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12/23/2024
 
 
 
 
 
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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Gray Skies, Colorful Units
Title:  Gray Skies, Colorful Units
Description:  A TC&W trio provides a colrful contrast to the gray skies above Hopkins late on a Sunday afternoon. Rails in foreground belong to the Southwest Light Rail Line, occupying former Minneapolis & St. Louis right-of-way.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:22:57 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Hello Again, 2300!
Title:  Hello Again, 2300!
Description:  This TC&W trio sits beneath overcast skies down at the depot late on a Sunday afternoon. Seeing TC&W 2300 again was a real treat.
Photo Date:  8/7/2022  Upload Date: 8/7/2022 11:22:02 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2011(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2)
Views:  115   Comments: 0
Crossing Old Shakopee
Title:  Crossing Old Shakopee
Description:  A Progressive Rail crew with #34 for power crosses Old Shakopee Road with a string of cars for interchange with CP twenty minutes before 9 a.m. on a Friday morning.
Photo Date:  8/26/2022  Upload Date: 8/26/2022 11:15:06 AM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Crew Change Time
Title:  Crew Change Time
Description:  An eastbound grain train changes crews by the County 15/Highway 12 bridge on a cloudy, slightly rainy Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/16/2022  Upload Date: 9/16/2022 7:11:02 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5752(ES44AC) BNSF 7149(ES44C4) BNSF 6510(ES44C4)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Crossing Lexington
Title:  Crossing Lexington
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job crosses Lexington Avenue on a partly sunny and windy Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:32:29 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 44(B23-7) MNNR 43(B23-7)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Title:  Passing (Roseville) Central Park
Description:  The westbound Hugo Job passes Roseville's Central Park lon a cool, windy Sunday afternoon. (Kudos to my aunt and her granddaughter, who accompanied me down from a family shindig to check out the train with me. :-) )
Photo Date:  9/25/2022  Upload Date: 9/26/2022 8:30:28 PM
Location:  Roseville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 43(B23-7) MNNR 44(B23-7)
Views:  105   Comments: 0
There's Part Of The Train
Title:  There's Part Of The Train
Description:  Early on a mild, partly sunny Friday afternoon, part of the consist for the Friends of the 261's 2022 "Gourmet Express" sits near the former Milwaukee Road Hopkins depot for the rest of the train to be ferried out from Minneapolis by the Twin Cities and Western (PTC requirements on the BNSF portion of the route from Minneapolis Junction currently requires the Friends to have a PTC-equipped TCWR engine pilot the train through that.)
Photo Date:  9/30/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:39:36 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  26   Comments: 0
Dynamic Milwuakee Duo
Title:  Dynamic Milwuakee Duo
Description:  The "Cedar Rapids" and the "Super Dome" await "Gourmet Express" duty at Hopkins on a partly sunny Friday afternoon.
Photo Date:  9/30/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:39:56 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  19   Comments: 0
Golden Oldies
Title:  Golden Oldies
Description:  Two more of the Friends of the 261's golden oldies await "Gourmet Express" duty at Hopkins on a partly sunny Friday afternoon. Whoever thought you could see a Louiville and Nashville passenger car and a vintage California Zephyr dome car on the old Milwaukee Road in Hopkins?
Photo Date:  9/30/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:40:28 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Concession Car And Coaches
Title:  Concession Car And Coaches
Description:  The Friends of the 261's concessions car and coaches "Winona" and "Nokomis" await "Gourmet Express" duty at Hopkins on a partly sunny Friday afternoon..
Photo Date:  9/30/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:40:56 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
Waiting Guide
Title:  Waiting Guide
Description:  TCWR 2010 is manned and ready as its crew waits to guide the Friends of the 261's train to Minneapolis late on a partly cloudy Sunday afternoon. The SWLRT rails in the background gives the illusion that The Hopkins Depot coffeehouse has rails beside it again.
Photo Date:  10/2/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:41:59 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Ready, Set...
Title:  Ready, Set...
Description:  TCWR 2010 sits manned and ready near the former Milwaukee Road Hopkins depot late on a Sunday afternoon, ready to guide the Friends of the 261's train back to Minneapolis when it reaches Hopkins.
Photo Date:  10/2/2022  Upload Date: 10/3/2022 8:42:26 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Shiny Paint
Title:  Shiny Paint
Description:  TCWR 2010's paint is practically shiny. That's some paint TC&W uses!
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:33:45 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
Still Imaaculate
Title:  Still Imaaculate
Description:  TCWR 2014's paint is still immaculate several years after being added to the roster. That's durable paint TCWR applies to their units.
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:32:09 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Veteran Unit
Title:  Veteran Unit
Description:  I remember when TCWR 2300 would lead the St. Paul Turn. Now she can only come for the ride due to PTC requirements.
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:32:27 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2300(GP39-2)
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Distinctive Face
Title:  Distinctive Face
Description:  I couldn't leave Hopkins this day without snapping another pic of TCWR 2300 that showed its distinctive face.
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:34:11 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2300(GP39-2)
Views:  56   Comments: 0
St. Paul Turn Is Back
Title:  St. Paul Turn Is Back
Description:  The St. Paul Turn brought some smoothside hoppers, tank cars, and a couple boxcars (the latter out of view to the left) this Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:30:43 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  76   Comments: 0
Well What Do You Know?
Title:  Well What Do You Know?
Description:  "Well what do you know?" I said to myself as I got set to take this shot. I'd thought there would only be parked units down by the old Milwaukee Road Hopkins depot, but this trio of units were active, and they had a cut of cars coupled up to them!
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:29:52 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  64   Comments: 0
St. Paul Turn?
Title:  St. Paul Turn?
Description:  My guess is this is the St. Paul Turn, recently returned to Hopkins around 3 P.M. on a mild, sunny Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:31:16 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Old And New
Title:  Old And New
Description:  This St. Paul Turn's crew had two new and one older unit for motive power this Saturday. ("New" being recently added to the roster, in TCWR 2014 and 2010's case, and "old" being a roster veteran, in TCWR 2300's case.)
Photo Date:  10/8/2022  Upload Date: 10/9/2022 3:31:43 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2300(GP39-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Reunited
Title:  Reunited
Description:  After being sidelined for mechanical repairs, Progressive Rail 36 is back with its compatriot PGR 34 on the Hi-Line. Here the duo soaks up a very mild October sun at Lyndale early on a Monday afternoon.
Photo Date:  10/10/2022  Upload Date: 10/10/2022 8:12:20 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  PGR 36(SW1500) PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
Shaping Up Nicely
Title:  Shaping Up Nicely
Description:  The new connection track from the relocated Twin Cities & Western route through SLP (owned by the Met Council) is shaping up nicely. Rails are being laid now that the bridge over the SWLRT (right) is complete. The SWLRT's Louisiana Avenue staiton is to the left of the bridge.
Photo Date:  10/31/2022  Upload Date: 10/31/2022 9:30:52 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  31   Comments: 0
Future Junction Site
Title:  Future Junction Site
Description:  The new connection to the Twin Cities & Western will connect with the CP MNS Spur to the north of the Cambridge Street bridge (foreground). The grade is visible to the left of the bridge. Soon rails will reach the CP and a new switch installed, followed, one hopes, by a steady parade of TC&W trains to Port Savage.
Photo Date:  10/31/2022  Upload Date: 10/31/2022 9:34:10 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge,Track
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Views:  72   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Junction In Late Autumn
Title:  Milwaukee Junction In Late Autumn
Description:  Milwaukee Junction sits quiet on Halloween 2022, surrounded by some late autumn color and the sounds of suburbia.
Photo Date:  10/31/2022  Upload Date: 10/31/2022 9:33:25 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
Oxford Avenue Bridge
Title:  Oxford Avenue Bridge
Description:  The Oxford Avenue bridge on the connecting track between the Twin Cities & Western and the Canadian Pacific MNS Spur is now connected to the rest of the line after standing isolated for months. The MNS Spur is visible in the background.
Photo Date:  10/31/2022  Upload Date: 10/31/2022 9:31:30 PM
Location:  Saint Louis Park, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Bridge
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Views:  54   Comments: 0
Solo Dolo GP60
Title:  Solo Dolo GP60
Description:  The GP60 for the crew of Union Pacific's Plymouth local is solo dolo on an unusually snowy and chilly Saturday afternoon. I found the engine idling on the main track just east of Highway 169 and swung by to take this shot with my cell phone camera.
Photo Date:  11/19/2022  Upload Date: 11/19/2022 11:37:42 PM
Location:  Golden Valley, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1118(GP60)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Classy Caboose
Title:  Classy Caboose
Description:  Progressive Rail's snazzy Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern caboose soaks up a mild sun outside PGR's Lakeville headquarters on Thanksgiving Eve 2022.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/29/2022 6:28:14 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter
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Views:  64   Comments: 0
Classy Boxcar
Title:  Classy Boxcar
Description:  Progressive Rail's classy Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern boxcar soaks up a mild sun outside PGR's Lakeville headquarters on Thanksgiving Eve 2022.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/29/2022 6:27:37 PM
Location:  Derma, MS
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
At The Freight House
Title:  At The Freight House
Description:  The crew aboard #37 waits at Progressive Rail's freight house on Thanksgiving Eve 2022.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/29/2022 6:45:38 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  74   Comments: 0
PGR Colors
Title:  PGR Colors
Description:  #37's Progressive Rail colors lokk weathered bwt also sharp as the crew pauses during switching at the Lakeville freight house on Thanksgiving Eve 2022.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/29/2022 6:29:41 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
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Views:  82   Comments: 0
Back To Airlake
Title:  Back To Airlake
Description:  Their switching work complete, the Progressive Rail crew crosses 207th Street West as they take a cut of stored cars south to Airlake Industrial Park late on a gorgeous Wednesday morning.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/24/2022 10:01:58 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  ILSX 1304(GP15AC) ILSX 1305(GP15AC)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
At The Old MNS/MILW Crossing
Title:  At The Old MNS/MILW Crossing
Description:  Southbound with a cut of stored cars (plus one revenue, an empty centerbeam flatcar from Builders First Source , the Progressive Rail crew takes their train across the site of the old MNS/MILW crossing in Lakeville late on a lovely Thanksgiving Eve morning.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/24/2022 10:02:38 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Thanksgiving Eve Train
Title:  Thanksgiving Eve Train
Description:  The Progresive Rail crdw takes a cut of stored cars south on the mothballed portion of the former Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern main line on a sunny Thanksigivng Eve 2022.
Photo Date:  11/23/2022  Upload Date: 11/29/2022 6:25:02 PM
Location:  Lakeville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  ILSX 1304(GP15AC) ILSX 1305(GP15AC)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:16:40 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
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Views:  21   Comments: 0
New Paint Job
Title:  New Paint Job
Description:  Long painted Union Pacific yellow, coach "Merriam Park" now sports a newer, fresher paint scheme as it sits by the MNNR roundhouse late on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:21:58 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Winter
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Views:  34   Comments: 0
The Conductor Reboards
Title:  The Conductor Reboards
Description:  The Minnesota Commercial conductor reboards #75 after he and the engineer completed dropping off a healthy cut of smoothside hoppers loaded with flour for ADM on the old Milwaukee Road south of East 38th Street.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:58:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Heading For The Old Milwaukee Main
Title:  Heading For The Old Milwaukee Main
Description:  My railfan colleague Andy snaps away as the Hiawatha Job heads for the old Milwaukee Road main line late on a mild February morning.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:49:44 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  32   Comments: 0
Westbound For Hiawatha
Title:  Westbound For Hiawatha
Description:  The Hiawatha Job heads for the trackage bordering the east side of its namesake thuroughfare around the noon hour on a Saturday.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:56:52 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
Here Comes The Hiawatha Job!
Title:  Here Comes The Hiawatha Job!
Description:  The Hiawatha Job passes the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse late on a mild Saturday morning with a healthy cut of loaded smoothside hoppers in tow.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:52:31 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Shoving Up At East 41st
Title:  Shoving Up At East 41st
Description:  The Hiawatha Job shoves a cut of smoothside hoppers from BNSF loaded with flour bound for ADM at East 41st Street during the noon hour on a February Saturday.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:57:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
God Bless You, Mr. Gohman
Title:  God Bless You, Mr. Gohman
Description:  MNNR 42 is now dedicated to the late John Gohman, who made the Minnesota Commercial what it is today.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:18:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Idling At The Sand Tower
Title:  Idling At The Sand Tower
Description:  MNNR 1983 is tended to by a Minnesota Commercial crew as it idles at the sand tower by the roundhouse late on a Saturday morning.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:17:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
Alco!
Title:  Alco!
Description:  Minnesota Commercial 316 sits at the end of a string of stored units parked in the north end of the Commercial's yard early on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/11/2023 8:58:32 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
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Views:  79   Comments: 0
Stored Units
Title:  Stored Units
Description:  Minneaota Commercial sits at the south end of a string of stored units in the north end of the Commercial's yard on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/11/2023 8:57:53 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
Alco And An EMD
Title:  Alco And An EMD
Description:  Minnesota Commercial 318 and MNNR 200 sit parked in the north end of the Commercial's yard early on a Saturday afternoon. Note the vintage Soo LIne 40-foot boxcar behind the 318.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/11/2023 8:56:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Yard
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Views:  144   Comments: 0
MNNR 42
Title:  MNNR 42
Description:  MNNR 42 sits in repose beneath partly cloudy skies early on a Saturday afternoon at the MNNR roundhouse.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:17:29 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
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Views:  62   Comments: 0
Lease Unit Veteran
Title:  Lease Unit Veteran
Description:  MNNR 58, that venerable lease unit veteran which doubtless roamed the rails of the BN, BNSF, and other roads before coming to the Commercial, sits at the roundhouse early on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:18:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Good Old 58
Title:  Good Old 58
Description:  This day she was resting at the roundhouse, awaiting her next call to duty on the Belt Job and other trains.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 3/17/2023 8:18:19 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Winter
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Views:  31   Comments: 0
Entering ADM
Title:  Entering ADM
Description:  MNNR 75 enters ADM as the Hiawatha Job crew commences finishing up their work along these venerable Milwaukee rails early on a Saturday afternoon.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/28/2023 11:00:14 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
Heading Into ADM
Title:  Heading Into ADM
Description:  The Hiawatha Job crew approaches East 38th Street as they head into the sprawling ADM mill during the noon hour. The smoothside hoppers at left have just been dropped off, loaded with flour for milling at ADM.
Photo Date:  2/18/2023  Upload Date: 2/27/2023 10:58:29 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  MNNR 75(B36-7)
Views:  69   Comments: 0


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