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Title: |
CN 6024 |
Description: |
A pair of CN units are all thats needed on this overcast March day. With only around 60 cars, these two will have no problem getting up Boyd Hill. |
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3/8/2009 Upload Date: 3/10/2009 11:20:04 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6024(SD40-2Q) |
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260 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Roseville Job |
Description: |
A little out of the ordinary for the Roseville job to come up to New Brighton, but odd moves do happen. Today the two GE's came up to pull 25 2-bay hoppers that were handed off early in the morning by the WC. But with only one engine on the 88 Job (the job that pulls the interchange), there wasn't enough power to take the extra 25, which is why this second move occured. |
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3/8/2009 Upload Date: 3/10/2009 11:20:26 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
MNNR 68(B23-7) |
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259 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Modelers View |
Description: |
A look at one of the most unique units on the CN (besides the obvious cowls) from the side. A neat group of units. |
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3/8/2009 Upload Date: 3/10/2009 11:20:43 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 6024(SD40-2Q) |
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363 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IC 1036 |
Description: |
A cool sight, a pair of IC SD70's idle the morning away. Shortly these will be crewed and head back home to Stevens Point,WI. This is the first recorded time that two IC SD70's were paired together on the WC Transfer. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/2009 Upload Date: 3/15/2009 1:50:50 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 1036(SD70) |
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438 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Still White |
Description: |
IC 1025 is the other part of the puzzle, and although its pretty grimy, its still hanging on to its white stripe. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/2009 Upload Date: 3/15/2009 1:51:12 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 1025(SD70) |
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121 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
A406 Eastbound |
Description: |
The Stevens Point crew is on now, and has already went over Lexington Ave. Coming towards my camera, it will soon pass Victoria St., and enter the former SOO Line yard at Cardigan Jct. |
Photo Date: |
3/15/2009 Upload Date: 3/15/2009 1:52:24 PM |
Location: |
Shoreview, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 1036(SD70) |
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220 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
BCOL 4616 |
Description: |
The first time that a BC Rail C40-8M has ever touched rail at New Brighton. To add to this amazing occurence, there is an HBR 4200 along as well! The power was later wyed, and the HBR engine set out in the spur. |
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4/9/2009 Upload Date: 4/9/2009 6:23:58 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
BCOL 4616(C40-8M) |
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373 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CN 8864 |
Description: |
The 8864 (so new that I was the first to add the unit to the database) idles with a trailing Dash 9 (shutdown for fuel) at New Brighton, after doing work on L506 on this Easter sunday. Only 16 cars.... |
Photo Date: |
4/12/2009 Upload Date: 4/18/2009 1:39:36 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 8864(SD70M-2) |
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445 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 4609 |
Description: |
Cruising down the former SOO Line, two former Milwaukee GP40's and a CP GP38AC power this rock train towards Dresser. |
Photo Date: |
4/12/2009 Upload Date: 4/18/2009 1:40:28 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 4609(GP40) |
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287 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 9626 |
Description: |
A pair of EMD's are the power for todays L506. |
Photo Date: |
4/25/2009 Upload Date: 4/26/2009 6:37:32 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 9626(GP40-2LW) |
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189 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Raining |
Description: |
Two SD40-2's handle the 21 car Dresser Turn with ease as they create a burst of color to the cloudy skies. The trees are also trying to add a little color of their own. |
Photo Date: |
4/26/2009 Upload Date: 4/26/2009 6:37:55 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 5747(SD40-2) |
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254 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Duece Duece! |
Description: |
The eldest motor heads the charge under cloudy skies and damp conditions. Due to flooding out West on the former SOO, the Rock trains have been running at a steady pace of about one every two days. |
Photo Date: |
4/26/2009 Upload Date: 4/26/2009 6:38:11 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 5747(SD40-2) |
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218 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Well, Hello! |
Description: |
Shes still plyin' the rails and looking pretty good while doin' it. CP 6054, still with her digni...classlights, notches it up past the pedestrian crossing near 16th Ave. Following this old gal is the freshly repainted CP 4509, and another multimark in the form of 5927. |
Photo Date: |
5/18/2009 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 10:44:20 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 6054(SD40-2) |
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264 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Lookin Fresh |
Description: |
CP 4509 shows off its new attire in the midst of two newer, yet more shabby CP SD40-2's. |
Photo Date: |
5/18/2009 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 10:44:43 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 4509(GP38-2) |
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311 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
CP 5927 |
Description: |
Dear CP, paint some SD40-2's while your painting everything else! |
Photo Date: |
5/18/2009 Upload Date: 5/19/2009 10:45:09 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 5927(SD40-2) |
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280 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 4407 |
Description: |
Transfer One (an extra job now) shoves back towards Cardigan Jct. after making a pickup at New Brighton. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/2009 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 8:14:18 AM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 4407(GP38-2) |
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239 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
SOO 4451 |
Description: |
One of the last GP38-2's made for the Soo Line. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/2009 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 8:15:00 AM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
SOO 4451(GP38-2) |
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213 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
EMD Melody |
Description: |
As I waited for this train I knew the sun would be gone by the time it pulled through. So I started to set new settings to be able to hopefully pull off a shot such as this. Anyway, three Geeps rambo through New Brighton after hitting the diamond. You can tell that the bugs were thick tonight, by the lights near the ditchlights. Taken at 800 iso. |
Photo Date: |
6/1/2009 Upload Date: 6/2/2009 8:15:26 AM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 4437(GP38-2) |
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277 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
HBRY 5007 |
Description: |
A former MoPac SD50 lays over for the night in the spur at New Brighton. After seeing a few of the GP40-2LW's come up this way, I was quite please to see one of the 6 Axles finally. |
Photo Date: |
6/4/2009 Upload Date: 6/5/2009 1:57:55 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
HBRY 5007(SD50) |
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384 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
Night |
Description: |
Visitor HBRY 5007 sits in the spur on this silent night on the CP's Withrow Subdivision. This engine will head up to Stevens Point on the CN before continuing on towards home rails. |
Photo Date: |
6/4/2009 Upload Date: 6/5/2009 1:58:23 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
HBRY 5007(SD50) |
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147 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CN 8818 |
Description: |
Two of the new models from both builders have the WC Transfer this morning. |
Photo Date: |
6/9/2009 Upload Date: 6/10/2009 12:48:39 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 8818(SD70M-2) |
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233 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
3600th Shot |
Description: |
My 3600th shot added to the site, its been quite a long time since the first shot nearly 5 years ago. Fitting for this shot to be at New Brighton, the birthplace of my photographic endeavor. BTW, all of those speckles are cottonwood, which would cover me as the train passed. |
Photo Date: |
6/12/2009 Upload Date: 6/12/2009 4:10:41 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 1011(SD70) |
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114 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Waning light |
Description: |
Three CP's hustle their load of trap rock West towards Humboldt late in the evening. The dense trees hug the train as another day draws to a close. |
Photo Date: |
6/19/2009 Upload Date: 6/25/2009 2:31:28 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 6044(SD40-2) |
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216 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
CP 5911 West |
Description: |
Two SD40-2's, with the large multimark leading, thunder past the residential neighborhood on their way towards Humboldt. |
Photo Date: |
6/26/2009 Upload Date: 6/27/2009 3:35:51 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CP 5911(SD40-2) |
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270 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
Job 67 |
Description: |
314 and T2 roll back towards Roseville where they still have plenty of work to do. Hopefully the 314 will continue to perform well, because once it breaks it will not be coming back into service. |
Photo Date: |
6/28/2009 Upload Date: 6/29/2009 6:59:48 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
MNNR 314(C424) |
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611 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
IC 1002 |
Description: |
After bringing the train into town, two motors sit tied down on the West leg of the wye. This was common practice up until around 2006 or so, when CN decided that units must not be "wasted". |
Photo Date: |
6/29/2009 Upload Date: 6/29/2009 7:01:05 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 1002(SD70) |
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132 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
Pinch me |
Description: |
Summer 2009, horrible economy, new engines everywhere. Not much to say other than THANKYOU HOSTLERS! |
Photo Date: |
7/8/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 1:27:26 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
DMIR 211(SD38-2) |
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358 Comments: 3 |
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Title: |
EMD Beauty |
Description: |
SD38-2-40,000-65,000 thousand dollars. Bicycle-200 dollars. Being able to bike up to New Brighton to find the DMIR 211 still leading (it should have been wyed) for night shots, priceless! |
Photo Date: |
7/8/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 1:27:52 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
DMIR 211(SD38-2) |
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241 Comments: 1 |
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Title: |
DMIR 211 |
Description: |
A wish for many years, the oppurtunity to shoot the DMIR at New Brighton. Last time this happened over five years ago, I wasn't taking pictures. Now, its a different story, and with only two maroon SD38-2's left it couldn't have been more special. Needless to say from 9AM to 1030PM I was devoted to shooting this. |
Photo Date: |
7/8/2009 Upload Date: 7/9/2009 1:28:19 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
DMIR 211(SD38-2) |
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278 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
BCOL 4613 |
Description: |
BC Rail power will lead the L516 tonight. |
Photo Date: |
7/16/2009 Upload Date: 7/17/2009 5:22:39 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
BCOL 4613(C40-8M) |
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381 Comments: 2 |
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Title: |
CN 2447 |
Description: |
A pair of Cowls head towards Northtown under gloomy skies. Well, sort of, as you can see I wasn't really expecting the sun to pop out when I took this shot (wrong side of the tracks). |
Photo Date: |
7/17/2009 Upload Date: 7/17/2009 5:23:22 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
CN 2447(C40-8M) |
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229 Comments: 0 |
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Title: |
IC 2709 |
Description: |
Its been a while since I've shot the IC 2709 (Not that I was too mad about that!), and today it is paired with a true IC unit along with a BNSF GEVO that will be interchanged at Northtown. |
Photo Date: |
7/18/2009 Upload Date: 7/19/2009 9:15:00 PM |
Location: |
New Brighton, MN |
Author: |
Alec Holmes |
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Locomotives: |
IC 2709(C44-9W) |
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148 Comments: 0 |
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