Canadian Pacific 6644 ("D-Day Salute") on display for Union Depot Train Days (2021).

Union Pacific's "Spirit of the UP"/"Support our Troops" tribute locomotive made an appearance on display at "Union Depot Train Days" in 2021. The locomotive corres... (more)

Amtrak returned to "Train Days" for the first time in several years displaying newly released heritage locomotive 161 along with a few passenger cars. AMTK 161 is the second of Amtrak... (more)

Milwaukee Road 32A is on display fresh from the paint booth in new 261 fleet-inspired colors, to match the passenger car fleet of the Friends of the 261. Historically, the locomotive was UP yel... (more)

CP's trio of F units shove the office car special under the signal bridge at CP Hoffman. My friend and I were surprised to be the only railfans at this location.

CP Presidential Train 40B is wasting no time as they head down the hill for St. Paul Yard. The BNSF westbound visible below on the St. Paul Sub is stalled out, and the conductor is in the process ... (more)

A clean trio of EMDs bring H42 back to Humboldt.

The BN-CP Transfer departs the Bluff with the BNSF 1687-1458 for power. Nice to see them headed for home with an actual train in tow. Surprisingly, these two units have been together for almost a ... (more)

SOO 700 along with a SOO Caboose sit on display at St. Paul Union Depot during a night photo shoot

As a unique model, an original GE U23B which was rebuilt by the ATSF became a member of the Minnesota Commercial roster in 2008. This unit is the only unit in existence of this model which only ca... (more)

Empire Builder 8/28 Enter St. Paul Station

At last light, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway* freight makes its way along the BNSF’s St. Paul Sub as it heads to the Dayton Bluffs Yard. Of the four locomotives, there is but one safet... (more)

YSP51 grinds up the hill towards East Minneapolis with a sharp looking SD60 leading a pair of SD40Ns. The 2184 is classified as an "SD62E" by the UP as it has received an EM2000 micropro... (more)

YSP51 heads up the Midway Sub for East Minneapolis with a nice looking SD40N-SD62E-GP40N-SD40N consist for power. These units were giving it their all in notch 8, and sounded good.

A matched pair of ex-SOO SD60s takes H37 across the Robert Street Lift Bridge en route to South St. Paul. From there, they will use trackage rights on the Union Pacific to get down to Rosemount an... (more)