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Vintage Elevator |
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This vintage elevator still stands by the old Minneapolis & St. Louis (built originally by the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pacific) in North Redwood. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:06:13 PM |
| Location: |
North Redwood, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Welcome To Gaylord |
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This station sign, like the one up the line in Hamburg, is a nice touch added by the Twin Cities & Western. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:11:03 PM |
| Location: |
Gaylord, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Platform Still Looks Good |
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On the east side of the Glencoe depot, the platform still looked good, and the sign okay, on this Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:15:49 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Sign Needs A Touch Up |
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Well, the sign on the west side of the Glencoe depot could use a touch up, but otherwise the place looked good on this Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:25:56 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
55 Miles From SPUD |
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Back when the Minneapolis & St. Louis Morton Sub ran all tjhe way to Hopkins from its namesake town, you were 55 miles from St. Paul Union Depot at Hamburg. (My thanks to my friend Andy for this interesting tidbit.) |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:29:51 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Jack And Sally Are Hoboes! |
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Graffitti artists adorned this former Klemme Coop Grain ribside hopper with portraits of Jack and Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas." The duo were enjoying the summer aboard an empty westbound grain train outside Franklin. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:32:15 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Weathered Lead Unit |
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A weathered Uncle Pete GE sits in the lead of a unit grain train stopped at Buffalo Lake for loading at the grain facility there. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:11:47 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 6257(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Louie Monument |
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The bridge over the Minnesota River at Morton dates back to the days of the Minneapolis & St. Louis. The span stands today as a proud monument to the Louie. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:41:25 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Bridge,Track |
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| Title: |
Truckless Boxcars |
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These truckless MNVA boxcars (which used to be the yard office?) remain at Morton. Note the snowplow at left. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:43:04 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
MNVA Reminder |
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"MNVA" stencils remain on one of the ends of a truckless boxcar at Morton, MN. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:43:44 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Still There |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation plates stamped "MNVA" still adorn the crossbucks at Park Avenue in Hamburg several years after I first saw them there. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:29:13 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Morton Shops |
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The Morton shops were quiet as an empty park on this Saturday afternoon when my friend Andy and I swung by. Nice to see they're still in use. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:45:08 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Majestic Span |
| Description: |
The main channel bridge over the Minnesota River at Morton quietly awaits the next train on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:42:31 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Another Vintage Bridge |
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When the Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Pacific built west from Morton, MN, they spanned the main channel and the backwaters with two bridges. When the line curved up through North Redwood, one more bridge was built over the river--this bridge. Amazing this span and its compatriots in Morton have stood since the 1880s! |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:09:21 PM |
| Location: |
North Redwood, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Bridge |
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| Title: |
Joint Sign |
| Description: |
This joing Twin Cities & Western/Minnesota Prairie Line sign is a nice touch at the Glencoe depot. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:20:02 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Still Active |
| Description: |
This baby still looks active, judging by her paint and numberboards. Roll on some more, 2053! |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:30:10 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RRVW 2053(GP20C) |
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| Title: |
Out To Pasture |
| Description: |
This Red River Valley & Western veteran is now out to pasture after many years of service, cooling her wheels at Glencoe on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:31:28 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RRVW 4105(GP15C) |
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| Title: |
Empty Grain |
| Description: |
A westbound empty grain train idles on the main line east of Franklin on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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TCWR 2301(GP39-2) TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Forlorn Waycar |
| Description: |
Twin Cities & Western's only (?) caboose looks moe forlorn than when I saw it last. What's this caboose's current status? |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:49:27 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RollingStock |
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| Title: |
What's Next, 1206? |
| Description: |
Well, last I saw the 1206, her stacks appeared uncapped. Does this Dakota Rail/Milwaukee Road vet still have some kind of future someplace on the TC&W? |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:33:40 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 1206(SW9) |
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| Title: |
End Of The Line |
| Description: |
Sadly, it looks like the end of the line for this Santa Fe gem. Here she sits in the Glencoe dead line on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:35:05 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 1503(CF7) |
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| Title: |
Hail The 2004! |
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While so-so due to its long zoom shot nature and the sun angle, TC&W 2004 has many memories for me and my railfan buddy Andy. In fact, Andy, the lucky boy, got a cab ride aboard the 2004 once along with some of his other buddies! :-) Right now the 2004 has apparently been assigned switching duties at the Winthrop ethanol plant. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 7:54:40 PM |
| Location: |
Winthrop, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 2004(GP20C) |
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| Title: |
Still Running |
| Description: |
This unit is still runing beyond a doubt. TC&W 2020 soaks up a splash of sunshine on a partly sunny Saturday afternoon in Glencoe. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:35:58 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 2020(GP38-2) |
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| Title: |
Why, Hello There! |
| Description: |
My friend Andy and I hadn't seen this Twin Cities & Western workhorse in a bit. PTC has sent many old TC&W units to the western side of the system, includng the Minnesota Prairie Line. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:30:06 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 2301(GP39-2) |
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| Title: |
No More Miles |
| Description: |
Twin Cities & Western 4300 has, alas, run her last miles. Now she's at Glencoe, awaiting her final disposition. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:42:02 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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TCWR 4300(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Farewell |
| Description: |
No more miles for the 4301 either. Here she sits in the dead line on a Saturday afternoon, marking time until her final disposition. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:48:27 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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TCWR 4301(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Hello Again! |
| Description: |
My friend Andy and I hadn't seen this Twin Cities & Western vet in a while. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:28:38 PM |
| Location: |
Franklin, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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TCWR 4302(GP30C) |
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| Title: |
Still At Morton |
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TC&W's only (?) caboose is still in the yard at Morton several years after I first saw it there. This waycar looks to be in serious need of TLC, topped with fresh TC&W paint. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:48:08 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Hi-Rail In Repose |
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A TC&W hi-rail truck sits in repose at the Morton shops on the afternoon of the first Saturday in August, 2023. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 9:46:44 PM |
| Location: |
Morton, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Out To Pasture Too? |
| Description: |
Is this TC&W snowplow out to pasture along with RRV&W 4105, or just parked? Taken at Glencoe on a Saturday afternoon. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 9:39:54 PM |
| Location: |
Glencoe, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RRVW 4105(GP15C) |
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| Title: |
Flag-Wavin' DPU |
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A flag-waving UP unit holds down the DPU duties on a stopped grain train at Buffalo Lake, MN. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:12:55 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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UP 7117(AC44C4M) |
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| Title: |
Big Grain |
| Description: |
A Twin Cities & Western-crewed Union Pacific grain train sits on the main at Buffalo Lake on the afternoon of the first Saturday of August, 2023. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/17/2023 8:10:32 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo Lake, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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UP 6257(AC44CW) |
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| Title: |
Passing The Station Sign |
| Description: |
A westbound ethanol train with a friendly hogger aboard (he tooted the horn on his run-through CSX leader when he saw my buddy Andy and I watching the train pass) fills Hamburg with late afternoon thunder as it passes the station sign while bound for Winthrop. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/8/2023 8:27:16 PM |
| Location: |
Hamburg, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Heading For The MPL |
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The engineer aboard a westbound TC&W-crewed UP ethanol train bound for Wintrhop gets the train in motion again while a Twin Cities & Western pickup truck (at right) carries the train's conductor down to the switch for the Minnesota Prairie Line. There the conductor will unlock the switch and reboard the train, leaving the TC&W employee in the truck to close the switch once the train's last car has entered the MPL. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 8:52:57 PM |
| Location: |
Norwood Young America, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Pausing At Tacoma |
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The engineer aboard a westbound Twin Cities & Western-crewed Union Pacific ethanol train brings it to a stop at Tacoma Avenue late on a Saturday afternoon so the conductor can ride the TC&W pickup truck (bottom right) down to unlock the switch for the Minnesota Prairie Line. |
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8/5/2023 Upload Date: 8/15/2023 8:51:34 PM |
| Location: |
Norwood Young America, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Action |
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CSX 7021(CM44AC) UP 7347(AC45CCTE) UP 3059(SD70AH-T4) |
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| Title: |
Spectactular |
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This famous railfan location at Maple Springs along the CPKC River Subdivision was spectacular, even without a train, as bluff-spwaned mist cloaked the nearby bluffs on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2024. |
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5/26/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 11:10:28 AM |
| Location: |
Maple Springs, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Scenic,Track |
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| Title: |
The "Borealis" Was Long Gone |
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The "Borealis" was long gone by the time me and my buddies Andy (foreground) and Brandon (background) reached Red Wing on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2024. |
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5/26/2024 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 10:47:35 PM |
| Location: |
Red Wing, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Snappy Sign |
| Description: |
A view of the snappy sign on the Red Wing platform. |
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5/26/2024 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 10:49:03 PM |
| Location: |
Red Wing, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
New Look |
| Description: |
My buddy Andy told me the Buffalo depot used to be brown, but now the depot sports a new look. Wonder how long that "CP" sign has until a "CPKC" one is installed? |
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7/3/2024 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 10:57:19 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station,Track |
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| Title: |
Still Says "CP" |
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The sign on the Buffalo depot still said "CP" on this sun-scrubbed Wednesday morning in July. |
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7/3/2024 Upload Date: 7/23/2024 10:56:43 PM |
| Location: |
Buffalo, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station,Track |
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| Title: |
Local K22 |
| Description: |
CPKC local K22 stops at the Harvest Land Co-Op on a hazy Wednesday afternoon prior to doing some switching at the elevator (?). |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 8:27:57 PM |
| Location: |
Springfield, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CP 2255(GP20C-ECO) |
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| Title: |
Venerable Depot |
| Description: |
The venerable New Ulm depot, now on its fourth owner, CPKC, stands as grand as wever on a partly-cloudy Wednesday afternoon. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 11:53:26 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Station |
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| Title: |
Westbound Thunder |
| Description: |
Thunder resounded in the town Laura Ingalls Wilder made famous as CPKC wayfrieght 255 headed west for Tracy and a meet with the Rapid City, Pierre, and Eastern. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/26/2024 9:10:28 PM |
| Location: |
Walnut Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Action |
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CP 8959(ES44AC) KCS 3961(SD70MAC) |
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| Title: |
Long Hood View |
| Description: |
Long hood view of New Ulm's ex-Soo Line duo. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 11:04:25 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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IMRL 123(GP9) IMRL 124(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Long Hood Profile |
| Description: |
A profile of the 124 from the long hood end. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 11:05:22 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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IMRL 124(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Geep In Profile |
| Description: |
What a sight for sore eyes to see in 2024, a red and white geep... |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:24:50 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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IMRL 123(GP9) |
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| Title: |
From Yard Goat To Mill Switcher |
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Former BNSF switcher 3518 has now traded a yard goat's duties for that of a mill switcher's at Meadowlands Co-Op in Walnut Grove. Despite her BNSF lettering being removed, she still casts an aura of the glory days when she and her stablemates could be found throughout the BNSF system. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/26/2024 9:17:10 PM |
| Location: |
Walnut Grove, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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BNSF 3518(SW1200) |
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| Title: |
Em and Saint El Oasis |
| Description: |
These rails once belonged to the Minneapolis & St. Louis's Southwestern division. Now they survive in the service of a mill in New Ulm. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 11:50:27 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Track |
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8 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sweet Soo! |
| Description: |
That's a patch job I'm glad to see fail. The words "Soo Line" are a sight for sore eyes to see on a locomotive these days. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:21:34 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 123(GP9) |
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26 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Two Railroads |
| Description: |
The nose of GP9 124 is adorned with the names of two railroads: I&M Rail Link, and Soo Line. What a sight to see these days, given how both roads are a long time gone. |
| Photo Date: |
7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:23:05 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 124(GP9) |
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