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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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Birds And The Witch's Hat
Title:  Birds And The Witch's Hat
Description:  An eastbound Union Pacific freight arriving at East Minneapolis passes a line of birds perched on a power line in the foreground and the famous "Witch's Hat" water tower in the background.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:19:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7199(AC44CW) UP 8598(SD70ACe)
Views:  149   Comments: 1
Arriving At East Minneapolos
Title:  Arriving At East Minneapolos
Description:  An eastbound UP freight slows to a stop at East Minneapolis on an overcast and sprinkly Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:20:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8598(SD70ACe) UP 7199(AC44CW)
Views:  175   Comments: 1
Uncle Pete Trio
Title:  Uncle Pete Trio
Description:  Three units I spotted parked at East Minneapolis during this visit.
Photo Date:  6/23/2019  Upload Date: 6/29/2019 11:21:58 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1474(GP40M-2) UP 1380(GP40-2) UP 1868(SD40N)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
The 1978
Title:  The 1978
Description:  Roster shot. Is this unit still operational?
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:30:18 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Two Alcos And A GE
Title:  Two Alcos And A GE
Description:  Caption says it all.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:08:15 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424) MNNR 314(C424) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  496   Comments: 1
Heading For The Yard
Title:  Heading For The Yard
Description:  The MNNR crew heads for their yard with two empty centerbeam flats after dropping off one loaded with number on the spur north of the Menards off Prior.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:03:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  87   Comments: 1
Little Grade Crossings
Title:  Little Grade Crossings
Description:  The 48's engineer takes his short train over one of several little grade crossings--for footpaths--that run through this area along Prior like paths at a park.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:02:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  99   Comments: 1
The 54
Title:  The 54
Description:  Roster shot. That parking lot across from the roundhouse sure is a nice place to get pics like these from.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:19:17 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 54(B30-7)
Views:  93   Comments: 1
The 58
Title:  The 58
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:05 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 58(B39-8E)
Views:  114   Comments: 1
The 84
Title:  The 84
Description:  Roster shot.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:15:37 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  106   Comments: 1
Heading Back Out
Title:  Heading Back Out
Description:  The MNNR crew heads back out after dropping off a load of lumber north of Menards on a mild but at time rainy Wednesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:58:59 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
Down By Menards
Title:  Down By Menards
Description:  The MNNR crew pauses down by Menards as a centerbeam loaded with lumber is uncoupled.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 10:55:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 48(B30-7)
Views:  142   Comments: 1
Noble Faces
Title:  Noble Faces
Description:  Two Alcos and a GE made for a trio of noble faces this day.
Photo Date:  7/10/2019  Upload Date: 7/14/2019 11:07:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424) MNNR 314(C424) MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  447   Comments: 3
Motive Power Old And New
Title:  Motive Power Old And New
Description:  The crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train had an old unit in the lead and a new one trailing as they waited for clearance to head into town from the western suburbs.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:03:02 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
Proceeding Ahead
Title:  Proceeding Ahead
Description:  As the signal flashes yellow, the crew of this eastbound BNSF ballast train gets their train moving again after waiting in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:07:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  123   Comments: 1
Waiting Ballast
Title:  Waiting Ballast
Description:  An eastbound ballast train waits for clearance to proceed east on the Wayzata Subdivision on a partly cloudy and mild Sunday afternoon in late July.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:06:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
Waiting By U.S. 12
Title:  Waiting By U.S. 12
Description:  The crew aboard the lead unit could watch traffic pass on U.S. 12 as they waited for clearance to proceed east.
Photo Date:  7/21/2019  Upload Date: 7/21/2019 6:04:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6370(ES44AC) BNSF 4430(C44-9W)
Views:  95   Comments: 1
Trailing DPU
Title:  Trailing DPU
Description:  A westbound BNSF freight paused just north of Division Street, giving me plenty of time to bag the DPU bringing up its markers.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:49:34 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4797(C44-9W)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Mid-Train Helper
Title:  Mid-Train Helper
Description:  An eastbbound Union Pacific freight passed St. Paul Union Depot while I was merrily photographing U.P. 4014. I took time out to bag the mid-train helper too.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:48:49 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5506(AC45CCTE)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Sleeping Car "Berlin"
Title:  Sleeping Car "Berlin"
Description:  I never had seen this beaut of a sleeping car before I saw and photographed it at old Amtrak Midway. This car is an American European Express alumni. Wish I could afford a ticket to ride this baby.
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:54:35 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Classy Name
Title:  Classy Name
Description:  The name and reporting mark on private sleper "Berlin."
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 11:07:10 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  64   Comments: 0
Can't Avoid Me!
Title:  Can't Avoid Me!
Description:  This southbound Union Pacific freight tried to surprise me towards the end of my visit to Union Depot this day. This baby couldn't sneak by this top railfan! :-)
Photo Date:  7/22/2019  Upload Date: 7/31/2019 10:50:56 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5992(AC44CWCTE) UP 8812(SD70ACe)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
Oldies And A Newbie
Title:  Oldies And A Newbie
Description:  The second, third, and fourth unit of a stopped eastbound freight revealed a mix of old and news. The angle of the evening sun forced me to break off trying to get all four of the units on this job, but three is enough, especially if two are ex-Santa Fe and BN, respectively! :-)
Photo Date:  9/14/2019  Upload Date: 9/14/2019 8:15:27 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6511(ES44C4) BNSF 167(GP60) BNSF 1462(SD60M)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
ECOs
Title:  ECOs
Description:  Close up of the two ECOs I saw on a stopped Canadian Pacific freight near Van Cleve Park this day.
Photo Date:  10/14/2019  Upload Date: 10/15/2019 9:04:44 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 2276(GP20C-ECO) CP 2206(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  202   Comments: 1
Sixties!
Title:  Sixties!
Description:  The crew of this CP freight had a pair of SD60s as the lead units. I love those classic EMDs. These babies are also former Soo Line units, which adds to their appeal for me.
Photo Date:  10/14/2019  Upload Date: 10/15/2019 9:06:16 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6252(SD60) CP 6302(SD60-3)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Nice Catch
Title:  Nice Catch
Description:  I came upon a stopped northbound Canadian Pacific freight just south of Van Cleve Park on the BNSF on a fairly seasonable Monday afternoon. I have no idea if this train was going to the Paynesville Sub, Northtown, or Duluth, but the motive power the crew had made it quite a nice catch.
Photo Date:  10/14/2019  Upload Date: 10/15/2019 9:04:07 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2276(GP20C-ECO) CP 2206(GP20C-ECO) CP 6252(SD60) CP 6302(SD60-3)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
Stopped By The Bridge
Title:  Stopped By The Bridge
Description:  An eastbound BNSF freight idles down by the County 15/Highway 12 connector bridge during the noon hour on a sunny, breezy, and mild Saturday in October.
Photo Date:  10/26/2019  Upload Date: 10/26/2019 8:11:28 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6060(ES44AC) BNSF 4046(C44-9W)
Views:  68   Comments: 2
GEs
Title:  GEs
Description:  First and second units on an eastbound freight pausing in Long Lake before the dispatcher cleared the crew to proceed.
Photo Date:  11/2/2019  Upload Date: 11/2/2019 8:11:29 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3889(ET44C4) BNSF 605(AC44C4M)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
Weathered Pumpkin
Title:  Weathered Pumpkin
Description:  Fifth and last unit on a stopped eastbound freight I caught this day.
Photo Date:  11/2/2019  Upload Date: 11/2/2019 8:16:00 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6206(ES44AC) BNSF 4020(C44-9W)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
EMD And A GE
Title:  EMD And A GE
Description:  Third and fourth units on an eastbound freight I bagged while it was paused in Long Lake.
Photo Date:  11/2/2019  Upload Date: 11/2/2019 8:14:11 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9625(SD70MAC) BNSF 4020(C44-9W)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Second Catch Of The Day
Title:  Second Catch Of The Day
Description:  My second, and final, catch of the day was another eastbound freight the dispatcher had pause in Long Lake before clearing the crew to proceed. The engineer thoughtfully parked the engines where I could easily photograph them from my apartment. Having last been in CSX country way back in 1994 (long story), seeing CSX units is always a treat out this way.
Photo Date:  11/2/2019  Upload Date: 11/2/2019 8:09:50 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CSX 869(ES44AC-H) BNSF 6947(ES44C4)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
First Catch Of The Day
Title:  First Catch Of The Day
Description:  Shortly after 9:30 A.M. this day, I bagged this eastbound freight which had been halted by the dispatcher in my home suburb.
Photo Date:  11/2/2019  Upload Date: 11/2/2019 8:09:10 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6206(ES44AC) BNSF 4020(C44-9W) BNSF 9625(SD70MAC) BNSF 605(AC44C4M) BNSF 3889(ET44C4)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
Holiday Train Varnish
Title:  Holiday Train Varnish
Description:  The varnish section of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, four business cars bedecked with lights and decor, proudly brings up the rear of the train as it heads west for Loretto and the first show of today's run.
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 12/12/2019 9:36:35 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  88   Comments: 0
"Holiday Train/Holiday Train/Holiday Train Rock"
Title:  "Holiday Train/Holiday Train/Holiday Train Rock"
Description:  "Holiday Train/Holiday Train/Holiday Train Rock"; watched by a gaggle of onlookers, the westbound Canadian Pacific Holiday Train approaches Chesire Parkway on a gray December afternoon. Trains still can be a draw in this day and age, no?
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 12/12/2019 9:35:36 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 2246(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  221   Comments: 2
On To Loretto
Title:  On To Loretto
Description:  The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train approaches a curve on the Paynesville Subdivision as the train leaves Cheshire Parkway behind, bound for Loretto and points west.
Photo Date:  12/12/2019  Upload Date: 12/12/2019 9:37:01 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  104   Comments: 1
Paused Eastbound
Title:  Paused Eastbound
Description:  An eastbound BNSF unit grain (?) train pauses near my home in Long Lake until dispatch will clear them to proceed on down the Wayzata Subdivision into town.
Photo Date:  12/17/2019  Upload Date: 12/17/2019 9:05:11 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5987(ES44AC) BNSF 8982(SD70MAC) BNSF 100(GP60M)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
Parked By Gopher Resource
Title:  Parked By Gopher Resource
Description:  The first Saturday of not only 2020 but also the new decade saw Progressive Rail's Eagandale line power parked down by Gopher Resource on a mild, sunny afternoon. In fact, the sun was so dazzling, I had to get down on one knee to take this shot so I could get the sunlight behind the building!
Photo Date:  1/4/2020  Upload Date: 1/4/2020 6:47:18 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  359   Comments: 1
Parked On The Old Milwaukee
Title:  Parked On The Old Milwaukee
Description:  Progressive Rail's Eagandale Line power sits on the old Milwaukee Road down by Gopher Resource on a dazzlingly sunny afternoon on the first Saturday of 2020--and a new decade.
Photo Date:  1/4/2020  Upload Date: 1/4/2020 6:49:57 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  GMTX 302(MP15AC) CEFX 1558(SW1500)
Views:  385   Comments: 1
Still There
Title:  Still There
Description:  Burlington Northern caboose 12556 is still at Northtown. Here the veteran waycar rests on the old Northern Pacific line into downtown Minneapolis late on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 9:07:45 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
A Warbonnet Amidst The Pumpkins
Title:  A Warbonnet Amidst The Pumpkins
Description:  A weathered but all-Santa Fee warbonnet sits amidst the pumpkins at the north end of a long line of parked diesels at Northtown.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 7:34:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1040(C44-9W) BNSF 625(C44-9W)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
Northernmost Unit
Title:  Northernmost Unit
Description:  This dash nine has been waiting out the winter near the St. Anthony Parkway bridge, the northernmost unit on a long string of parked engines at Northtown.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 7:33:35 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1049(C44-9W)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Switchin' At Northtown
Title:  Switchin' At Northtown
Description:  A veteran 40-2 pauses during a switching move near the Canadian Pacific overpass late on a mild Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 7:26:18 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1804(SD40-2)
Views:  117   Comments: 0
Warbonnets Forever
Title:  Warbonnets Forever
Description:  This lone warbonnet, an ex-Santa Fe one at that, was parked at the north end of the long string of locomotives at Northtown. Always is a prize to catch a warbonnet these days.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 7:32:50 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
The Engines From My Youth
Title:  The Engines From My Youth
Description:  When I was a teenager, engines like the 8937 formed part of the backbone of the BNSF fleet. Now she and many of her compatriots are parked at Northtown due to fluctuating traffic levels.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:28:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 8937(SD70MAC)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
Grinstein Green!
Title:  Grinstein Green!
Description:  A few units clad in Grinstein Green can be found parked at Northtown. Among these is the 9809.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:29:22 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9809(SD70MAC)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
New Paint But Still Parked
Title:  New Paint But Still Parked
Description:  This baby sports new paint but she still was parked, basking under the late afternoon sun at Northtown on a Saturday in mid-February..
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:00:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9846(SD70MAC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
Waiting For The Surge
Title:  Waiting For The Surge
Description:  BNSF 9874 is one of many units waiting for a surge of traffic to seem them removed from storage at Northtown and return to the rails. For the moment, all the 9874 and her fellow stored units can do is soak up the sun.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:30:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9874(SD70MAC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
So Many Parked MACs
Title:  So Many Parked MACs
Description:  So many SD70MACs can now be found parked at Northtown, like the 9907, awaiting a surge of traffic that will see them return to service.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:31:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9907(SD70MAC)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Under The Parkway
Title:  Under The Parkway
Description:  Glowing in the late afternoon sun, BNSF 9988 quietly sits beneath St. Anthony Parkway, waiting out lean times that have seen it stored at Northtown.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 8:10:17 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9988(SD70MAC)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Paused On The Old Soo
Title:  Paused On The Old Soo
Description:  The Canadian Pacific crew on a westbound train pauses on the old Soo Line main just west of the Northtown bridge late on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/15/2020  Upload Date: 2/15/2020 9:10:37 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  CP 8738(ES44AC)
Views:  86   Comments: 0

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