Here BN SD9 6119 gets some servicing work done alongside BN 139, an NW2 at Harrison St. roundhouse. That NW2 is nearly 20 years older than the 1958 era SD9. In 1971, both still had many miles to w... (more)
We all have our favorite loco and railroad. Mine would have to be GN 592, now BN 6119. I got acquainted with it in 1963 in Mora, MN where the crew of the Brook Park Turn stopped to give a 12 yr. o... (more)
Renumbered, but not repainted, a small group of former GN and Burlington power enjoy some summer sunlight at the former Great Northern roundhouse facilities. As the railroad completed revising Nor... (more)
The more things change, sometimes the more they stay the same. The scene here is the Burlington Northern Empire Builder waiting impatiently to get on its overnight run from Minneapolis to Fargo an... (more)
Former New York Central SW1 working at 35th street on a snowy day in the Twin Cities.
On our way to downtown Minneapolis, we stumbled upon this by chance. Schreier Malting Company's SW1 was working General Mills' Elevator T on this snowy December morning. This switcher was built fo... (more)
An ex-SP B36-7 pulls a Minnesota Commercial job west past the shortline's main yard.
BN 9792, one of two former NP FP7s, mates up with a former GN passenger F3B and the other former NP FP7 at Harrison St. engine facilities (former GN) at Minneapolis, MN in March 1973. These were p... (more)
H36 with CP 3128 and SOO 4413 pass by Camden on their way back to the CP Humboldt yard.
An oil empty makes a quick stop at the BNSF Northtown yard for a crew change and quickly departs. Leading the train is a neat GE ET44AH Tier 4 locomotive.
Westbound on the BNSF Wayzata Sub with the Minneapolis skyline as a backdrop. Taken from Van White Memorial Blvd overpass while walking Vinny the dog.
Train 40B-12 crosses over the 904 feet Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge in Minneapolis. CP 1401 CP 1900 CP 4107 CP 4106
Not everyday you can get an Amtrak westbound through the Twin Cities. Today on Good Friday we have one with Amtrak PX923 with a train of Talgo equipment headed for Seattle, Washington. With some... (more)
A four pack of TC&W power leads the St. Paul turned back to Hopkins.
A line of SD70MACs sit in storage at Northtown Yard.
