Former Santa Fe 623 pauses while doing some yard work at Northtown. Sure is weird seeing a GE widecab equipped with remote control!

Led by classic first generation hoods, with a former NP unit on the point, this EB freight makes its way across the northern prairies. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

A BNSF local with a GP50 on the point rolls out of the north end of BNSF's Northtown Yard in Fridley, Minnesota and passes by a manifest freight tied down behind an H1 Dash 9 leader.

AMTK 302 followed by two 50th anniversary units and a phase 5 P42 lead the eastbound Empire Builder through Fridley, running over 9 hours late.

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, doing it... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, shoves a... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, shoves h... (more)

A manifest is on its final approach to Northtown Yard as it passes the Fridley Northstar station.

MNNR 80 gets some extra power from MNNR 87 today to perform the switching for the transload cars.

MNNR 87 and 80 double head the transload cars. This probably means MNNR 80, an RS23 built in 1959, is having maintenance issues. Normally the Minnesota Commercial leaves the transload cars on a ... (more)

MNNR 80 sits out in the evening sun.

MNNR 87 is bringing 5 box cars to the International Paper warehouse in Fridley.

The crew of MNNR 87 just performed a "static drop" using gravity to bring the 5 box cars around the engine.

A duo of Ferromex units lead G-LANBRC east through Fridley.

CREX 1402 leads oil cans east past the Northstar stop at Fridley.