Former NP U33C no. BN 5721 catches some sunlight at Minneapolis in the company of a former GN SW1500. Both units were among the newest power acquired by the predecessors to BN. Note the water towe... (more)

BN 9850, a former GN SDP40, finds new work for new owner BN at Minneapolis on a drizzly spring day in 1973. Snatched from passenger service with the advent of Amtrak in 1971, the SDP40s served in ... (more)

BN 746 a former NP F7A joins an X-GN F7B in the weeds next to a section of Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis. The pair are waiting their turn for servicing here. The healthy weed crop appears... (more)

BN 9794, a former NP FP7A, makes a move with an Amtrak F7B and another FP7 at Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The power was in use in the summer of 1973 by Amtrak to protect Empire Bui... (more)

Former GN NW2s relax outside of Harrison St. round house in Minneapolis, MN 15 months into the BN merger. Sporting GN's big sky blue color scheme, these yard goats still had a number of years of w... (more)

Former GN passenger GP9, BN 1832 now handles a different type of passenger assignment at Northtown Yard, Minneapolis. The unit was captured switching some work equipment around on the north side o... (more)

Here BN SD9 6119 gets some servicing work done alongside BN 139, an NW2 at Harrison St. roundhouse. That NW2 is nearly 20 years older than the 1958 era SD9. In 1971, both still had many miles to w... (more)

We all have our favorite loco and railroad. Mine would have to be GN 592, now BN 6119. I got acquainted with it in 1963 in Mora, MN where the crew of the Brook Park Turn stopped to give a 12 yr. o... (more)

Renumbered, but not repainted, a small group of former GN and Burlington power enjoy some summer sunlight at the former Great Northern roundhouse facilities. As the railroad completed revising Nor... (more)

The more things change, sometimes the more they stay the same. The scene here is the Burlington Northern Empire Builder waiting impatiently to get on its overnight run from Minneapolis to Fargo an... (more)

Former New York Central SW1 working at 35th street on a snowy day in the Twin Cities.

On our way to downtown Minneapolis, we stumbled upon this by chance. Schreier Malting Company's SW1 was working General Mills' Elevator T on this snowy December morning. This switcher was built fo... (more)

An ex-SP B36-7 pulls a Minnesota Commercial job west past the shortline's main yard.

BN 9792, one of two former NP FP7s, mates up with a former GN passenger F3B and the other former NP FP7 at Harrison St. engine facilities (former GN) at Minneapolis, MN in March 1973. These were p... (more)

H36 with CP 3128 and SOO 4413 pass by Camden on their way back to the CP Humboldt yard.