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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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BNSF 3518(SW1200) |
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| Title: |
Em and Saint El Oasis |
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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 |
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Track |
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| Title: |
Sweet Soo! |
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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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| Title: |
Two Railroads |
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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. |
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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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| Title: |
South Minneapolis or New Ulm? |
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This photo begs the question, where are we? Down by the mills in South Minneapolis, or at a mill in New Ulm? It is the latter, of course, but this wonderful sight calls to mind the former! |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:20:04 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 124(GP9) IMRL 123(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Glorious Vision! |
| Description: |
No, this isn't any dream. Two veteran Soo Line geeps, complete with "torpedo tubes" (tubes for steam boilers they were once equipped with), can be found at a mill in New Ulm in 2024! |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:15:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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IMRL 124(GP9) IMRL 123(GP9) |
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| Title: |
"Ready Tubes One And Two" |
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The "torpedo tubes" atop IMRL/Soo 123. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/24/2024 10:54:24 PM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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IMRL 123(GP9) |
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| Title: |
Distinctive Feature |
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The "torpedo tube" atop IMRL/Soo 124 was a distinctive feature of boiler-equipped for passenger service geeps. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 12:02:01 AM |
| Location: |
New Ulm, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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| Title: |
Snappy-Looking Paducah Geep |
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Harvest Land Co-Op has this snappy-looking Paducah Geep for power. Wonder what was in that tank car the dude at right is working on? |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 8:33:01 PM |
| Location: |
Springfield, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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HLCE 7708(GP10) |
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| Title: |
G&W Orange at Last! |
| Description: |
Boy does that company have a snappy paint job. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 9:58:25 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RCPE 3426(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
So Cool |
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Until this day, I hadn't laid eyes on a Genesee & Wyoming-orange unit. That's now off my list! (And my buddy Andy's too.) |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 10:01:44 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RCPE 3426(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Genesee & Wyoming Rocks! |
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Love that orange paint, man. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 10:04:11 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Roster |
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RCPE 3437(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Awesome |
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What else can I say about Genesee & Wyoming's narly paint scheme? I like how RCP&E units have small "Operation Livesaver" signs on them too. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 10:07:39 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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Roster |
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RCPE 3453(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Where the CPKC and RCP&E Meet |
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The sign at Tracy West says it all: this is where CPKC ownership ends and RCP&E's begins on this part of the famous "Alco Line". |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 9:55:54 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RCPE 3426(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Portrait In Prairie Railroading |
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The RCP&E's AKA M-AUMN job waiting at West Tracy late on a hazy, partly sunny summer afternoon offered a portrait in prairie railroading for me and my buddyn Andy this day. Thanks again, Andy, for spotting this baby from all the way up on U.S. 14! :-) |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 10:08:32 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RCPE 3426(SD40-2) RCPE 3437(SD40-2) RCPE 3453(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
Jackpot! |
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Thanks to my buddy Andy's eagle eyes, we finally found the Rapid City, Pierre, and Eastern's AKA M-AUMN job waiting at Tracy West late on a hazy (but for us by no means lazy!) summer afternoon. |
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7/24/2024 Upload Date: 7/25/2024 9:54:03 PM |
| Location: |
Tracy, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
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RCPE 3426(SD40-2) RCPE 3437(SD40-2) RCPE 3453(SD40-2) |
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| Title: |
First At Owatonna! |
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In all my years as a railfan, I'd not ever seen any trains on any of the lines in Owatonna. That dry spell broke at last about ten minutes before 5 p.m. on Memorial Day 2025, when I bagged this westbound CPKC power at State Avenue. Note the other two railfans in the left background, partially obscured by weeds. Note also the KCS component (air conditioner?) installed on CP 8902 |
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5/26/2025 Upload Date: 6/6/2025 7:49:51 PM |
| Location: |
Owatonna, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CP 8886(ES44AC) CP 8902(ES44AC) |
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| Title: |
Racing Along The Alco Line |
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A CPKC light power move leaves State Avenue behind as it races through Owatonna around 5 p.m. on Memorial Day 2025. The crew was bound to pick up a train somewhere on this, the old Alco Line of C&NW fame. |
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5/26/2025 Upload Date: 6/6/2025 7:50:40 PM |
| Location: |
Owatonna, MN |
| Author: |
Tony Held |
| Categories: |
Action |
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CP 8902(ES44AC) CP 8886(ES44AC) |
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