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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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Crystal Clear
Title:  Crystal Clear
Description:  This roster shot of this unit came out crystal clear despite the late evening light.
Photo Date:  3/15/2020  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 9:04:39 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 5739(ES44AC)
Views:  55   Comments: 0
I Could Just Make Out The Number
Title:  I Could Just Make Out The Number
Description:  Due to the funky late evening light conditions, even a brighter setting on my camera did not crisply record this engine's number, but I was able to discern it.
Photo Date:  3/15/2020  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 9:07:43 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 9182(SD70ACe)
Views:  30   Comments: 0
Viva the KCS!
Title:  Viva the KCS!
Description:  I love catching these babies. This one was second of three units on a stopped eastbound freight.
Photo Date:  3/15/2020  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 9:06:00 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  KCS 5021(ET44AC)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
"Gotcha"
Title:  "Gotcha"
Description:  "Gotcha" I said as I got out of my car to snap photos of this stopped eastbound freight on the Wayzata Subdivision. The crew was waiting, as usual, for clearance into Minneapolis. The shot I took using the flash setting turned out to be best, hence the funky glow on the sign and the nose of the KCS unit.
Photo Date:  3/15/2020  Upload Date: 3/15/2020 8:57:06 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9182(SD70ACe) KCS 5021(ET44AC) BNSF 5739(ES44AC)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
"5...4...3...2..."
Title:  "5...4...3...2..."
Description:  I counted down the seconds before I bagged this eastbound grain train racing through Long Lake late on a Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/20/2020  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 7:39:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6901(ES44C4) BNSF 4490(C44-9W) BNSF 8540(SD70ACe)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
"Feel The Rush"
Title:  "Feel The Rush"
Description:  "Feel the rush," I said as I snapped this going away photo of an eastbound grain train in Long Lake. Railfanning is such an adrenaline rush! :-)
Photo Date:  3/20/2020  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 7:40:15 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8540(SD70ACe) BNSF 4490(C44-9W) BNSF 6901(ES44C4)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
There She Goes
Title:  There She Goes
Description:  The tail end of an eastbound grain job on the Wayzata Sub is about to pass beneath the Luce Line late on a sunny Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/20/2020  Upload Date: 3/20/2020 7:42:09 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  35   Comments: 0
SD40-2!
Title:  SD40-2!
Description:  1603 was at the diesel shop at Northtown this day. Always nice to bag a 40-2.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:12:02 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1603(SD40-2)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Colorful Veteran
Title:  Colorful Veteran
Description:  This veteran unit, now clad in colorful paint and adorned with the "swoosh" logo, was down in Northtown near the diesel shop on a gorgeous Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:16:16 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2610(GP39-3)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
Cascade Green Classic
Title:  Cascade Green Classic
Description:  God bless how slow BNSF has been in repainting pre-merger units! This Cascade Green classic at the Northtown diesel shop was a glorious sight to see.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:57:42 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2896(GP39M)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Another BN Vet
Title:  Another BN Vet
Description:  Five units parked near the Northtown diesel shop had a BN vet at one end. Always a glorious sight to see Cascade Green!
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:17:51 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3022(GP40M)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Between A Turntable And A Train
Title:  Between A Turntable And A Train
Description:  7721 sits by the turntable as a departing freight heads south at right on a gorgeous early spring afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:54:09 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7721(ES44DC)
Views:  128   Comments: 0
Two Roster Shots At Once
Title:  Two Roster Shots At Once
Description:  These babies were at the Northtown diesel shop this day. Always nice to get two roster shots at once.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:58:22 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 7923(ES44C4) BNSF 8587(SD70ACe) BNSF 2896(GP39M)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Veteran Unit
Title:  Veteran Unit
Description:  9888 dates back to the early years of the BNSF. This day, the engine was parked north of the diesel shop at Northtown, basking in the late spring sun.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:56:44 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 9888(SD70MAC)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Cleared To Proceed
Title:  Cleared To Proceed
Description:  BNSF routed an eastbound intermodal, a mix of COFC and TOFC, down the Wayzata Subdivision this day. After being stopped in Long Lake, the train was soon cleared to depart. There is a slight grade here, hence the funky angle.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 2:26:24 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5501(C44-9W)
Views:  34   Comments: 0
So Long, Switcher
Title:  So Long, Switcher
Description:  As a freight rolls south, passing the Northtown diesel shop, this veteran switcher awaits its final disposition. Judging by the painted out "swoosh" logo, 3703's retirement was fairly recent.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:34:45 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GN 3703(MP15DC)
Views:  171   Comments: 0
From Logos To Initials
Title:  From Logos To Initials
Description:  This switcher has traded its "swoosh" logo for "GN" initials as she waits at the Northtown diesel shop while a freight rolls south on a lovely Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:33:42 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  GN 3703(MP15DC)
Views:  178   Comments: 0
CP/UP Diamond
Title:  CP/UP Diamond
Description:  A look north from the CP/UP diamond towards the new bridge over Golden Valley Road that was built several years ago.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:51:11 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Taking A Breather
Title:  Taking A Breather
Description:  The hump power sits at the hump tower at Northtown on a lovely Friday afternoon, taking a breather from kicking cars.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:31:28 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1888(SD40-2) BNSF 1769(SD40-2)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
Not Just Autos Have To Obey These
Title:  Not Just Autos Have To Obey These
Description:  The stop sign on the west side of the UP/CP diamond is evidence of how not just automobiles have to obey signs like these. The local graffiti artists, though, view the sign as a canvass instead.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 8:51:57 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Easy Catch
Title:  Easy Catch
Description:  BNSF dispatch stopped an eastbound intermodal (a rare sight on the Wayzata Sub) in my home suburb this day, and the sole locomotive could be seen right from my apartment! I love easy catches.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 2:25:21 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5501(C44-9W)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Engines, Engines, We've Got Engines
Title:  Engines, Engines, We've Got Engines
Description:  "Engines, engines, we've got engines" a yard's diesel shop fairly shouts. Northtown Yard's is no exception. Note the ex-BN SD60 in the upper center.
Photo Date:  3/27/2020  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 9:32:43 PM
Location:  Fridley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 6717(ES44C4) BNSF 2565(GP39-3)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Easy Catches
Title:  Easy Catches
Description:  I love it when the BNSF dispatcher stops a train in my home suburb and the motive power is easily visible from my apartment.
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:02:38 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9136(SD70ACe) BNSF 5637(AC44CW)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Hitching A Ride
Title:  Hitching A Ride
Description:  The 3141 was the fifth of five units on the point of an eastbound freight that was briefly stopped in Long Lake, but the unit was just hitching a ride from Willmar and was not operating.
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:03:22 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3141(GP50)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Nice Touch
Title:  Nice Touch
Description:  A BNSF-ized Grinstein Green unit was third of five units on an eastbound freight that was briefly stopped in Long Lake. I remember when these babies were brand new. How time rolls as fast as the "Hiawatha."
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:03:03 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9836(SD70MAC) BNSF 7798(ES44DC)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Movin' Out
Title:  Movin' Out
Description:  Cleared to proceed, the engineer on an eastbound BNSF freight eases the train back into motion after being briefly stopped in Long Lake by the BNSF dispatcher.
Photo Date:  4/16/2020  Upload Date: 4/16/2020 4:04:05 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3141(GP50) BNSF 7798(ES44DC) BNSF 9836(SD70MAC) BNSF 5637(AC44CW) BNSF 9136(SD70ACe)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
Sunday Thunder
Title:  Sunday Thunder
Description:  The quiet of an early Sunday evening in May is broken as this eastbound BNSF general freight thunders through Long Lake, bound for Minneapolis and points east.
Photo Date:  5/3/2020  Upload Date: 5/3/2020 7:35:52 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8090(ES44C4) BNSF 8176(ES44C4)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
Sight For Sore Eyes
Title:  Sight For Sore Eyes
Description:  Trains have been thin on the Wayzata Subdivision lately due to the economy, so the sight of this eastbound freight was one for sore eyes.
Photo Date:  5/3/2020  Upload Date: 5/3/2020 7:34:36 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8176(ES44C4) BNSF 8090(ES44C4)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Long Train Rollin'
Title:  Long Train Rollin'
Description:  The end of a long eastbound general freight clears the pedestrian bridge over the Highway 12/BNSF corridor early on a lovely May evening.
Photo Date:  5/3/2020  Upload Date: 5/3/2020 7:36:44 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Good Old Burlington Northern
Title:  Good Old Burlington Northern
Description:  Freight cars like this ribside hopper keeps the BN's flag flying years after the 1995 merger of the BN and Santa Fe.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:38:24 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Old Spur Switch
Title:  Old Spur Switch
Description:  A spur track off the Medicine Lake spur once existed here but now is gone, leaving the switch, curiously, still in place.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:39:07 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Three Coil Cars
Title:  Three Coil Cars
Description:  Three coil cars sit on the Medicine Lake spur late on the lovely afternoon of Cinco de Mayo 2020. The customer on this spur, Ryerson, is out of view at the far right.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:39:24 PM
Location:  Plymouth, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  106   Comments: 0
On The Way At Last
Title:  On The Way At Last
Description:  After waiting in Long Lake since mid-afternoon, the crew of a westbound freight gets a wheel into their train again shortly after six on a lovely Cinco de Mayo evening.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:38:41 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6945(ES44C4) BNSF 6054(ES44AC) BNSF 2738(GP39-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Waiting On Cinco de Mayo
Title:  Waiting On Cinco de Mayo
Description:  On the afternoon of Cinco de Mayo 2020, the crew of a westbound freight awaits the passage of an eastbound at Long Lake.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:37:58 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  BNSF 2738(GP39-2) BNSF 6054(ES44AC) BNSF 6945(ES44C4)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Pleasant Surprise
Title:  Pleasant Surprise
Description:  There has not been a stopped westbound on the Wayzata/Long Lake siding in quite some time, so this one, a general freight, was a pleasant surprise.
Photo Date:  5/5/2020  Upload Date: 5/5/2020 7:37:37 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  BNSF 2738(GP39-2) BNSF 6054(ES44AC) BNSF 6945(ES44C4)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Still Operable?
Title:  Still Operable?
Description:  I do not think the 1978 has moved from this spot in a while. Is this unit still operable?
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:14:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 1978(B23-7)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Alco In Repose
Title:  Alco In Repose
Description:  Minnesota Commercial 313 sits in repose at the roundhouse on Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:16:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 313(C424) MNNR T-3(Yard Slug)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Still Shiny
Title:  Still Shiny
Description:  The new paint on the 84 is still shiny as she and stablemate 85 rest at the Commercial's roundhouse on Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:14:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 84(B39-8E)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Still Shiny Too
Title:  Still Shiny Too
Description:  The new paint on the 85 is still positively dazzling. Unit was at MNNR's roundhouse on Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:15:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 85(B39-8E)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
B-Unit and a Yard Slug
Title:  B-Unit and a Yard Slug
Description:  A B-unit and a yard slug sit at the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2020.
Photo Date:  5/24/2020  Upload Date: 5/24/2020 6:14:06 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MNNR 85B(B30-7AB) MNNR T-2(Yard Slug)
Views:  304   Comments: 2
Approaching South Owasso
Title:  Approaching South Owasso
Description:  The Hugo Job approaches South Owasso Boulevard late on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  6/7/2020  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:34:41 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Finally A Photo Here
Title:  Finally A Photo Here
Description:  At long last, I caught the Hugo Job passing the station sign for Roseville today. Picture came out just as I imagined it would.
Photo Date:  6/7/2020  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:25:22 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
Rolling Along The Old Northern Pacific
Title:  Rolling Along The Old Northern Pacific
Description:  The crew makes yet another run along the jointed rails of the old Northern Pacific as they take the Hugo Job east through Roseville.
Photo Date:  6/7/2020  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:33:43 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
I Caught The Hugo Job This Time!
Title:  I Caught The Hugo Job This Time!
Description:  After trying unsuccessfully to catch Minnesota Commercial's Hugo Job two weeks ago, I tried again today, and met with great success. Here comes the local, hauling three carloads of lumber for online shippers, late on a lovely Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  6/7/2020  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:24:57 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Rounding The Curve
Title:  Rounding The Curve
Description:  The Hugo Job rounds the curve west of the South Owasso Blvd crossing late on a breezy, sunny Sunday morning.
Photo Date:  6/7/2020  Upload Date: 6/7/2020 2:34:14 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 49(B30-7)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
More ECOs
Title:  More ECOs
Description:  Two more ECOs idle at Humboldt early on the evening of Summer Solstice 2020.
Photo Date:  6/20/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 8:47:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2216(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
The Yard Goats Are Back
Title:  The Yard Goats Are Back
Description:  After an absence this past spring, Humboldt Yard has yard goats again. Here they sit idling on the evening of Summer Solstice 2020.
Photo Date:  6/20/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 8:47:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 2256(GP20C-ECO) CP 2282(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Solo Unit
Title:  Solo Unit
Description:  A lone SD60 sits coupled to four tank cars at Humboldt Yard on the evening of Summer Solstice 2020.
Photo Date:  6/20/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 8:43:44 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6225(SD60)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Action Red!
Title:  Action Red!
Description:  A number of golden oldies are stored at Humboldt right now. Dig the vintage "action red" on the first two past the GEs at left!
Photo Date:  6/20/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 8:49:43 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 6047(SD40-2)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
The Stored Unit Line Has Grown
Title:  The Stored Unit Line Has Grown
Description:  This past spring, I saw only three stored units at Humboldt, all older models. By the Summer Solstice of 2020, the stored units had multiplied like crazy, including these newer units.
Photo Date:  6/20/2020  Upload Date: 6/21/2020 8:49:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 8853(ES44AC)
Views:  76   Comments: 0

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