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12/21/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Tony Held
Dates:10/7/2020 - 9/30/2024
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
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Waiting For The Green Light
Title:  Waiting For The Green Light
Description:  An eastbound grain train (?) waits for the green light to proceed on into town late on a sunny, breezy Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  8/22/2021  Upload Date: 8/22/2021 10:04:00 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Zoom Shot
Title:  Zoom Shot
Description:  A zoom shot of the Twin Cities & Western's 30th Anniversary train captures it passing under County 41 as it heads for Glencoe late on a breezy and stormy Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/28/2021  Upload Date: 8/30/2021 10:48:44 PM
Location:  Chaska, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 32A(E9A)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Soaking Up The Sun
Title:  Soaking Up The Sun
Description:  The Eagandale Line's locomotives soaks up the late September sun late on a Saturday afternoon at their usual parking spot southeast of Lone Oak Road along Progressive Rail's Eagandale Line. Note the "Join Our Team" banners adorning the engines. Even PGR is hiring these days.
Photo Date:  9/25/2021  Upload Date: 9/25/2021 8:19:29 PM
Location:  Eagan, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CEFX 1558(SW1500) GMTX 302(MP15AC)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
There Goes The Train
Title:  There Goes The Train
Description:  The end of an eastbound freight rolls into view as the train races out of Long Lake late on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:08:44 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  28   Comments: 0
Zooming Along
Title:  Zooming Along
Description:  An eastbound freight with extra units on the point hitching a ride into town from Willmar zooms east on the Wayzata Sub late on a fall Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:08:04 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
Sunday Thunder
Title:  Sunday Thunder
Description:  An eastbound freight with a number of units hitching a ride in to Northtown from Willmar thunders through Long Lake late on a Sunday afternoon in October.
Photo Date:  10/10/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 9:07:45 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
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Views:  32   Comments: 0
Eastbound Golden Oldies
Title:  Eastbound Golden Oldies
Description:  An eastbound BNSF unit grain or potash train with a pair of golden oldies for power passes underneath the signals at Division Street on a relatively mild December afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/5/2021  Upload Date: 12/5/2021 7:12:12 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1943(SD40-2) BNSF 125(GP60M)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
Hello Again, 3516!
Title:  Hello Again, 3516!
Description:  I hadn't seen the 3516 in ages. She was second of three units on what was apparently the recently returned St. Paul Turn as the crew switched down at the Hopkins/Minnetonka border.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:08:34 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 3516(GP20C)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Switching By The LRT-To-Be
Title:  Switching By The LRT-To-Be
Description:  A TCWR crew (with the just returned St. Paul Turn?) switches down at the Minnetonka/Hopkins border shortly before 2 p.m. on a fairly pleasant Tuesday afternoon. Note the SWLRT bridge under construction in the background.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:07:30 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 3516(GP20C) TCWR 2015(GP38-2)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Pulling Ahead
Title:  Pulling Ahead
Description:  The TC&W crew pulls the train ahead while switching down by the Hopkins/Minnetonka border within the shadow of the SWLRT bridge over the old Milwaukee Road.
Photo Date:  2/15/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:10:01 PM
Location:  Minnetonka, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Winter,Action
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Views:  27   Comments: 0
Still Looking Snappy
Title:  Still Looking Snappy
Description:  Chanhassen's former Milwaukee Road depot, now located near the Chanhassen Dinner Theater, still looks snappy after its restoration a few decades ago.
Photo Date:  2/16/2022  Upload Date: 2/16/2022 6:26:41 PM
Location:  Chanhassen, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Station
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
Taking A Breather
Title:  Taking A Breather
Description:  The Dan Patch Line's motive power takes a breather a few blocks southwest of Lyndale Avenue down by Ziegler CAT while basking beneath clear, mild skies on the last day of February 2022.
Photo Date:  2/28/2022  Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:45:13 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Break Time
Title:  Break Time
Description:  Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line motive power sits shut off down by Ziegler CAT early on the mild afternoon of the last day of February 2022. PGR 36 now sports a "Join Our Team" banner, promoting PGR to prospective employees.
Photo Date:  2/28/2022  Upload Date: 2/28/2022 7:47:32 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Snowy Moment At Pine Bend
Title:  Snowy Moment At Pine Bend
Description:  A veteran ex-CP unit now working as a lease unit sits at Pine Bend during a burst of snow on a Tuesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/8/2022  Upload Date: 3/8/2022 10:20:31 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  CITX 3088(SD40-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
HLCX 6403
Title:  HLCX 6403
Description:  This veteran unit with many variations and owners was at Pine Bend on a (briefly) snowy Tuesday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/8/2022  Upload Date: 3/8/2022 10:21:49 PM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  HLCX 6403(SD40-2)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Awaiting Final Disposition
Title:  Awaiting Final Disposition
Description:  Six stored units, among which is Soo "bandit" 2010 (second unit from the back), sit beneath gloomy March skies at Humboldt Yard while awaiting their final disposition.
Photo Date:  3/23/2022  Upload Date: 3/23/2022 8:46:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2010(GP40) CP 6073(SD40-2)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
Two Pumpkins
Title:  Two Pumpkins
Description:  First and second of four units on a waiting eastbound freight I caught this day.
Photo Date:  3/25/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 10:24:30 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5050(C44-9W) BNSF 7170(ES44C4)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
Warbonnet!
Title:  Warbonnet!
Description:  BNSF-ized or not, a Warbonnet is still a primo catch these days. Especially if, as in the 743's case, the paint is still immaculate.
Photo Date:  3/25/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 10:25:53 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 743(C44-9W)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Pumpkin And A Warbonnet
Title:  Pumpkin And A Warbonnet
Description:  Third and fourth of four units on the point of a waiting eastbound freight I caught this day.
Photo Date:  3/25/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 10:33:38 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9389(SD70ACe) BNSF 743(C44-9W)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Waiting On A Windy Afternoon
Title:  Waiting On A Windy Afternoon
Description:  An eastbound freight either waiting for a green signal or a fresh crew sits on the siding in Wayzata on a breezy Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/25/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 10:24:04 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5050(C44-9W) BNSF 7170(ES44C4) BNSF 9389(SD70ACe) BNSF 743(C44-9W)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
If Only It Were Bound For Hutchinson
Title:  If Only It Were Bound For Hutchinson
Description:  I found this tank car parked on the old Dakota Rail interchange trackage that BNSF now uses for car storage. No clue why this car was here (set out bad ordered from a passing train?), but oh how I wish it were interchange waiting for Dakota Rail to come take it west to Hutchinson!
Photo Date:  3/25/2022  Upload Date: 3/25/2022 10:26:27 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
Vintage Rail
Title:  Vintage Rail
Description:  This rail on the old Skally Line at M&D Junction dates back to when FDR was prez. Wow!
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:36:10 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  80   Comments: 0
Great Day For Railfanning
Title:  Great Day For Railfanning
Description:  My friend Andy snaps away with his camera as the eastbound Hugo Job rolls parallel to South Owasso Boulevard (at right) on a great day for railfanning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:25:51 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
On To White Bear
Title:  On To White Bear
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job, bound today only for White Bear Lake due to shipper needs, proceeds on east with eleven flatcars of lumber while my friend Andy takes a picture or two more.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:26:45 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
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Views:  24   Comments: 0
Crossing Dale
Title:  Crossing Dale
Description:  The Hugo Job crosses Dale Street as the crew takes the train east for White Bear Lake with eleven loaded lumber flats strung out behind their motive power.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:15:42 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  88   Comments: 0
Approaching Snelling
Title:  Approaching Snelling
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job approaches Snelling Avenue on its outbound run. Say, that driver sure falls into the "Oblivious Newton-John" (to borrow a phrase from the late Richard Marcinko) category! Sure the crossing signals weren't active, but still, a train was obviously coming. Some people...
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:10:14 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  86   Comments: 0
Hugo Job At I-35E
Title:  Hugo Job At I-35E
Description:  The Hugo Job passes under I-35E as the crew takes the train east on a beauteous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:01:43 PM
Location:  Vadnais Heights, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
All Clear At Snelling
Title:  All Clear At Snelling
Description:  With the crossing clear of oblivious drivers thanks to the signals, the eastbound Hugo Job crosses Snelling Avenue late on a sunny Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:10:42 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  82   Comments: 0
Crossing Labore
Title:  Crossing Labore
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job crosses Labore Road on a cool but gorgeous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:05:11 PM
Location:  Vadnais Heights, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  99   Comments: 0
Passing The Sign
Title:  Passing The Sign
Description:  The eastbound Hugo Job passes the "Roseville" sign late on a cool but beautiful Sunday morning in March.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:13:34 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  40   Comments: 0
Just About Ready To Go
Title:  Just About Ready To Go
Description:  With three loads of lumber left to deliver before picking up empty flats and heading west again, the engineer aboard the Hugo Job awaits the arrival of the brakeman before they make their last drop off of the run early on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:30:52 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Eastward, Ho
Title:  Eastward, Ho
Description:  Having crossed Dale Street, the Hugo Job continues on east beneath sun-scrubbed skies on a lovely Sunday in March.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:26:19 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
Wrapping Up At Structural Wood Corp
Title:  Wrapping Up At Structural Wood Corp
Description:  The MNNR crew on the Hugo Job is in the process of wrapping up switching at Structural Wood Corporation, with the engineer waiting for the word to reverse and couple up with the remaining loads of lumber bound for another White Bear-based shopper.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:30:29 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Pulling Forward Into M&D Junction
Title:  Pulling Forward Into M&D Junction
Description:  The Hugo Job pulls forward into M&D Junction while switching UFP White Bear Lake on a gorgeous Sunday. They were pulling out empty lumber flats prior to delivering the last three lumber flats they had for today's run.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:38:20 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  140   Comments: 0
Reversing Out Of The Junction
Title:  Reversing Out Of The Junction
Description:  The Hugo Job crew reverses out of M&D Junction while switching UFP White Bear Lake during the noon hour on the last Sunday of March 2022.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:39:08 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
Switching UFP
Title:  Switching UFP
Description:  The Hugo Job crew switches UPF White Bear Lake during the noon hour of the last Sunday of March, 2022.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:36:53 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Repurposed Sign At The Junction
Title:  Repurposed Sign At The Junction
Description:  In the estimation of one of my friends, this vintage Burlington Northern sign at M&D Junction was repurposed to read "M&D" from "M&E". That was thrifty of them.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:36:30 PM
Location:  White Bear Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  102   Comments: 0
Approaching The Fan Gathering
Title:  Approaching The Fan Gathering
Description:  Me and my friend Andy were out chasing the Hugo Job on this morning, but four other fans were in pursuit as well! They were perched on that snowbank at left, just out of the shot, as the eastbound Hugo Job approached.
Photo Date:  3/27/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:12:19 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  112   Comments: 0
Eastbound On The Old NP
Title:  Eastbound On The Old NP
Description:  The Hugo Job heads east on the old Northern Pacific in Roseville on a gorgeous Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  3/28/2022  Upload Date: 3/28/2022 9:14:44 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  142   Comments: 0
Nose-First DPU
Title:  Nose-First DPU
Description:  The DPU of an eastbound COFC intermodal rolling out of Ramsey late on a gray, rainy Saturday afternoon was coupled up nose-first to its train, making for a good shot.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:19:45 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6700(ES44C4)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
Tagged Nose
Title:  Tagged Nose
Description:  BNSF 6821 sports a tagged nose at the moment thanks to some brash graffiti artist. Some people...
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:18:07 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  BNSF 6821(ES44C4) BNSF 7683(ES44DC)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
Orange Paint, Grubby Skies
Title:  Orange Paint, Grubby Skies
Description:  The immaculate paint on BNSF 7281 contrasts with the gray skies above on the last day of April, 2022. Unit was fourth of four on the point of an eastbound freight waiting down by Ramsey Station.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:17:46 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  BNSF 7281(ES44DC)
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Colorful Pumpkins
Title:  Colorful Pumpkins
Description:  BNSF pumpkins like 7886 and 7281 sure look good when clean. Units were third and fourth of four units on a waiting eastbound freight down by Ramsey Station.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:17:19 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  BNSF 7886(ES44DC) BNSF 7281(ES44DC)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Thoughtful Place To Stop
Title:  Thoughtful Place To Stop
Description:  An eastbound freight stopped by the Staples Sub dispatcher during the noon hour of a cool and often rainy Saturday was thoughtfully stopped by its crew down at the Ramsey Northstar station, making for quite an easy catch during a break in the rain.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:16:18 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7683(ES44DC) BNSF 6821(ES44C4) BNSF 7886(ES44DC) BNSF 7281(ES44DC)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
All Blocks Not Yet Clear
Title:  All Blocks Not Yet Clear
Description:  The signals for the eastbound track were yellow over red and all red for the westbound at 12:36 P.M. on the last day of April, 2022. Yellow over red means only one block to the east was clear, which was why there was an eastbound freight at Ramsey Station waiting for clearance at this hour .
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:16:42 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station,Signal,Track
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Views:  25   Comments: 0
No Go Either Way
Title:  No Go Either Way
Description:  The eastbound signals for the westbound track at Ramsey Station were red during the noon hour of April 2022's last day, and so was the westbound signal. Freight at left was stopped due to a yellow over red signal on the eastbound track.
Photo Date:  4/30/2022  Upload Date: 5/1/2022 8:18:40 PM
Location:  Ramsey, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
Zooming Through
Title:  Zooming Through
Description:  An eastbound COFC intermodal zooms east through Elk River on a partly cloidy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/22/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 10:14:06 PM
Location:  Elk River, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7398(ES44DC) BNSF 1000(C44-9W)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Bemeatj A Gap In The Clouds
Title:  Bemeatj A Gap In The Clouds
Description:  An eastbound mixed merchandise train heads east along the Staples Sub benneath a gap in the clouds on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/22/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 10:15:01 PM
Location:  Elk River, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6970(ES44C4)
Views:  88   Comments: 0
Checking The Track
Title:  Checking The Track
Description:  A westbound track inspection train rolls through Elk River on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/22/2022  Upload Date: 5/31/2022 10:15:32 PM
Location:  Elk River, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  46   Comments: 0
"Hustle Muscle"
Title:  "Hustle Muscle"
Description:  Sure was ni`e to see this unit again after owner Great Northern Historical Society had the Lake Superior museum resume custodiaal loan after being at MTM Jackson Street for a time.
Photo Date:  6/1/2022  Upload Date: 6/2/2022 9:28:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  GN 400(SD45)
Views:  73   Comments: 0


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