A 139 car #482 ducks under the signal bridge at University on a gorgeous April morning.

A nice orange and black upload on Halloween. I'm sure the scary thing was the mechanical condition these refugees from Lines West were in when they showed up for storage in Minneapolis. This area ... (more)

After the Milwaukee Road abandoned its Pacific Extension a number of locomotives were stored at their Hiawatha facility south of downtown Minneapolis, including these two U25Bs.

BNSF 7793 and another Gevo lead a grain train into North town yard. Downtown Minneapolis looms in the distance on a nice spring morning.

Several stings of stored power sits in North Town yard awaiting to be called back to service. Several different models and paint schemes from Santa Fe, BN and BNSF are seen here including the expe... (more)

A loaded Taconite Train accelerates out of Northtown with a SD70ACe and former BN SD70MAC on the point.

A colorful consist with the worst engine in the lead brings an oil train out of Northtown.

At East Minneapolis yard awaiting make up of eastbound Roadrailers

After shoving a cut of cars over the hump a trio of SD40's roll past the tower to head for the receiving yard for another cut of inbound cars to be humped.

Yard power and hump power sit's outside the tower as they await their call to duty, downtown Minneapolis looms in the background.

An empty Superior Coal train with a faded SD70MAC leading, slows down for the crew change in Northtown. A Cascade Green SD40-2 can be seen to the left which is power for the BN-CP transfer.

A nice looking H3 SD40-2 works a pullout job in Northtown. Two other SD40-2's can be seen in this shot...

A BNSF grain train skirts downtown Minneapolis, MN.

Many locomotives are stored in Northtown in this picture but luckily this isn't the case anymore. As of a couple days ago, All the SD75's were gone, reactivated and in service. Only a few older Ge... (more)

A former Burlington Northern SD40-2, still proudly displaying Cascade Green, shoves a cut of cars into the yard while on a Pullout Job.