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Viewing Album:  WC Transfer in Minneapolis
 
By:SDfourD Photography
Dates:10/21/2005 - 10/21/2005
Album Info:This album contains pictures taken while the WC is battling the highline,heading to interchanges, and coming up Shoreham Hill.
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CN 5507
Title:  CN 5507
Description:  Grinding up the hill with a pretty long train.
Photo Date:  6/20/2007  Upload Date: 6/20/2007 7:06:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 5507(SD60F)
Views:  375   Comments: 2
WC 6907
Title:  WC 6907
Description:  An old CN unit heads up 2 sisters on the WC transfer this morning. Years ago, this would have been a much better consist....
Photo Date:  6/24/2007  Upload Date: 6/24/2007 9:01:08 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 6907(SD40-3)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
IC 6051
Title:  IC 6051
Description:  Two IC units flank a GTW motor on the train this morning.
Photo Date:  7/3/2007  Upload Date: 7/3/2007 3:04:01 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  IC 6051(SD40-2R)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
IC 6117
Title:  IC 6117
Description:  Three SD40-2s march up the High Line early in the sunny morning.
Photo Date:  7/4/2007  Upload Date: 7/9/2007 10:05:21 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Views:  187   Comments: 0
WC 6933
Title:  WC 6933
Description:  A whopping four units pass Foley Wye. A pretty neat site now adays, three Grey units and an IC GP40 with the L Window still!
Photo Date:  7/22/2007  Upload Date: 7/24/2007 4:47:35 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 6933(SD40-3)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
WC for once
Title:  WC for once
Description:  A very nice consist grinds (haha, what a joke, all of the cars are visible) up the hill with three units. The colors just popped on this shot.
Photo Date:  7/24/2007  Upload Date: 7/24/2007 4:49:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 3027(GP40-2)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
IC 7052
Title:  IC 7052
Description:  Had to look twice when=I saw this creeping up the hill. Three old SD40s march up to CP University.
Photo Date:  7/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/27/2007 10:05:19 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  IC 6052(SD40-2R)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
IC 6052
Title:  IC 6052
Description:  Rivals three SD45s in Maroon and Gold, does it not? WC territory has turned to the IC in recent months, and I couldnt be haspier.
Photo Date:  7/27/2007  Upload Date: 7/27/2007 10:06:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  IC 6052(SD40-2R)
Views:  691   Comments: 5
IC 6052
Title:  IC 6052
Description:  Three IC units, all originally SD40s (SD40A also), bring their Humboldt cars up to New Brighton.
Photo Date:  7/29/2007  Upload Date: 8/2/2007 4:39:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  IC 6052(SD40-2R)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
CN 9540
Title:  CN 9540
Description:  Dying breeds own this stretch of railroad. A405/A406 and the transfer are the home to the older units. Once strong in numbers, these units have been sold off, scrapped, and now there are a little over 50 left. It was a good day.
Photo Date:  7/31/2007  Upload Date: 8/2/2007 4:40:11 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 9540(GP40-2OW)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
CN 9450
Title:  CN 9450
Description:  Three Red and Blacks head up to New Brighton early in the morning.
Photo Date:  8/3/2007  Upload Date: 8/4/2007 9:09:47 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 9450(GP40-2LW)
Views:  314   Comments: 1
WC 6933
Title:  WC 6933
Description:  A pair of WCs and an IC unit head up the High Line with plenty of HP.
Photo Date:  8/8/2007  Upload Date: 8/9/2007 9:42:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 6933(SD40-3)
Views:  316   Comments: 0
CN 5763
Title:  CN 5763
Description:  The WC Transfer coming up to Central after dropping its CP cars on the highline.
Photo Date:  8/10/2007  Upload Date: 8/11/2007 6:20:08 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 5763(SD75I)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
CN 2445
Title:  CN 2445
Description:  A pretty nice sized train gets some acceptable power to climb up the hill.
Photo Date:  8/17/2007  Upload Date: 8/18/2007 9:26:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 2445(C40-8M)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
CN 2445
Title:  CN 2445
Description:  With a hefty train in tow, three units struggle up the hill, as evidence with the the cloud of sand.
Photo Date:  8/17/2007  Upload Date: 8/18/2007 9:27:05 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 2445(C40-8M)
Views:  397   Comments: 0
WC 6905
Title:  WC 6905
Description:  The Five unit Monster idles on the Foley wye with a real mess of traffic stopping the transfers progress.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 5:46:32 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Views:  266   Comments: 0
WC 6905
Title:  WC 6905
Description:  One WC, 2 ICs, and 2 CNs wait for the East Main to clear up before bringing their train into Northtown.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/9/2007 5:47:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
CN 9626
Title:  CN 9626
Description:  A recent repaint leads the WC 6908 and 6906 up the hill with only 8 cars out of the CP.
Photo Date:  9/22/2007  Upload Date: 9/22/2007 2:29:48 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 9626(GP40-2LW)
Views:  354   Comments: 2
GTW 5953
Title:  GTW 5953
Description:  Two fakes sandwich an SD40-2W. These SD40-3s are getting even cooler as time goes by.
Photo Date:  9/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 4:11:50 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  GTW 5953(SD40-3)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Why not SD45s?
Title:  Why not SD45s?
Description:  The WC Transfer howls up the hill with a pretty large train in tow. GTW 5955 and IC 6068 trail.
Photo Date:  10/6/2007  Upload Date: 10/6/2007 8:55:54 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 5290(SD40-2W)
Views:  318   Comments: 0
CN 5427
Title:  CN 5427
Description:  Heading towards New Brighton rolling along at a good 24 MPH clip.
Photo Date:  10/17/2007  Upload Date: 10/17/2007 6:30:47 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  CN 5427(SD50F)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Waiting on the Highline
Title:  Waiting on the Highline
Description:  Back oh the transfer again, been coming down as WC 6905 since 2003/4 I believe. Coupled up to SD45s regularly, afraid thats not the case anymore.
Photo Date:  10/20/2007  Upload Date: 10/20/2007 5:50:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  215   Comments: 0
WC 3027
Title:  WC 3027
Description:  WC 3027 polishes the rails that have been home to ancient power for many years now, mainly its SD45 brothers.
Photo Date:  10/20/2007  Upload Date: 10/20/2007 5:51:52 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 3027(GP40-2)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
WC 3027
Title:  WC 3027
Description:  Passing some so-so fall foilage, the transfer has 1960s power again. Heritage isnt bad either, Ex Milw,Ex GM&O,Ex CN.
Photo Date:  10/20/2007  Upload Date: 10/20/2007 5:52:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  WC 3027(GP40-2)
Views:  482   Comments: 1
Two Years ago
Title:  Two Years ago
Description:  To this exact day, I shot the transfer coming up the hill with WC 6596, IC 6250, and WC 7638. Today, with the same conductor I might add, we find no WC, but three units in CN paint. The rail industry never sleeps.....
Photo Date:  10/21/2007  Upload Date: 10/21/2007 4:18:35 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Alec Holmes
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Locomotives:  GTW 5930(SD40-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 2

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