cars are from the Medicine Lake industry and are set out on the main track waiting to head east once the cars from the Xenium industry ae switched and coupled on. |
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2/5/2013 Upload Date: 2/6/2013 1:26:20 PM |
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Plymouth, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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There Goes The DPU |
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The DPU unit on an eastbound unit sand or potash train taking the hole at Long Lake emerges from the other side of my pedestrian bridge vantage point as the train nears a stop prior to a meet with two ex-BN SD60s toting a rotary plow/locomotive combo west ... a train I utterly failed to catch due to a couple foul-ups with my camera! Oh well, the light *was* fading since it was near dusk by this time. |
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2/9/2013 Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:38:54 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 5921(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
Crawling Down The Siding |
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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. |
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2/9/2013 Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:37:16 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 5234(C44-9W) BNSF 7239(ES44DC) |
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| Title: |
Crawling Into Wayzata |
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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. |
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2/9/2013 Upload Date: 2/9/2013 9:37:56 PM |
| Location: |
Long Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Richard Held |
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BNSF 7239(ES44DC) BNSF 5234(C44-9W) |
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| Title: |
Taking The Siding By Sunset |
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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 |
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BNSF 5234(C44-9W) BNSF 7239(ES44DC) |
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215 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Here Comes The DPU |
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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 |
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Richard Held |
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BNSF 5921(ES44AC) |
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