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Viewing Album:  Around The Twin Cities: Vol. 2
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:9/3/2014 - 9/7/2020
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Enjoy!
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Light Power At Northtown
Title:  Light Power At Northtown
Description:  I first spotted this northbound light power move when I was down at Lowry Avenue. When the move passed by St. Anthony Parkway, I was ready to make my catch. Crew did not have much farther to go, since their destination was up at the shops located around the curve ahead.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 8:03:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7616(ES44DC) BNSF 7620(ES44DC)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
Pulling Up To The Bridge
Title:  Pulling Up To The Bridge
Description:  A switch crew pulls up to the Canadian Pacific bridge during a switching move early on a June evening.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:45:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1808(SD39-2)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
Nearing The Parkway
Title:  Nearing The Parkway
Description:  The switch crew nears the St. Anthony Parkway bridge during a switching move at Northtown.
Photo Date:  6/22/2018  Upload Date: 6/27/2018 7:45:42 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1808(SD39-2)
Views:  154   Comments: 1
CP 2247
Title:  CP 2247
Description:  I got the flag in this roster shot too.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2247(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  165   Comments: 1
Two By The Yard Office
Title:  Two By The Yard Office
Description:  Two ECOs sit by the Humboldt Yard office on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 12:03:40 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2309(GP20C-ECO) CP 2247(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  252   Comments: 0
CP 2309
Title:  CP 2309
Description:  Roster shot. Best I could do with the tree in the middle. Got Old Glory too, which was apt, given the date.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:52 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2309(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
Fun With Zoom Lens
Title:  Fun With Zoom Lens
Description:  And a nice catch too. Engine was at Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:46:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5107(SD40-3)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
A Quiet Fourth
Title:  A Quiet Fourth
Description:  The Humboldt Yard office and the engines parked near it were all quiet on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 7:00:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4598(GP39-2)
Views:  174   Comments: 1
Sweet Soo Survivor
Title:  Sweet Soo Survivor
Description:  Her paint may be in rough shape, but Soo 4598 still flies the Soo Line flag decades after it was lowered.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 12:01:35 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4598(GP39-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Oldies In Repose
Title:  Oldies In Repose
Description:  Nine units slumber at Humboldt Yard on the Fourth of July 2018.
Photo Date:  7/4/2018  Upload Date: 7/28/2018 9:47:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
The Duo Is In
Title:  The Duo Is In
Description:  PGR 34 and 36 parked on the main southwest of Lyndale on a lovely July afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/16/2018  Upload Date: 7/24/2018 11:59:31 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
On Milwaukee Rails
Title:  On Milwaukee Rails
Description:  One of Progressive Rail's lease MP15AC's slumbers on a warm, hazy, partly cloudy Saturday afternoon while parked on old Milwaukee Road rails south of Lone Oak Road.
Photo Date:  8/18/2018  Upload Date: 8/18/2018 7:55:16 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
Echoes Of Dakota Rail
Title:  Echoes Of Dakota Rail
Description:  Here comes the Minnesota Commercial's Hugo Job late on a lovely Sunday morning. The train is approaching a private grade crossing northeast of the South Owasso Blvd grade crossing. The black "raise flanger" sign, the jointed rail, and the front yard reminded me of how Dakota Rail (and the BN/GN beforehand), crossed through residential front yards out in Minnetonka Beach, MN.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:01:08 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
On To Hugo
Title:  On To Hugo
Description:  The Hugo Job crosses a private grade crossing in Roseville as the crew takes the train to White Bear Lake and Hugo on a lovely Sunday on the second weekend of September 2018.
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:02:00 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  97   Comments: 0
The Hugo Job
Title:  The Hugo Job
Description:  Need I say more?
Photo Date:  9/9/2018  Upload Date: 9/9/2018 6:01:35 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 42(SF30B)
Views:  480   Comments: 1
Latest Catch
Title:  Latest Catch
Description:  A close up of the motive power on an eastbound freight whose crew had to pause their journey due to a red signal. Their wait was just about over when I made my catch.
Photo Date:  12/12/2018  Upload Date: 12/12/2018 5:05:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 7634(ES44DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 1
"Whoa, what is that?"
Title:  "Whoa, what is that?"
Description:  "Whoa, what is that?" I thought when I spotted the big load coupled up right behind the power on this eastbound freight which paused for a red signal in Long Lake. Is that big gray thingy bound for Monticello's nuke plant?
Photo Date:  12/12/2018  Upload Date: 12/12/2018 5:04:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4930(C44-9W) BNSF 7634(ES44DC)
Views:  144   Comments: 1
Waiting By Orchard
Title:  Waiting By Orchard
Description:  An eastbound freight waits by Orchard Lane in Long Lake for a clear signal into town on a remarkably beautiful December afternoon. One of the perks of living right by the tracks is being able to get shots like these, man.
Photo Date:  12/14/2018  Upload Date: 12/14/2018 10:29:47 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7570(ES44DC) BNSF 9787(SD70MAC)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Cascade Greens
Title:  Cascade Greens
Description:  Third and fourth of a six unit lashup on a eastbound freight stopped for a red signal. Nice to still see Cascade Green over twenty years after the Burlington Northern became BNSF.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 11:04:23 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2284(GP38-2) BNSF 1462(SD60M)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
Older Pumpkins
Title:  Older Pumpkins
Description:  Fifth and six in a six unit lashup on the point of an eastbound freight that paused in Long Lake for a time this day.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 11:04:48 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
New Pumpkins
Title:  New Pumpkins
Description:  First of six units on an eastbound freight awaiting clearance to proceed.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 10:58:52 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4884(C44-9W) BNSF 4540(C44-9W)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
First Catch Of 2019
Title:  First Catch Of 2019
Description:  My first catch of 2019 was this eastbound freight stopped for a red signal in Long Lake. The catch was easy as pie, because the hogger had parked this impressive lashup right across from my apartment complex.
Photo Date:  3/18/2019  Upload Date: 3/18/2019 10:58:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4884(C44-9W) BNSF 4540(C44-9W) BNSF 2284(GP38-2) BNSF 1462(SD60M) BNSF 2688(GP39-3) BNSF 2545(GP39-3)
Views:  422   Comments: 1
The Grand Old Bridge And The Flood
Title:  The Grand Old Bridge And The Flood
Description:  The venerable swing bridge along the old Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern, now owned by Twin Cities & Western, endures its umpteenth flood thanks to record February snow turning into gallons of March snow melt. Hang in there, you grand old bridge.
Photo Date:  3/27/2019  Upload Date: 3/27/2019 11:26:45 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Paused At Lyndale
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
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  265   Comments: 2
Obey The Sign
Title:  Obey The Sign
Description:  This sign affixed to the footbridge down along the Wayzata Sub near the County 15/Highway 12 bridge is best heeded, lest you wind up in the house of many doors for trying to get a perfect train photo.
Photo Date:  4/2/2019  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 9:19:00 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Always Nice To Catch A Warbonnet
Title:  Always Nice To Catch A Warbonnet
Description:  Sure is always nice to catch a Warbonnet! Usually tree foliage all but obscures the view here down by the County 15/Highway 12 overpass, but early spring is another story. This is an eastbound grain or potash job whose crew is awaiting the passage of a westbound freight before proceeding on into Minneapolis on a blustery but mild April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/2/2019  Upload Date: 4/2/2019 9:18:36 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4659(C44-9W) BNSF 760(C44-9W)
Views:  108   Comments: 1
At Last!
Title:  At Last!
Description:  I have long wanted to catch the Monticello Local passing the "Rogers" station sign in the town of the same name. On this gorgeous early April afternoon, my wish came true.
Photo Date:  4/3/2019  Upload Date: 4/3/2019 9:04:43 PM
Location:  Rogers, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2751(GP39E) BNSF 2259(GP38-2)
Views:  155   Comments: 1
Goodbye Rogers
Title:  Goodbye Rogers
Description:  Switching completed for the week, the Monticello Local's crew takes the train south on a stunning, lovely, soul-feeding April afternoon. (Yes, spring fever has left me in a rapture this year. :-) )
Photo Date:  4/3/2019  Upload Date: 4/3/2019 9:05:35 PM
Location:  Rogers, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2259(GP38-2) BNSF 2751(GP39E)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
Stopped For Switching
Title:  Stopped For Switching
Description:  The Monticello Local's crew is in the middle of switching the Rogers spur early on a gorgeous April afternoon.
Photo Date:  4/3/2019  Upload Date: 4/3/2019 9:03:12 PM
Location:  Rogers, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2751(GP39E)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Another North Western Reminder
Title:  Another North Western Reminder
Description:  Second of three ex-North Western ribsided hoppers I spotted on the St. Paul Turn this day.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:05:22 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  22   Comments: 0
North Western Reminder
Title:  North Western Reminder
Description:  Today's St. Paul turn was mostly covered hoppers, including three ex-CNW ones. This was one of them. Such a sight is poigant to me, given how the North Western once served Hopkins on the old Minneapolis & St. Louis.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:04:03 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  34   Comments: 0
"Employee Owned" And Proud Of It
Title:  "Employee Owned" And Proud Of It
Description:  This ex-North Western ribside hopper dates back to the days the C&NW was employee owned and proud of it.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:04:47 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  19   Comments: 0
Faded Glory
Title:  Faded Glory
Description:  This ribside's "ball and bar" logo has not held up so good. Symbolic, perhaps, of how long gone the North Western now is.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:05:43 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  20   Comments: 0
The St. Paul Turn Is In
Title:  The St. Paul Turn Is In
Description:  The St. Paul Turn is back at Hopkins on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:01:59 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
Another Day, Another Wait
Title:  Another Day, Another Wait
Description:  It was another day, another wait at Wayzata for the crew of this eastbound BNSF freight in on the Wayzata siding on a glorious May afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/4/2019  Upload Date: 5/6/2019 7:25:12 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7272(ES44DC) BNSF 4765(C44-9W)
Views:  66   Comments: 1
What Have We Here?
Title:  What Have We Here?
Description:  Long time since I've seen a locomotive parked on the old Dakota Rail interchange tracks at Wayzata.
Photo Date:  5/14/2019  Upload Date: 5/14/2019 10:32:37 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4787(C44-9W)
Views:  58   Comments: 1
Evening Catch
Title:  Evening Catch
Description:  Daylight Savings Time is a railfan's friend. I snapped this and another portrait of this veteran unit around 8:30 P.M. on a lovely May evening. I wonder what got 4787 set out at Wayzata?
Photo Date:  5/14/2019  Upload Date: 5/14/2019 10:33:59 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 4787(C44-9W)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
Gaggle Of Units Reduex
Title:  Gaggle Of Units Reduex
Description:  Two days after I first visited this week, the gaggle of units outside the roundhouse looked like this.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:36:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1983(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E) MNNR 87(B39-8E)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Glimpse Of An Alco
Title:  Glimpse Of An Alco
Description:  An open door and a zoom shot enabled me to capture this glimpse of Alco 314.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:37:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 314(C424)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
A Day At The Roundhouse
Title:  A Day At The Roundhouse
Description:  MNNR 2002 idles on the turntable at the right while the sand tower looks over the roundhouse like a sentinal on a balmy June afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:42:21 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 2002(B23-7)
Views:  82   Comments: 1
Alcosaur!
Title:  Alcosaur!
Description:  Going home down Cleveland Avenue after I swing by the roundhouse, what should I see but Alco 316 out by the sand tower! And so I stopped to grab one more shot.
Photo Date:  6/7/2019  Upload Date: 6/7/2019 10:42:41 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 316(RS27)
Views:  125   Comments: 0
Moving Ahead
Title:  Moving Ahead
Description:  THe Midway yard goart's hogger pulls a string of baretables forward after sitting beneath the Raymond Avenue bridge late on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 12:27:04 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1896(SD40-2) BNSF 1824(SD39-2)
Views:  185   Comments: 1
Thottling Up
Title:  Thottling Up
Description:  The Midway Yard powers engineer throttles up as a forward movement begins.
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 12:27:58 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1896(SD40-2)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
Switching Baretables
Title:  Switching Baretables
Description:  The Midway Yard crew switches baretables larte on a mostly cloudy Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 6/30/2019 12:25:26 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1824(SD39-2) BNSF 1896(SD40-2)
Views:  147   Comments: 3
All Oldies!
Title:  All Oldies!
Description:  Returning home, I came upon a stopped eastbound BNSF freight which had quite the Golden Oldie lashup on the head end, yes sir.
Photo Date:  6/15/2019  Upload Date: 6/15/2019 7:36:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2764(GP39E) BNSF 1918(SD40-2)
Views:  372   Comments: 1
All That Remains
Title:  All That Remains
Description:  Two tracks are all that is left of the once sprawling Milwaukee Road Bass Lake Yard. Sadly, these two tracks, and the old main line at left, will be removed and replaced by light rail trackage when Southwest LRT is built.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:28:35 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
A Vista Soon To Change
Title:  A Vista Soon To Change
Description:  This vista, looking west towards Beltline Boulevard and the historic grain silo now owned by Nordic Ware, will change once Southwest LRT construction starts.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:29:39 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  94   Comments: 0
New Rail For New Alignment
Title:  New Rail For New Alignment
Description:  Ribbon rail for Twin Cities & Western's realingment to the neighboring ex-Minneapolis & St. Louis main line sits at Bass Lake Yard late on a June Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  6/22/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 11:30:03 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Midway's Power
Title:  Midway's Power
Description:  Midway Yard's power idles east of Snelling on an overcast Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:23:24 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1896(SD40-2) BNSF 1824(SD39-2)
Views:  210   Comments: 1
MNNR Trio
Title:  MNNR Trio
Description:  I found this trio of units down by the roundhouse late on a humid, gray morning in late June.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/23/2019 9:37:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  268   Comments: 1

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