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Title: |
Heading For The Man |
Description: |
The Canadian Pacific Northfield job heads for the main after completing interchange on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:03 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 6232(SD60) |
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72 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SD60! |
Description: |
Sure was cool to catch an ex-Soo Line SD60 on the Northfield job this day! Here the veteran unit, which doubtless led the way to Northfield, is now the trailing unit as the hogger gets the train onto the main after completing interchange. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:47:35 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 6032(SD40-2) |
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121 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On The Main But Not Departing Yet |
Description: |
The hogger aboard Canadian Pacific's Northfield job is getting the train clear of the yard in this shot, but the train is not leaving town just yet. The engineer will back the train up once it is on the main and then, once the switch is set back for the main track, back up to pick of the rest of the crew before departure. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:17 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
CP 6032(SD40-2) |
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79 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Grain Between The Rails |
Description: |
Grain spilled between the rails, no doubt from a unit grain train leaving the elevator at Randolph, flourishes between the rails in a set of tracks nearby. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:36:27 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Track |
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63 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Leased Duo |
Description: |
Currently Progressive Rail is running trains between Lakeville and Northfield with this leased ex-UP duo. Here the pair rests at the yard's north end beneath cloudy skies on a mild Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:22 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
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Locomotives: |
ILSX 1305(GP15AC) ILSX 1304(GP15AC) |
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217 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ex-Soo Veteran |
Description: |
A veteran Soo Line hopper now on its second owner sits beneath cloudy skies on a mild Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:40:43 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Idle Leasers |
Description: |
Two lease units which, along with PGR 40, had been holding down the Lakeville to Northfield duties rest at the north end of the yard on a Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:49:20 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
CEFX 3800(GP38-3) CBFX 3805(GP38-3) |
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76 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Looking South Into The Yard |
Description: |
A look south into the old Chicago Great Western yard shows how the CGW main line was at left while another yard track once was in the center right. Apart from that, rails still reign on this stretch of the CGW main. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:40:15 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Classy Waycar |
Description: |
Dig that classy bay window caboose, man. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:35:55 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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88 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Zoom Shot |
Description: |
Zoom shot of PGR's classy waycar which is stationed at Randolph. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:51:36 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
RollingStock |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Owners Old And New |
Description: |
I find it intersting how caboose 101 is lettered for both Progressive Rail and the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern. On this day, 101 soaks up the peace and quiet of a small town Sunday afternoon on the old Chicago Great Western at Randolph. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:01 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,RollingStock |
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Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Nice Touch |
Description: |
Replica staiton signs have been added to the Northfield depot. This is how the one on the north side looks. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:15 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Station |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
There She Be |
Description: |
My buddy Andy and I found Progressive Rail's ex-Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern SD39 sitting in the south end of the yard, where she's been for some time due to a mechanical issue. I sure hope PGR gets her back up and running soon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:32:55 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
PGR 40(SD39) |
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162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Loco And Caboose |
Description: |
PGR 74 and 101 sit up near the grain elevator at the north end of the yard on a Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:50:43 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PGR 74(SW1500) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The Original Look |
Description: |
PGR 74 still sports the original company look, now augmented with a "Hello Highwayman" sign. Dig that big "74", man. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:56 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Clean And Classy |
Description: |
PGR 74 looks clean and classy on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:52:31 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
PGR 74(SW1500) |
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125 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Up By The Elevator |
Description: |
Progressive Rail's longtime denezin of Randolph sits up by the elevator on a quiet, cloidy Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/13/2022 11:50:13 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
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Locomotives: |
PGR 74(SW1500) |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Snazzy Addition |
Description: |
The replica station signs on the Northfield depot, carefully based on archival photographs of the station, are a snazzy addition to this preserved gem. This is the sign on the south side of the building. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/9/2022 10:20:59 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Station |
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118 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
The South End |
Description: |
The south end of Progressive Rail's former Chicago Great Western yard at Randolph was so quiet you could hear a nearby resident doing yard work on a quiet Sunday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:42:53 PM |
Location: |
Randolph, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard,Track |
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66 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Interesting Touch |
Description: |
I spied this lettering on a switch near the Post parking lot. My friend Andy told me this marks where the rail comes from. Quite an interesting touch. |
Photo Date: |
8/7/2022 Upload Date: 8/14/2022 12:48:40 PM |
Location: |
Northfield, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Track |
Locomotives: |
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81 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Stone Coal On The Wye |
Description: |
A long procession of empty coal cars sits on the brand-new Willmar wye as the train's crew is changed on a Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:50:11 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
RollingStock,Action |
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58 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Stopped For A Crew Switch |
Description: |
A crew transfer SUV had pulled up so crews could be swapped for this Big Stone coal train which paused on the new Willmar wye for that purpose. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:49:49 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
71 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Lucky Catch |
Description: |
This train was a lucky catch for me and my pal Andy. We sure hoped the train would stop for a crew change when we saw it moving on the brand-new Willmar wye, and the train did! |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:49:21 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) BNSF 5622(AC44CW) |
Views: |
68 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Splitting The Signals |
Description: |
An empty Big Stone coal train splits the signals down by the junction of the Willmar wye and the Marshall Sub on a lovely and mild Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:47:26 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Signal,Action |
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62 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Getting Ready To Go |
Description: |
The relief crew aboard this Big Stone coal train gets ready to head off the new Willmar wye and onto the Marshall Sub after checking the train's air and making a short move to make sure everything was good on the afternoon of the last Saturday of October of '22. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:50:48 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 5622(AC44CW) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) |
Views: |
65 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Goodbye Willmar Wye |
Description: |
The fresh crew aboard an empty Big Stone coal train gets it underway on the Willmar wye on a lovely, mild Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:46:39 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
63 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dig That Heritage One Paint |
Description: |
What else is there to say? |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:21:02 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1776(SD40-2) BNSF 4744(C44-9W) |
Views: |
162 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Colorful Trio |
Description: |
These golden oldies makefor a colorful trio after stopping on a service track by the Willmar sand tower on a picture-perfect October afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:30:42 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2774(GP39-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 1940(SD40-2) |
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128 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Study In Contrasts |
Description: |
The numbeboards of the 7934 and 2909 make for a study in contrasts. My pal Andy and I weren't too thrilled about the "box" numerboard sported by the 2909. The ones on the 7934 look more stylish. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:21:30 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7934(ES44C4) BNSF 2909(GP39E) |
Views: |
119 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pumpkins And Blue Sky |
Description: |
My pal Andy and I found these two units sitting down by the Willmar depot with a train in tow on the postcard-worthy Saturday of Halloween weekend 2022. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:38:21 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 7289(ES44DC) BNSF 9718(SD70MAC) |
Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Pumpkins |
Description: |
A pair of "Pumpkins" sit by the sand tower on Halloween weekend 2022. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:31:14 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 8282(ES44C4) BNSF 7934(ES44C4) |
Views: |
119 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dig That "Chili MAC" |
Description: |
The 9718 was the prize of the two for me and my friend Andy. I remember when those babies were brand-new. Now they are veterans of many years of service. Units were on the point of a train parked at the Willmar depot this day. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:38:44 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 9718(SD70MAC) BNSF 7289(ES44DC) |
Views: |
156 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Big Stone DPU |
Description: |
The DPU on a departing Big Stone coal train headed off the Willmar wye bound for the Marshall Sub nears the latter on a sunny Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 6:47:51 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
96 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Headed For The Service Tracks |
Description: |
Three Willmar-based golden oldies head for the service tracks on a Saturday afternoon worthy of September. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:49:40 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 2774(GP39-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 1940(SD40-2) |
Views: |
131 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Heading On IN |
Description: |
A colorful trio of older power is brought into the yard by the engineer as the units split the signals on a fall Saturday worthy of a postcard. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:49:17 PM |
Location: |
Willmar, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Yard,Signal,Action |
Locomotives: |
BNSF 1940(SD40-2) BNSF 2589(GP39-3) BNSF 2774(GP39-2) |
Views: |
189 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Here She Comes |
Description: |
My buddy Andy and I were waiting down at a grade crossing enduring the dust kicked up by passing trucks and wondering of the Reubel Turn would move. Suddenly, the engineer sounded the air horn, the ditch lights flashed, and soon the train began to move! |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:25 PM |
Location: |
Bird Island, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2) |
Views: |
100 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
On To Olivia |
Description: |
The Reubel Turn heads on to Olivia and points west on a wonderfully mild and sunny afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:55:17 PM |
Location: |
Bird Island, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2004(GP20C) RRVW 4106(GP15C) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"Train!" |
Description: |
"Train!" my pal and fellow railfan Andy cried when he spotted the headlights of the Reubel Turn as we headed east on 212 from Olivia this day. Sure enough, the train had paused at Bird Island to switch, resulting in a memorable catch. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 10:12:05 PM |
Location: |
Bird Island, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2) |
Views: |
94 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
MILW/DAKR Vet |
Description: |
Dakota Rail vet 1206 was in the Glencoe dead line this day. I sure hope they'll be putting this Milwaukee Road/Dakota Rail vet back in service. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:01:47 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 1206(SW9) |
Views: |
149 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
At The Shops |
Description: |
TCWR 2300 basks in a mild late October sun at the Gelncoe shops on the Saturday of Halloween weekend 2022. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:04:00 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 2300(GP39-2) |
Views: |
100 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Idling At The Shops |
Description: |
TCWR 2301 idles at the Glencoe shops on a sunny (and wonderfully mild!) Saturday afternoon. Sure was nice to see 2301 again after all this time. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:15:50 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 2301(GP39-2) |
Views: |
87 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Still Running |
Description: |
TCWR's "ghost" unit, 3516, soaks up the sun on a siding near (but not in) the dead line on a fine Saturday afternoon. I've seen this unit twice up in Hopkins this year, so this "ghost" is still running. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:13:30 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 3516(GP20C) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Dead CAT |
Description: |
TCWR 4300 has had her day and is now, apparently, being used as a parts source while sitting in the Glencoe dead line. (Sigh) I remember when she first came on the roster. Farewell, old friend. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:02:24 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 4300(GP30C) |
Views: |
165 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
End Of The Line? |
Description: |
TCWR 4302, brother of TCWR 4300, has apprently reached the end of the line too. The unit was soaking up the sun in the Glencoe dead line this day. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 11:03:13 PM |
Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
Locomotives: |
TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
Views: |
114 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Here Comes The Reubel Turn! |
Description: |
After pausing to switch in Bird Island, the Reubel Turn charges west on the old Milwaukee Road route to the Pacific Northwest on a beauteous Saturday afternoon. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:26 PM |
Location: |
Bird Island, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2) |
Views: |
89 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Ye Cats! |
Description: |
Me and my buddy Andy were happy to find not only one but two CAT units on the Reubel Turn this day. Here the train is departing Bird Island after switching there. |
Photo Date: |
10/29/2022 Upload Date: 10/30/2022 9:54:55 PM |
Location: |
Bird Island, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Action |
Locomotives: |
RRVW 4106(GP15C) TCWR 2004(GP20C) TCWR 2010(GP38-2) |
Views: |
126 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
"Athens Of The West", Hey? |
Description: |
This snappy, Rock Island-themed mural on The Depot Bar and Grill proclaims Faribault as the "Athens of the West." |
Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 8/4/2023 8:17:54 PM |
Location: |
Faribault, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Station |
Locomotives: |
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Views: |
63 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
At The End Of The Line |
Description: |
Progressive Rail's CBFX SW1001 sits at the westernmost end of the surviving Chicago Great Western trackage in Faribault on the lovely Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023. |
Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 5/30/2023 10:36:15 AM |
Location: |
Faribault, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CBFX 1101(SW1001) |
Views: |
168 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Low Angle View |
Description: |
Low angle views of units like the 1101 sure bring out the dramatic nature of locomotives. |
Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:16:44 PM |
Location: |
Faribault, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster |
Locomotives: |
CBFX 1101(SW1001) |
Views: |
40 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
At The End Of The CGW |
Description: |
CBFX 1101 sits at... well, not the end of the world, but at the western end of the surviving piece of CGW track in Faribault on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2023. |
Photo Date: |
5/28/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 11:12:28 PM |
Location: |
Faribault, MN |
Author: |
Tony Held |
Categories: |
Roster |
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