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| March 2009 was rather cold with some significant snowfall. I was able to get trackside through some of the heavy snow and the cold. As the month progressed, a sharp warming trend and heavy rains created devestating flood conditions across the northland. Due to the disaster work had be tied down for much of the later part of the month. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 6029 ES44AC Location: Farden Township City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-16-2009 Remarks: The middle SD70MAC was a real smoker as they work upgrade out of Cass Lake after a crew change. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5298 C44-9W Location: WSS Wilton City: Wilton, MN Date: 03-16-2009 Remarks: The M-GFDSUP (Grand Froks - Superior) slows for a meet with coal empties at Wilton. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 6029 ES44AC Location: Grand Forks Sub City: Solway, Minnesota Date: 03-16-2009 Remarks: I would have loved to have chased this train west but I had to get to work... |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 2735 GP38-2 Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-18-2009 Remarks: It almost looks like that flat is hauling a GEVO, but it is sneaking up in the yard. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 2735 GP38-2 Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-18-2009 Remarks: A rare rail train and the Cass Lake local mingle in the Cass Lake Yard as the power sits side by side. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 7486 ES44DC Location: Shores of Pike Bay City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-18-2009 Remarks: To get this angle I had to walk through deep snow in the ditch, climb through some trees, then climb up a tree and shoot from a branch. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9363 SD70ACe Location: County Highway 101 City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-14-2009 Remarks: Shoving on coal empties out of Cass Lake. |
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| Railroad: Norfolk Southern Locomotive: NS 9492 C40-W Location: Bandana Square City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: My friend John was trying some pan shots of trains as they went by so I decided to try it on this backlit NS GE as they went by. |
| Railroad: Canadian Government Locomotive: SKNX 397417 Location: Bandana Sqaure City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: I've always been a fan of Canadian Hopper cars, and this is one of my favorite paint schems ever to wear it. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 8228 SD75M Location: Bandana Square City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: I've been wanting to get a photo of the 8228 for quite a while... its my badge number at work. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 7202 ES44DC Location: Bandana Sqaure City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: My friend John takes some photos from the top of the Bandana Square parking garage as a manifest rolls eastward. |
| Railroad: Canadian Pacific Locomotive: SOO 6039 SD60 Location: Bandana Sqaure City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: A pair of SD60's and a BNSF SD40-2 roll through Saint Paul with a transfer. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9653 SD70MAC Location: County Road 101 City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-14-2009 Remarks: Coal empties gain speed as they roll out of Cass Lake after a crew change with a SD70ACe pushing on the rear. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9363 SD70ACe Location: Highway 2 Bypass City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 03-14-2009 Remarks: Taken from the shoulder of Highway 2 Bypass around Bemidji. |
| Railroad: Canadian Pacific Locomotive: CP 8574 AC4400 Location: Bandana Sqaure City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: A CP manifest rolls through Saint Paul with an ILSX unit in the consist. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9951 SD70MAC Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-14-2009 Remarks: Coal loads are split on two tracks in the Cass Lake Yard until the afternoon when a crew will take them to Cohasset. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 4036 C44-9W Location: Bandana Square City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: Coal loads roll along the shores of Pike Bay as I stand on along the south shore and observe the monsterous snake roll through the trees. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5522 C44-9W Location: Victoria Street City: Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: Traffic was pretty light while we were awaiting trains at Victoria Street. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5421 C44-9W Location: County Road 45 City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-11-2009 Remarks: A couple snow mobilers and a section crew wait at the grade crossing as the manifest from Superior to Grand Forks blasts over County Road 45 in Hubbard County. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9845 SD70MAC Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-11-2009 Remarks: A crusty POSUM waits on the head end of coal empties in the Cass Lake Yard on a chilly post-blizzard afternoon. |
| Railroad: Union Pacific Locomotive: UP 5205 SD70M Location: South Saint Paul Yard City: South Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: A Union Pacific freight awaits permission to depart the South Saint Paul Yard. |
| Railroad: Uniton Pacific Locomotive: UP 5205 SD70M Location: South Saint Paul Yard City: South Saint Paul, Minnesota Date: 03-12-2009 Remarks: A Union Pacific freight awaits permission to depart the South Saint Paul Yard as the chilly Saint Paul skyline stands over the riverbanks in the background. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5736 AC4400 Location: Highway 371 City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-11-2009 Remarks: This AC4400 was built like a GEVO but is designated an AC4400 as they back to their train in Cass Lake after dropping off three engines. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5421 C44-9W Location: Pike Bay Loop Road City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-11-2009 Remarks: After a season warming trend melted almost all of the snow across the area, a very powerful winter storm blasted the northland with over a foot of snow, heavy winds, drifts, and bitter temperatures... and I was out shooting all I could! |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 5421 C44-9W Location: State Highway 197 City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 03-11-2009 Remarks: I couldn't even hear the train blasting the horn because the wind was so strong whipping snow all around me. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 6029 ES44AC Location: Farden Township City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 03-16-2009 Remarks: The middle SD70MAC was a real smoker as they work upgrade out of Cass Lake after a crew change. |
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| Railroad: Canadian National Locomotive: No locomotive Location: Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Depot City: Baudette, Minnesota Date: 03-29-2009 Remarks: I was quite angry to sit up next to the CN mainline for 4 hours and not see a single train. This normally busy sub had nothing moving this Sunday afternoon. |
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