Thanks to JFStrauss for all the information on my father's photo of BN No. 7 at Westminster Junction. On that same day, my father also photographed the eastbound morning Zephyr, BN No. 8 from the... (more)

A pair of CP GP's lead a local along the Mississippi and into CP's Saint Paul yard.

Locomotives:
CP 2242 GP20C-ECO
CP 4599 GP39-2

A pair of CP SD40 variants lead a yard job along the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul.

Locomotives:
CP 5105 SD40-3
CP 6000 SD40-2

The Minnesota Commercial rosters an eclectic mix of Alco and older GE locomotives at it's engine terminal and roundhouse in Saint Paul.

The Hugo Job passes Kasota Ponds on it's way north. 316 is one of only two operating RS-27s, both on the Commercial... not looking much different from it's birth, as GB&W 316.

Global cooling was the name of the game as minus 22 degree weather greeted EL 3652 and SD45 3603 at Burlington's Dayton Bluff Yard. CB&Q was proactive in making run-through agreements for motive p... (more)

A Burlington Northern stack train passes Hoffman Avenue (West Hoffman) at Dayton’s Bluff in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 22, 1986. A pair of EMD GP50s in “tiger stripe” paint bracket a GE B... (more)

This picture might help us date my father's pictures from the Kellogg Boulevard bridge. An eastbound Milwaukee Road train led by two GP30s and a many GP9s has just passed St. Paul Union Depot as ... (more)

Here's another shot of the Great Northern power awaiting their next assignment from the Kellogg Boulevard bridge. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

There must not have been too much traffic on Kellogg Boulevard, as my father was able to record this going away photo of the Rock Island train from the previous upload (FA-1m 136, F7a 107, and Eri... (more)

This picture is one of my father's earliest pictures in the Twin Cities. He is standing on the Kellogg Boulevard overpass looking North towards Westminster Junction (the Lafayette Road bridge can... (more)

Rock Island GP40 no. 343 lead a group of RI power at their engine facility at Inver Grove Heights, MN near St. Paul. As seen third unit back, the maroon scheme was giving way to red, much like the... (more)

In a rare mileage trip, a Northstar Commuter train sits at St. Paul Union Depot. The train arrived from Big Lake carrying 1500 passengers to the European Market at the Depot's plaza.

Milwaukee Road 261 steams past Northstar 502, which is making a rare appearance at St. Paul Union Depot pulling a shoppers special for the holiday season. Over 3,000 people used the depot platform... (more)

A pair of CP SD40-2 variants on a hump pull-down job ease along the trestle through downtown Saint Paul.

Locomotives:
CP 5105 SD40-3
CP 6000 SD40-2