Smoke is rising over Minneapolis Junction! No. 261 has a fire in its belly and is being steam tested in preparation for its upcoming trips to Duluth.
The Empire Builder rolls through the Van Buren St. control point on the BNSF Midway subdivision past the historic Northrup King Building in northeast Minneapolis.
CREX 1303 at BNSF's Northtown Yard. Photo taken with permission.
A classic Alco puts on a great show as it switches an industry on the Minnesota Commercials, Hennepin Branch. Nothing beats the sound of an Alco chugging away while switching!
A CP freight rounds the curve at University to head east. It's amazing how many trains pass this location on any given day and there are always people here "trainspotting". The foregro... (more)
An interesting find at the BNSF Northtown yard. The FRA track inspection vehicle DOTX 220. In 2007, Colorado Railcar built track geometry car DOTX 220 for the Federal Railroad Administration. DOT... (more)
Hauling commuters out of downtown Minneapolis on a Friday afternoon is what Northstar is all about. Here the 501 has just passed Van Buren on the outskirts of downtown Minneapolis beginning its tr... (more)
A lengthy stack train creeps along the BNSF Midway Sub at the equivalent to walking speed on a hot, humid, hazy Saturday morning. The Minneapolis skyline is barely visible in background due to th... (more)
A Hiawatha light rail train speeds past the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, at the time the home to both the NFL Vikings and MLB Twins (the Twins were in their last season in the dome). The dome is ... (more)
On the left, TCRT PCC 322. TCRT built most of its own streetcars in its own shops (31st Street in Minneapolis from 1898 through 1907 and Snelling in Saint Paul from 1907 through the late 1920s) t... (more)
Twin Cities Lines PCC 322 runs through the thick tree canopy and under the William Berry Bridge along the shores of Lake Harriet near downtown Minneapolis, MN. TCRT No. 322 was a Presidents' Conf... (more)
Fresh wheels line up nicely as an oddball engine waits its call to duty...
The Monticello Local is returning to Northtown as it passes the grain elevator and bins at University Avenue that are in the process of being razed.
Multi colored lash up of 7 crossing the Mississippi at Camden place
