Bluff Yard Power Shuffle A BNSF crew at Daytons Bluff Yard in St. Paul is adding ES44C4 6518 to an outbound train on a sunny February afternoon in the Twin Cities. After an air test, they... (more)
Midway. The former Amtrak Station in St. Paul, Minnesota was called "Midway". This station was closed for passenger service on May 7, 2014, when Amtrak moved area services to the ... (more)
A Classic E Unit for the Holidays Milwaukee Road E9A 32A is pulling the annual North Pole Express at St. Paul Union Station the second weekend in December 2021. Friends of 261 is mixing i... (more)
Local power at Union Pacific's Hoffman Yard.
North Pole Express 2021 After taking a year off due to COVID, the Friends of the 261 brought back the North Pole Express trips for 2021. Milwaukee Road 261 is sharing duties with E9 32A... (more)
Milwaukee Road 261 has just arrived at the "North Pole" with the 4:30 North Pole Express. From this angle, only the Christmas lights on the cab give away the fact that 261 has been deco... (more)
A sharp looking H4 Triclops SD60M leads the BN-CP Transfer through Red Rock, as they head out to Red Rock with their CP delivery.
The TC&W St. Paul Turn thunders through St. Anthony as they head for CP St. Paul Yard.
3 SD40Ns and a GP15-1 pull a nearly 100 car long YSPMP out of East Minneapolis. The UPY 654 is pinch hitting for one of the SD40Ns usually assigned for this job.
YSPMP makes their way back to South St. Paul with a great looking quad pack of EMDs for power. The YSPMP is UP's transfer job that runs between South St. Paul and East Minneapolis. UPY 654 is pinc... (more)
Night photo of Coke loads
After dropping off their UP cars in East Minneapolis, the TCW makes the short hop over to the Minnesota Commercial with 6 cars.
The TCW heads back to Hopkins after interchanging with the CP in Saint Paul. This job typically rates three units, so it is pretty unusual to see them with a 5 unit consist.
Canadian Pacific sends their Union Pacific transfer across the Mississippi River in St. Paul, MN.
YSPMP crosses the Robert Street Lift Bridge with a good looking quad set of SD40Ns for power. Nice that there were some stacks on the headend as well.
