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| As the nation continues the struggle with the recession and the entire world economy continues evolution, the affects are obvious with rail traffic across the area. With thousands of locomotives and scores more of cars stored across the system, train numbers are also drastically reduced. Despite the low train numbers, I was fortunate enough to still get some shots. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 7275 ES44DC Location: Division Point: Grand Forks Sub and Lakes Sub City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: Wow those numberboards are bright! |
| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Knife River City: Knife River, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: I arrived to find the DMIR 193 getting ready to lead the stored empty coal cars south to Duluth. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 7275 ES44DC Location: Spike Lake City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: As the sunsets and twilight takes over, the M-GFDSUP is highlighted through an opening in the treeline along Spike Lake. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9353 SD70ACe Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: The trains are tucked away in the yard to clear the way for a "hot shot" manifest from Grand Forks to Superior. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 8969 SD70MAC Location: Park Ave City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 05-16-2009 Remarks: With the sun pretty high yet and a back lit subject - time for a broadside shot. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 8907 SD70MAC Location: Cass Lake Yard City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: Empty coal train split in two to accomodate another coal train that will be yarded shortly. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9910 SD70MAC Location: Milepost 93 Defect Detector City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: Coal loads roll east over the defect detector at MP93. |
| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9353 SD70ACe Location: Milepost 93 Defect Detector City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 05-21-2009 Remarks: Why is all the good power always on the rear?! The SD70MACs have returned in large numbers and a lot of the GE's appear to be sent elsewhere. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 8969 SD70MAC Location: Station Sign City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-16-2009 Remarks: You gotta shoot what you can up here... even during high sun. Fresh crew just getting on board for their trip to Grand Forks. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9390 SD70ACe Location: Division Point: Grand Forks Sub and Lakes Sub City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-10-2009 Remarks: About the only thing moving these days seems to be coal... a BNSF DPU SD70ACe is just hanging out at the end of the line before shoving the train east through Cass Lake. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9886 SD70MAC Location: Park Ave City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 05-16-2009 Remarks: DPU unit has an easy job on this coal empty as they blast through Bemidji. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Knife River City: Knife river, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: The crew was documenting the move as much as the chasers were. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Knife River City: Knife River, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: Where else in the world... could you get a consist like this! |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: County Highway 61 City: Knife River, Minnesota Date: 05-25-2009 Remarks: The train rolls over the county highway 61 overpass that still shows some relics of the Missabe. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Palmers City: Knife River, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: The crew gave a couple blasts of the horn before heading over the "high bridge" at Palmers. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Lakeside City: Duluth, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: Blasting the horn for the grade crossing as they enter Duluth, the train is moving at a pretty good clip. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: Highway 61 Freeway City: Duluth, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: I thought for sure I was going to see a grade crossing crash as car after car kept rolling over the crossing after the lights had activated. |
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| Railroad: North Shore Scenic Railroad Locomotive: DMIR 193 SDM Location: London Road City: Duluth, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: I thought a cop was checking coming to check me out as he ran by lights and siren, but he didn't stop... as I was hanging over the edge to shoot the train. |
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| Railroad: Canadian Pacific Locomotive: CP 4620 GP38-2 Location: Ports City: Duluth, Minnesota Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: Trains were hard to find in the Twin Ports - but Kevin Madsen found this one. |
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| Railroad: Canadian National Locomotive: CN 8850 SD70M-2 Location: South Itasca City: Superior, Wisconsin Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: I'm glad since there were so few trains running around the area, this one had a nice clean leader on the point. |
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| Railroad: Canadian National Locomotive: CN 8850 SD70M-2 Location: Saunders City: Superior, Wisconsin Date: 05-22-2009 Remarks: Gotta love sweet evening light... too bad there weren't more trains to take in. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9910 SD70MAC Location: Farden Township City: Cass Lake, Minnesota Date: 05-23-2009 Remarks: My nephew and I had about 20 seconds warning to get in the car an in position before the train got there... not even enough time to set up the video camera. |
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| Railroad: BNSF Locomotive: BNSF 9910 Location: Railroad Street City: Bemidji, Minnesota Date: 05-23-2009 Remarks: I didn't even have time to get the car in park or get out of the car... taken right out the window. |
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