Night photo session at St Paul Union Depot Train Days

YSP51 approaches East Minneapolis with 4 SD40Ns for power.

The BN-CP transfer departs the Bluff with a decent size train for Northtown in tow.

Interesting assortment of laid-up power includes the one-of-a-kind MPEX (DME) 5000.

It's 100 degrees outside as H42 departs St Paul Yard for Humboldt with a former Milwaukee Road GP40 leading. CP only had two of these ex Milwaukee GP40s rebuilt into GP40-3s.

Two years to the date from its last appearance, almost, refurbished 32A stands at St Paul Union Depot. This is one of the road numbers it wore during its early career, but the paint was done to m... (more)

Recently acquired E9A of MILW lineage will join The Friends of the 261's fleet.

Part of St Paul's Train Days display....6644 was brought in for display on 6-6-21

Canadian Pacific 6644 ("D-Day Salute") on display for Union Depot Train Days (2021).

Union Pacific's "Spirit of the UP"/"Support our Troops" tribute locomotive made an appearance on display at "Union Depot Train Days" in 2021. The locomotive corres... (more)

Amtrak returned to "Train Days" for the first time in several years displaying newly released heritage locomotive 161 along with a few passenger cars. AMTK 161 is the second of Amtrak... (more)

Milwaukee Road 32A is on display fresh from the paint booth in new 261 fleet-inspired colors, to match the passenger car fleet of the Friends of the 261. Historically, the locomotive was UP yel... (more)

CP's trio of F units shove the office car special under the signal bridge at CP Hoffman. My friend and I were surprised to be the only railfans at this location.

CP Presidential Train 40B is wasting no time as they head down the hill for St. Paul Yard. The BNSF westbound visible below on the St. Paul Sub is stalled out, and the conductor is in the process ... (more)

A clean trio of EMDs bring H42 back to Humboldt.