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By:Tony Held
Dates:9/3/2014 - 9/7/2020
Album Info:More train action and other rail scenes from around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Enjoy!
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TC&W's Newest
Title:  TC&W's Newest
Description:  One of TC&W's new GP38-2s proudly sits on display at St. Paul Union Depot during Train Days 2016.
Photo Date:  5/1/2016  Upload Date: 5/1/2016 6:34:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  TCWR 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Only In Minneapolis
Title:  Only In Minneapolis
Description:  This sign for the railroad crossing on Humboldt Avenue North currently sports an anti-meth sticker. Only in Minneapolis.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 3:09:03 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Yard Goats Behind The Fence
Title:  Yard Goats Behind The Fence
Description:  I snapped this picture of Humboldt's yard goats from Morgan Avenue North, taking advantage of a handy gap in the trees.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 3:59:47 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 3131(GS38-2) SOO 4402(GP38-2)
Views:  293   Comments: 1
The Herzog Train Is In!
Title:  The Herzog Train Is In!
Description:  A unit train made up entirely of loaded Herzog gondolas (I do not know the commodity they were hauling) sits in the east end of Humboldt Yard beneath lovely May skies.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 3:09:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  CP 5046(SD30C-ECO) CP 5047(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  356   Comments: 3
Herzog Train And Crew Taxi
Title:  Herzog Train And Crew Taxi
Description:  Here is another shot of the Herzog train I found at Humboldt Yard today. Note the crew taxi in the left foreground.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 3:59:24 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CP 5046(SD30C-ECO) CP 5047(SD30C-ECO)
Views:  340   Comments: 1
SOO 4402
Title:  SOO 4402
Description:  This veteran Soo Line unit was part of the yard goat duo at Humboldt Yard today. You gotta love those Soo Line units.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 4:00:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 4402(GP38-2)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
Waiting At I-94
Title:  Waiting At I-94
Description:  A westbound CP freight waits at I-94 for a meet with an eastbound freight at East Humboldt. This is my first catch at this locale.
Photo Date:  5/5/2016  Upload Date: 5/5/2016 3:05:29 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 8855(ES44AC) CEFX 1002(AC44CW)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
Southbound 0630 Entering The West 70th Street Tunnel
Title:  Southbound 0630 Entering The West 70th Street Tunnel
Description:  The 0630 ducks into the tunnel beneath West 70th Street on its way to Nesbitt Siding in Bloomington. This tunnel has been a landmark on the MNS Spur ever since it was the main line of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southerv.
Photo Date:  5/20/2016  Upload Date: 9/7/2015 8:34:50 PM
Location:  Edina, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CP 2226(GP20C-ECO)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Passing Through University
Title:  Passing Through University
Description:  A BNSF freight passes through University as it leaves Northtown Yard behind.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:37:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7643(ES44DC) CSX 719(ES44AC-H) BNSF 4671(C44-9W)
Views:  114   Comments: 0
On To Northtown
Title:  On To Northtown
Description:  A northbound empty coal or coke train heads into Northtown yard while on its way north on the BNSF.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:35:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9335(SD70ACe) BNSF 6036(ES44AC) BNSF 9265(SD70ACe)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
Northbound In The Sun
Title:  Northbound In The Sun
Description:  Northbound BNSF oil rolls through university amidst a splash of sunshine pouring forth from the partly sunny skies above.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:35:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4293(ES44C4) BNSF 8152(ES44C4)
Views:  196   Comments: 0
Northbound Empties
Title:  Northbound Empties
Description:  An empty coal or coke train heads north through University Junction on the last Sunday in May of 2016.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:34:44 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9265(SD70ACe) BNSF 6036(ES44AC) BNSF 9335(SD70ACe)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Northbound Oil
Title:  Northbound Oil
Description:  A northbound BNSF oil train rolls through a splash of sunshine at University Junction.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:35:28 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8152(ES44C4) BNSF 4293(ES44C4)
Views:  199   Comments: 0
Departing Northtown
Title:  Departing Northtown
Description:  A BNSF freight heads south through University as it departs Northtown Yard on a lovely May afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:37:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4671(C44-9W) CSX 719(ES44AC-H) BNSF 7643(ES44DC)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
Northstar At University
Title:  Northstar At University
Description:  A Target Field bound Northstar train passes University Junction beneath partly cloudy and mild late May skies.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:16:28 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Meet At University
Title:  Meet At University
Description:  A southbound Northstar train meets at northbound BNSF oil train at University.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:16:46 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MNRX 503(MP36PH-3C) MNRX 502(MP36PH-3C)
Views:  89   Comments: 1
Two Uncle Petes
Title:  Two Uncle Petes
Description:  A Union Pacific duo heads south through University Junction beneath partly sunny skies. 1449 is an ex-Southern Pacific unit now fully decked out in UP colors.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:12:45 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1449(GP40-2) UP 1133(GP60)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
Light Power At University
Title:  Light Power At University
Description:  A light Union Pacific power move heads south through University Junction on a lovely Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  5/29/2016  Upload Date: 5/30/2016 10:12:23 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1133(GP60) UP 1449(GP40-2)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
At Rest Outside The "Shop"
Title:  At Rest Outside The "Shop"
Description:  Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line duo sit at rest outside the PGR's "shop" west of Lyndale Avenue on Memorial Day 2016.
Photo Date:  5/30/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:36:29 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500) PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
PGR 34
Title:  PGR 34
Description:  Nose view.
Photo Date:  5/30/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:36:42 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 34(SW1500)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
MN&S Aura
Title:  MN&S Aura
Description:  In this shot, the aura of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern can be felt in this nose on view of PGR's ex-MN&S unit now virtually back in her old colors.
Photo Date:  5/30/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:37:00 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PGR 36(SW1500)
Views:  203   Comments: 0
RRVW 2001 At Ziegler
Title:  RRVW 2001 At Ziegler
Description:  Red River Valley & Western 2001 sits at Ziegler CAT on Memorial day 2016.
Photo Date:  5/30/2016  Upload Date: 5/31/2016 10:37:12 PM
Location:  Bloomington, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  RRVW 2001(GP20C)
Views:  293   Comments: 0
Power At Roseport
Title:  Power At Roseport
Description:  I found four units parked on the end of live rails on the old Chicago Great Western main line at Roseport in Rosemount on the evening of Summer Solstice 2016. Behind the 4409 was a CSX unit, another UP unit, and a BNSF unit.
Photo Date:  6/20/2016  Upload Date: 6/21/2016 5:49:52 AM
Location:  Rosemount, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 4409(SD70M)
Views:  59   Comments: 0
My Kind Of Thunder
Title:  My Kind Of Thunder
Description:  A westbound BNSF grain train makes my kind of thunder as it rolls through my home suburb on The Glorious Fourth.
Photo Date:  7/4/2016  Upload Date: 7/4/2016 5:27:13 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6814(ES44C4) CREX 1344(ES44AC) BNSF 6750(ES44C4)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
Green Signal On The Glorious Fourth
Title:  Green Signal On The Glorious Fourth
Description:  A westbound BNSF grain train heads for the green signal as the crew takes the train west on the Wayzata Sub on the Fourth of July.
Photo Date:  7/4/2016  Upload Date: 7/4/2016 5:28:49 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6750(ES44C4) CREX 1344(ES44AC) BNSF 6814(ES44C4)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
Seen Better Days
Title:  Seen Better Days
Description:  The former Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern grade crossing on 155th Street sure has seen better days. By now only the dirt and vegetation is keeping the rails in gauge here at Orchard Gardens. The track used to be double here but was reduced to single track sometime after the Soo Line took over the MN&S (or so I assume).
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 8/21/2016 5:32:58 PM
Location:  Burnsville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Motive Power Behind The Sound Wall
Title:  Motive Power Behind The Sound Wall
Description:  The crew aboard a stopped eastbound auto rack train brought the head end of the train down to across my apartment building on a lovely August Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 8/21/2016 5:36:49 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5213(C44-9W) BNSF 6585(ES44C4)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Dan Patch Line Survivor
Title:  Dan Patch Line Survivor
Description:  This is the passenger shelter at Orchard Gardens. This was built by the Dan Patch Line, the predecessor of the Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern. The shelter's role was to provide a waiting space for passengers along the Dan Patch's interurban route to Northfield and points south. When the Dan Patch passed to the more freight oriented MN&S, the shelter survived as a monument to the brief success of the Dan Patch as a passenger line.
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 8/21/2016 5:33:40 PM
Location:  Burnsville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  41   Comments: 0
Orchard Gardens
Title:  Orchard Gardens
Description:  A view looking north from Orchard Gardens of the Dan Patch passenger shelter and the 155th Street grade crossing. Will passenger rail return to the old Dan Patch/MN&S? We can all hope such an eventuality comes to pass.
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 8/21/2016 5:34:42 PM
Location:  Burnsville, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Eastbound Autoracks
Title:  Eastbound Autoracks
Description:  An eastbound autorack train waits for a green signal behind the sound wall separating the BNSF Wayzata Sub from Orchard Lane on a lovely late August afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/21/2016  Upload Date: 8/21/2016 5:35:19 PM
Location:  Long Lake, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5213(C44-9W) BNSF 6585(ES44C4)
Views:  74   Comments: 0
New Kids On The Old Milwaukee Road
Title:  New Kids On The Old Milwaukee Road
Description:  Three of TC&W's four new units sit on the siding by the Hopkins depot on a fall-like afternoon in late August. This is the first new power to grace the rails of the old Milwaukee Road Benton Cutoff in quite some time.
Photo Date:  8/27/2016  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 11:42:28 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2010(GP38-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2013(GP38-2)
Views:  514   Comments: 1
2013 And A Hi-Rail Truck
Title:  2013 And A Hi-Rail Truck
Description:  Portrait of the 2013 with a Canadian Pacific hi-rail truck parked at the CP Hopkins depot.
Photo Date:  8/27/2016  Upload Date: 8/28/2016 11:08:40 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2)
Views:  125   Comments: 1
New Power On The Ready Track
Title:  New Power On The Ready Track
Description:  Three of TC&W's four newest units, Automatic Train Control equipped GP38-2s, sits on the ready track by the Hopkins depot beneath gray skies on an "Augtober" worthy Saturday afternoon in late Auguss.
Photo Date:  8/27/2016  Upload Date: 8/27/2016 11:35:57 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories: 
Locomotives:  TCWR 2013(GP38-2) TCWR 2014(GP38-2) TCWR 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  505   Comments: 1
Still Says "Santa Fe"
Title:  Still Says "Santa Fe"
Description:  The 2793 still says "Santa Fe" on its long hood twenty years after the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe merger. The paint is still in good order too. Santa Fe sure knew how to buy quality paint!
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/4/2016 9:29:13 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 2793(GP39-2)
Views:  110   Comments: 1
Eastbound At Bandana As The Fair Rocks On
Title:  Eastbound At Bandana As The Fair Rocks On
Description:  An eastbound COFC/TOFC intermodal thunders by Bandana Square as, in the background, the Minnesota State Fair rocks on.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/4/2016 9:21:25 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7621(ES44DC) BNSF 5115(C44-9W) BNSF 4576(C44-9W) BNSF 4545(C44-9W)
Views:  116   Comments: 1
Another Bandana Catch
Title:  Another Bandana Catch
Description:  An eastbound TOFC/COFC intermodal rolls east past Bandana Square, yet another catch I made at this locale.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/4/2016 9:26:53 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4545(C44-9W) BNSF 4576(C44-9W)
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Midway Yard Goats
Title:  Midway Yard Goats
Description:  A trio of yard goats sit beneath mostly cloudy skies on an afternoon in early September.
Photo Date:  9/4/2016  Upload Date: 9/4/2016 9:28:53 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 2912(GP39E) BNSF 2352(GP38-2) BNSF 2793(GP39-2)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
Shoofly At Wayzata
Title:  Shoofly At Wayzata
Description:  Construction of a new road bridge across the BNSF Wayzata Sub on Bushaway Road necessitated this shoofly.
Photo Date:  9/25/2016  Upload Date: 9/25/2016 5:31:29 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
BNSF "Marias Pass"
Title:  BNSF "Marias Pass"
Description:  "Marias Pass" is named in honor of the pass along the former Great Northern in Glacier National Park. The car was part of BNSF's Ryder Cup special when I photographed it in Wayzata.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:59:28 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
The "MT San Antonio"
Title:  The "MT San Antonio"
Description:  The "MT San Antonio" provides power for BNSF's Ryder Cup train as it sits beneath gray skies three days before the Ryder Cup began in earnest.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:46:00 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  145   Comments: 0
BNSF "Raton Pass"
Title:  BNSF "Raton Pass"
Description:  This car is named in honor of a storied place along the former Santa Fe. Today it was one of the BNSF Ryder Cup cars you could take a gander at from the trail along County Road 15.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:49:22 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 0
BNSF's Ryder Cup Train Is In
Title:  BNSF's Ryder Cup Train Is In
Description:  BNSF's Ryder Cup 2016 train sits in the former Dakota Rail interchange trackage at Wayzata on a gray but mild Wednesday afternoon. Dig that varnish!
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:41:02 AM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
BNSF "Snoqualmie Pass"
Title:  BNSF "Snoqualmie Pass"
Description:  The "Snoqualmie Pass" is named after a locale on the Milwaukee Road's route through the Cascades that BNSF predecessor Burlington Northern owned for a short while after the Milwaukee pulled out from the West Coast in 1980. BN subsequently abandoned the route through the pass. I find it surprising a BNSF business train car would bear the name of a place that no longer is part of a rail system.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 7:00:38 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  161   Comments: 0
BNSF "Stampede Pass"
Title:  BNSF "Stampede Pass"
Description:  BNSF business car "Stampede Pass" is named in honor of the pass located on the former Northern Pacific main line across the Cascades that was railbanked a short while after the Burlington Northern merger but was reactivated after the BNSF merger.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 7:12:40 PM
Location:  Wayzata, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Reminiscent Of Duluth
Title:  Reminiscent Of Duluth
Description:  Standing underneath 169, listening to the rumble of the CP duo's engines as I snapped this picture, I was reminded of hearing the rumble of locomotives and the sound of passing cars at Duluth Union Depot.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 5:57:58 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 4106(FP9A) CP 4107(FP9A)
Views:  89   Comments: 0
Covered Wagons!
Title:  Covered Wagons!
Description:  Walser may make the lady in the billboard smile, but these two FP9s were what made me smile this day. Too bad the Ryder Cup does not always come to the Twin Cities. I could get used to seeing these beauties on a regular basis.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:50:15 AM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Roster,Passenger
Locomotives:  CP 4107(FP9A) CP 4106(FP9A)
Views:  107   Comments: 0
The "Killarney"
Title:  The "Killarney"
Description:  Canadian Pacific private car "Killarney", the third car back from the engines on CP's Ryder Cup special, provides a sharp contrast to the electric billboard along U.S. 169 in the background.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:23:14 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  380   Comments: 0
The "Mount Royal"
Title:  The "Mount Royal"
Description:  The "Mount Royal" was the second car back from the engines on Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup special. I wonder how the occupants of this car dealt with the noise of traffic on 169? (Maybe the sounds of the locomotives drowned it out.)
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:35:39 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 0
Wine Red Train
Title:  Wine Red Train
Description:  A look at the consist of Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup special. Down on the former Minneapolis & St. Louis mainline, a grandfather taking his grandkid out for a ride in the stroller is admiring the wine red train. Just visible in the right background is a white square. This is part of a white banner emblazoned with red "CP" initials, denoting the parking and pick up/drop off place for shippers and guests who rode the rails to the Ryder Cup.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 10/3/2016 6:13:47 PM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  24   Comments: 0
Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup Train Is In!
Title:  Canadian Pacific's Ryder Cup Train Is In!
Description:  Traffic flowing north and south on U.S. 169 passes over the old Milwaukee Road oblivious to the snappy varnish Canadian Pacific sent to the Twin Cities for Ryder Cup 2016.
Photo Date:  9/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/29/2016 11:45:06 AM
Location:  Hopkins, MN
Author:  Tony Held
Categories:  Passenger
Locomotives:  CP 4107(FP9A)
Views:  73   Comments: 0


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