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1/23/2025
 
 
 
 
  Viewing the last 200 photos I selected as my favorite Pictures.
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BNSF 8932
Title:  BNSF 8932
Description:  An empty coal train cruises over the Mississippi River bridge in Brainerd. Many thanks to BNSF for recently cleaning up the graffiti on the side of the bridge!
Photo Date:  7/29/2008  Upload Date: 8/11/2008 4:52:09 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8932(SD70MAC) BNSF 9483(SD70MAC)
Views:  648   Comments: 2
DMIR 403
Title:  DMIR 403
Description:  The last DMIR SD40-3 to wear DMIR colors brings a freshly loaded Minorca taconite train south through a crossing that runs through the middle of the intersection between St. Louis County Roads 7 and 101.
Photo Date:  8/2/2008  Upload Date: 8/11/2008 4:51:30 AM
Location:  Eveleth, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  DMIR 403(SD40-3)
Views:  570   Comments: 0
Brainerd Local Street Running
Title:  Brainerd Local Street Running
Description:  The Brainerd Local makes a routine run up First Avenue Northeast in Brainerd, Minnesota about to deliver 5 boxcars to the local paper mill.
Photo Date:  7/14/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:56:06 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1539(GP28M)
Views:  583   Comments: 2
BNSF 515
Title:  BNSF 515
Description:  The rear end of BNSF's Employee Special is on the last leg of its round-trip journey between Brainerd and Staples, Minnesota as it crosses over the former Northern Pacific bridge over the Mississippi River in Brainerd.
Photo Date:  6/19/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:56:03 AM
Location:  Brainerd, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  BNSF 515(B40-8W)
Views:  932   Comments: 6
BNSF 4038
Title:  BNSF 4038
Description:  The H-CSXPAS moves across the bridge in Little Falls, Minnesota that marks the point at which BNSF's northern transcon crosses the Mississippi River. More information about this bridge can be found at http://www.johnweeks.net/headwaters/pages03/bnrr_littlefallsS.html, which is a part of an excellent website that chronicles crossings of the Mississippi River within Minnesota.
Photo Date:  6/29/2008  Upload Date: 7/19/2008 4:53:22 AM
Location:  Little Falls, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories:  Bridge
Locomotives:  EMDX 9081(SD60)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
CP 9671
Title:  CP 9671
Description:  An empty potash train passes the giXnt AgPro elevators as it enters the westbrn end of the Moose Jaw yard. The smoking GP9u on the right belongs to the Assiniboia Turn, which is about to take off on the Expanse Subdivision.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 8/8/2007 5:05:57 PM
Location:  moose jaw, SK
Author:  Mitch Wahl}ten
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  920   Comments: 0
CP 8632
Title:  CP 8632
Description:  A priority-intermodal train comes up to the mile 8.4 signals on its way west from Swift Current.
Photo Date:  7/14/2007  Upload Date: 8/8/2007 5:05:55 PM
Location:  Beverley, SK
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  CP 8632(AC44CW)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
CP 8735
Title:  CP 8735
Description:  A westbound intermodal train has canola fields and the "skyline" of!Sintaluta alongside it as it passes through the Saskatchewan countryside.
Photo Date:  7/15/2007  Upload Date: 8/8/2007 5:05:52 PM
Location:  Sintaluta, SK
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  CP 8735(ES44AC) CP 8561(AC44CW)
Views:  941   Comments: 2
BNSF 7916
Title:  BNSF 7916
Description:  The Laurel Subdivision's daily southbound manifest from Sweet Grass, MT to Laurel, MT has 3 SD40-2s that are giving it all they've got to get their train up the grueling hill that begins about 12 miles away in Armington.
Photo Date:  7/12/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:24 AM
Location:  Raynesford, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 7916(SD40-2)
Views:  530   Comments: 1
EMDX 785
Title:  EMDX 785
Description:  The Great Falls Local, with just 14 cars, is having little trouble going uphill as it goes through the tiny community of Raynesford.
Photo Date:  7/12/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:21 AM
Location:  Raynesford, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 785(GP38-2)
Views:  535   Comments: 1
BNSF 5892
Title:  BNSF 5892
Description:  The end of a westbound empty coal train skirts the edge of the Yellowstone River as it continues through the river's lush valley. The island in the background is one of many along the river in this part of Montana.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:19 AM
Location:  Hathaway, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5892(ES44AC)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
BNSF 9837
Title:  BNSF 9837
Description:  An empty coal train passes alongside the wide, but shallow Yellowstone River as it continues west.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:18 AM
Location:  Hathaway, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9837(SD70MAC)
Views:  902   Comments: 3
BNSF 9947
Title:  BNSF 9947
Description:  An empty coal train cruises past the Terry Badlands and alongside the Yellowstone River as it continues west through eastern Montana.
Photo Date:  7/11/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:15 AM
Location:  Terry, MT
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9947(SD70MAC)
Views:  443   Comments: 0
BNSF 9204
Title:  BNSF 9204
Description:  With a classic all-SD60 consist (the rear helper was even an ex-BN SD60M), an eastbound coal train races through a field to the west of Beach and about a mile away from the North Dakota-Montana border.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:11 AM
Location:  Beach, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9204(SD60M)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
BNSF 8285
Title:  BNSF 8285
Description:  The rear helper does its best to shove the final third of a loaded coal train up the hill at Sully Springs.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:10 AM
Location:  Sully Springs, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8285(SD75I)
Views:  504   Comments: 0
BNSF 9736
Title:  BNSF 9736
Description:  The rear helper does its best to shove the final third of a loaded coal train up the hill at Sully Springs.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:08 AM
Location:  Sully Springs, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9736(SD70MAC)
Views:  496   Comments: 0
BNSF 8224
Title:  BNSF 8224
Description:  With the locomotives giving it all the power they've got, an eastbound coal train going to Superior, WI tackles one of the most grueling hills in North Dakota.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:07 AM
Location:  Sully Springs, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8224(SD75M)
Views:  544   Comments: 0
BNSF 9971
Title:  BNSF 9971
Description:  An almost all red unit train from Superior, WI to Laurel, MT basks in sunlight following a brief, heavy downpour. The clouds in the background were a part of a big storm system that spawned a few severe thunderstorms in the area.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:02 AM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9971(SD70MAC)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
BNSF 9971
Title:  BNSF 9971
Description:  A almost all-red unit train from Superior, WI to Laurel, MT basks in sunlight following a brief, heavy downpour. The clouds in the background were a part of a big storm system that spawned a few severe thunderstorms in the area.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:19:01 AM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9971(SD70MAC)
Views:  408   Comments: 0
BNSF 9956
Title:  BNSF 9956
Description:  A westbound empty coal train heads toward the pot of gold as it basks in sunlight following a brief, heavy downpour. The clouds in the background were a part of a big storm system that spawned a few severe thunderstorms in the area.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:59 AM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9956(SD70MAC)
Views:  531   Comments: 1
EMD 9025
Title:  EMD 9025
Description:  Like a 10 mph snake, a train full of lignite coal from the Antelope Valley mine about 35 miles down the line rounds the curve south of Stanton and approaches its destination of the Leland Olds Power Plant.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:55 AM
Location:  Stanton, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9025(SD60)
Views:  905   Comments: 3
Missouri River Bridge
Title:  Missouri River Bridge
Description:  One of the daily manifest trains that pass through Bismarck travels over the Missouri River and one of the most important bridges on the ex-Northern Pacific main line.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:54 AM
Location:  Bismarck, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  743   Comments: 0
BNSF 8233
Title:  BNSF 8233
Description:  An eastbound coal train with BNSF 9206 in consist comes around the large curve in McKenzie and in so doing wraps around a 52-car Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western (DMVW) corn train stopped on that railroad's Hazelton Subdivision. The DMVW crew is waiting for the coal train to pass so that they can get on BNSF's rails and head 20 miles west toward Bismarck.
Photo Date:  7/9/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:52 AM
Location:  McKenzie, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8233(SD75M) BNSF 9206(SD60M)
Views:  1060   Comments: 3
BNSF 8297
Title:  BNSF 8297
Description:  Having just picked up an extra locomotive, the crew on this empty coal train is patiently waiting for the signal at the west siding switch South Berea to clear so that they can reconnect their locomotives to their cars and proceed west to the Mandan yard.
Photo Date:  7/8/2007  Upload Date: 7/28/2007 6:18:46 AM
Location:  Berea, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8297(SD75I)
Views:  673   Comments: 0
NS 7662
Title:  NS 7662
Description:  One of the newest locomotives in Norfolk Southern's fleet is taking one of its first revenue runs far from home rails as it heads west into the sunset.
Photo Date:  6/19/2007  Upload Date: 6/25/2007 2:23:03 AM
Location:  Staples, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7662(ES40DC)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
Dilworth-Grand Forks at Sunset
Title:  Dilworth-Grand Forks at Sunset
Description:  Right as the sun begins to set over the Grand Forks yard on a beautiful March evening, a pair of headlights marks the arrival of the daily Dilworth-Grand Forks manifest.
Photo Date:  3/27/2007  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 4:43:15 AM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9032(SD60)
Views:  590   Comments: 0
SOO 2041
Title:  SOO 2041
Description:  Having tacked the 2 gondolas filled with scrap metal onto the end, the crew on this bandit-led wayfreight (CP 592) is up to 6 cars and on the move south.
Photo Date:  4/9/2007  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 4:18:39 AM
Location:  Detroit Lakes, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2041(GP40)
Views:  619   Comments: 0
BNSF 8922
Title:  BNSF 8922
Description:  A westbound empty coal train is quickly approaching the station sign bearing the name of Josiah Perham, the first president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, whose transcon through west-central Minnesota continues to see dozens of trains each day.
Photo Date:  5/10/2007  Upload Date: 5/19/2007 4:18:43 AM
Location:  Perham, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8299(SD75I)
Views:  638   Comments: 1
BNSF 2218
Title:  BNSF 2218
Description:  Under white-out conditions, the first Drayton Local of March eases down track 2 in the yard.
Photo Date:  3/1/2007  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 7:47:54 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2218(GP38)
Views:  626   Comments: 1
BNSF 8227
Title:  BNSF 8227
Description:  The Northtown to Grand Forks manifest train comes "home" under snowy conditions and with an unusual consist: an ex-Santa Fe SD75M, an ex-BN SW1000, and a Ferromex SD40-2. The pigeons were sitting on top of grain car to the right of the locomotive before getting spooked.
Photo Date:  3/1/2007  Upload Date: 3/11/2007 7:47:53 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8227(SD75M)
Views:  635   Comments: 2
CP 8792
Title:  CP 8792
Description:  A short priority freight train bound for Winnipeg is just a mile away from Eden Valley as it continues west. The entire train can be seen in this photo.
Photo Date:  1/6/2007  Upload Date: 1/7/2007 1:04:11 AM
Location:  Eden Valley, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 8792(ES44AC)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
BNSF 8081
Title:  BNSF 8081
Description:  A southbound empty grain train negotiates the Kettle River bridge on the outskirts of Sandstone.
Photo Date:  11/11/2006  Upload Date: 11/29/2006 7:10:46 PM
Location:  Sandstone, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8081(SD40-2) NREX 5732(SD40-2) EMDX 9040(SD60)
Views:  935   Comments: 2
BNSF 9233
Title:  BNSF 9233
Description:  A northbound grain train passes through the town of Askov, which, as the name on the side of the elevator suggests, is a highly Norwegian community.
Photo Date:  11/11/2006  Upload Date: 11/29/2006 7:09:53 PM
Location:  Askov, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9233(SD60M)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
CN 5350
Title:  CN 5350
Description:  A long manifest train passes over the Assiniboine River as it winds its way through the heart of downtown Winnipeg.
Photo Date:  10/8/2006  Upload Date: 10/27/2006 11:09:33 AM
Location:  Winnipeg, MB
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5350(SD40-2W) CN 2437(C40-8M)
Views:  1000   Comments: 0
BNSF 2873
Title:  BNSF 2873
Description:  The Drayton Local, today hauling 11 grain cars, proceeds under the University of North Dakota's "hamster tube" en route to the Grand Forks yard.
Photo Date:  9/9/2006  Upload Date: 9/23/2006 5:59:52 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2873(GP39M)
Views:  492   Comments: 0
New ES44AC & SD70ACe
Title:  New ES44AC & SD70ACe
Description:  Those who enjoy the latest power from GE and EMD should head to Alliance. Both ES44ACs and SD70ACes were very common locomotive models on the BNSF in the Nebraska panhandle.
Photo Date:  7/22/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:30 AM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 9379(SD70ACe) BNSF 5873(ES44AC)
Views:  920   Comments: 1
BNSF 5873
Title:  BNSF 5873
Description:  A coal train led by a new GEVO is only minutes away from being released from the yard and taken east through the sand hills of Nebraska.
Photo Date:  7/22/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:26 AM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5873(ES44AC)
Views:  482   Comments: 0
BNSF 5916
Title:  BNSF 5916
Description:  A westbound empty coal train takes the siding at East Stokes as it passes through what was once a massive tunnel. The BNSF demolished the tunnel and created the trench in 1998 in order to lengthen the siding. To read the informational placard regarding the trench and former tunnel, see http://mwmnp.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=461538
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:21 AM
Location:  Guernsey, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 5916(ES44AC)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
EMD 9083
Title:  EMD 9083
Description:  In a scene the horses have probably seen countless times, a coal train with 6 locomotives (2 helpers on the rear) slowly begins going downhill after reaching the summit just outside of Parkman.
Photo Date:  7/20/2006  Upload Date: 8/7/2006 11:43:20 AM
Location:  Parkman, WY
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9083(SD60)
Views:  899   Comments: 2
BNSF 8847
Title:  BNSF 8847
Description:  To the right of this coal train bound for Superior, WI is the Little Missouri Riqer. The bridge going over it belongs to Interstate 94.
Photo Date:  7/18/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:24 PM
Location:  Medora, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 8847(SD70MAC)
Views:  943   Comments: 2
BNSF 7646
Title:  BNSF 7646
Description:  A manifest train moves east with the North Da`ota badlands in the background
Photo Date:  7/18/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:22 PM
Location:  Medora, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7646(ES44DC)
Views:  575   Comments: 1
BNSF 9,72
Title:  BNSF 9,72
Description:  A brand new SD70ACe leads a coal train east through the wheat fields of western North Dakota
Photo Date:  7/17/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:18 PM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9372(SD70ACe) TFM 1600(SD70MAC) BNSF 9910(SD70MAC)
Views:  1118   Comments: 0
BNSF 4406
Title:  BNSF 4406
Description:  A/manifest train passes by the wheat fields and hills just east of Gladstone.
Photo Date:  7/17/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:17 PM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4406(C44-9W) BNSF 5125(C44-9W)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
Dickinson Local
Title:  Dickinson Local
Description:  Upon leaving the Dickinson yard, today's Dickinson local had only two cars: a boxcar for the brick factory in Hebron and a goldola for scrap metal at station sign Eagle Nest
Photo Date:  7/17/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:16 PM
Location:  Gladstone, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 2288(GP38-2) BNSF 2116(GP38AC)
Views:  770   Comments: 1
AGPX 6152
Title:  AGPX 6152
Description:  A weary veteran of the BN (and the CB&Q before 1970), the 6152 now w`rks at the AGP grain facility in Berea
Photo Date:  7/16/2006  Upload Date: 7/28/2006 4:52:14 PM
Location:  Berea, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  AGPX 6152(SD9)
Views:  571   Comments: 0
BNSF 9258
Title:  BNSF 9258
Description:  Three EMDs head west elephant style through central Minnesota with an empty coal train. The lead locomotive is one of a few ex-BN SD60Ms painted orange and the second locomotive is one of a few ex-BN SD60Ms still lettered for the BN.
Photo Date:  6/19/2006  Upload Date: 6/20/2006 11:55:40 AM
Location:  Staples, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9258(SD60M) BN 9208(SD60M)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
BNSF 9297
Title:  BNSF 9297
Description:  The infamous BNSF 9297 leads an eastbound loaded coal train through central Minnesota
Photo Date:  3/25/2005  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:30:17 PM
Location:  Sauk Rapids, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9297(SD60M)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
Just Before Sunset
Title:  Just Before Sunset
Description:  An eastbound train is about to pass the Amtrak depot in Staples with less than 20 minutes until sunset
Photo Date:  4/3/2004  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:30:15 PM
Location:  Staples, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  262   Comments: 1
BNSF 7764
Title:  BNSF 7764
Description:  A BNSF and NS locomotive team up to take this merchandise train west. The cloud in the background is from all the snow this train is kicking up.
Photo Date:  2/4/2006  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:14:47 PM
Location:  Hawley, MN
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7764(ES44DC)
Views:  467   Comments: 1
BNSF 3135
Title:  BNSF 3135
Description:  The M-DILLAU (Regular Manifest-Dilworth, MN to Laural, MT) passes under the signal bridge marking the beginning of the Jamestown Subdivision
Photo Date:  4/8/2006  Upload Date: 6/8/2006 4:14:44 PM
Location:  Casselton, ND
Author:  Mitch Wahlsten
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Locomotives:  BNSF 3135(GP50)
Views:  617   Comments: 0


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