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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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Locomotives: |
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 |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 123(GP9) IMRL 124(GP9) |
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51 Comments: 0 |
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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 |
| Locomotives: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Locomotives: |
IMRL 124(GP9) IMRL 123(GP9) |
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| Title: |
"Ready Tubes One And Two" |
| Description: |
The "torpedo tubes" atop IMRL/Soo 123. |
| Photo Date: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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 |
| Categories: |
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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