The crew of this grain train has done a good job using a newspaper to shield the sun prior to departure.

Until the 1989 purchase of C40-8's for coal service the CNW had a very limited amount of success with GE products. The handful of 1968 U30C's were not held in high favor on the CNW. Most of the ti... (more)

A pair of nice looking GEs lead a loaded potash train from the Twin Ports.

A leased geep rests near an elevator as cola loads pass by on a nearby track.

Always something on the move at Northtown.

Executive F-units lead the holiday train through a nice signal bridge on a crisp December day in 1995.

A small crowd patiently waits for the show. In less then a half hour, the 261 will turn her first wheel under her own power in 4 years.

These fuel tenders didn't last long in service.

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train lead by CP 9824 at its final stop of the day at the CP Shoreham yard in Northeast Minneapolis.

BN's Northtown engine facility was always a fun place to visit (and still is). Lots to see in this shot during a key transition time between first and second generation diesels.

8884 gets some tender loving care in the BNSF Northtown Yard Diesel Shop in Minneapolis. Here is another shot of the BNSF Northt... (more)

At the Northtown Diesel Shop-with permission.

Soo Line no. 397 taking a spin on the turntable at Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in August 1962. The locomotive was one of four center cab Baldwin DT-6-6-2000s acquired from the Duluth,... (more)

A string of CN GE's round the curve out of the CP yard at University.

The Twin Cities & Western St. Paul turn rolls past Target Field, the Northstar Commuter Terminus and the Ford Center on BNSF's Wayata Subdivision with 87/3 cars and 10,000 tons on the drawbar.