The MNNR sand train departs Minneapolis and heads for St. Paul.
MNNR 75 under heavy repair inside the old Minnesota Transfer roundhouse.
The sand train rolls down the 1.2% grade into St. Paul on the final leg of its journey to Dayton's Bluff Yard.
The sand train sits in the clear as a BNSF stacker doubles up and prepares to head east. A run-through with CP power is also in the yard today, waiting to head towards Chicago.
Rare move! On this day, the sand train is taking the Union Cutoff, which links the old Great Northern (BNSF Midway Sub) to the old Northern Pacific (BNSF St. Paul Sub). Here's the sand train at... (more)
MNNR SF30C 50 starts fifty loaded sand gondolas into motion as its starts doubling up its train. Second out, pouring out the gray smoke, is M636CAT No. 71, which is equipped with a Caterpillar in... (more)
MNNR B23-7 68 switching at Midway on Job 20, ans Job 11, the Tuesday sand train with MNNR SF30C 50 leading, prepares to double A6 to A5.
The weekly sand train rolls down the St. Paul Sub after taking the cut off to Union Jct. This shot looks like it could have been taken in November with the lack of snow, but those long shadows sho... (more)
The Tuesday MNNR sand train enters BNSF's Dayton's Bluff Yard at Hoffman Avenue, passing the soon-to-be-replaced signal bridge (get your photos of these now, folks).
MNNR 50 leads another sand train through Midway passing the BNSF intermodal facility.
Rebuilt M636CAT "Giulio Capuano" resplendent in fresh paint at Midway, ready to begin a new career on the Minnesota Commercial.
Just out of St. Anthony, the Minnesota Commercial's sand train stomps upgrade towards the crest of the hill.
The crest of the hill at Lexington allows for a rare glimpse of the rear end pushers as the Minnesota Commercial's Tuesday-only sand train starts downgrade towards Dayton's Bluff Yard.
The sand train has just about reached its destination - Dayton's Bluff Yard - as it burbles through Hoffman Avenue on a beautiful November morning.
