Legends never die... they just wait to be reborn. Taken with permission of Friends of 261 staff.
BNSF 4852 heads west out of Minneapolis on the Wayzata Sub. Follow the tracks back and you can see Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins.
One of the newer photo locations in the Twin Cities thanks to a still being built overpass over the tracks.
The first self-propelled run on the Central Corridor aka the METRO Green Line. Here it is passing under 19th Ave S at West Bank Station (U of M).
The first train on the Central Corridor aka the METRO Green Line to move under its own power, here seen at Washington Ave and Oak Street on the East Bank of the U of M.
NS 1073 Penn Central heritage unit leads an oil empty after a crew change at BNSF's Northtown Yard.
A 4 hour late Empire Builder cruises through the BNSF Northtown yard.
The Great Pumpkin sits on Northtown's deadline.
On the long days of summer you can shoot from the north side of the 1905 built Camden Place Rail Bridge. CP496.
A thinned deadline at Northside.
After a long run working Rice's Point in Duluth, 3702 works Northtown.
A pair of Golden Rodents and a SD40-2 lead a very long train off the BNSF and back onto the CP at University ave.
MILW #261 departs Harrison St. for Duluth, MN on its first public excursion in nearly 5 years.
A pair of Minnesota Commercial engines wait patiently for their call to duty at the MNNR's shops in the Midway area of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Minnesota Commercial power spends its Sunday evening at their shops awaiting the call to duty on Monday morning.
