A worker hand washes the windows of Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha at the Minneapolis Great Northern Station prior to its departure for Chicago. The train disappeared in 1979 during a Carter Admini... (more)

BN 6254 is seen at BN's Harrison St. roundhouse in July 1973. This unit came to BN as CB&Q 514, built in May 1959. the unit was retired in July 1982. BN had perhaps the largest roster of SD7/SD9/S... (more)

BN 616 is former GN passenger F7A no. 365C/ 276A built in October 1950. BN apparently assigned it to freight service. F units primarily assigned to BN passenger service were numbered in the 9700-9... (more)

BN SD45 no. 6501 is being hostled at the Harrison St. turntable at BN engine facilities in Minneapolis, MN. This unit is a good example of the later production of SD45s made by EMD. First, BN chos... (more)

BN F9A no. 818 sits in a roundhouse at all at BN's former Great Northern engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis, MN. This was an important facility for GN and early BN. This unit was in ... (more)

Oops! The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck dera... (more)

The hostler crew had a little trouble at BN's former GN engine facilities at Harrison St. in Minneapolis when SDP40 appeared to split a switch during an engine move. Only the rear truck derailed.

During Amtrak's first year one highlight was the tour of the United Aircraft Turbo Train across the country. I was able to catch it during its evening open house at Minneapolis. It had arrived fro... (more)

Amtrak heater car HC 12 is seen at the BN diesel facilities at Minneapolis Jct. (Harrison St.) In the early years of Amtrak BN handled servicing here for them. This heater car was originally modif... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Shoreham Transfer Job H17 rolls west behind a pair of GP20C-ECO's as it crosses over the Mississippi River on the Paynesville Subdivision. The train is heading back towards Humb... (more)

An SD60 and SD30C-ECO are on the point of Canadian Pacific transfer H42 as it waits for a signal over the BNSF in Minneapolis, Minnesota so it can head back towards home rails and into Humboldt Ya... (more)

After a meet with LAUNTW coming off the Wayzata Sub, 240 gets moving once again past the old Northrup King and Seed factory, now transformed to hold art studios inside.

The Moose Jaw to St. Paul manifest heads over the Mississippi River at Camden, they will make some back and forth moves to set out bad orders in Humboldt Yard.

The Saskatoon to St. Paul manifest heads over the Mississippi River at Camden.

Canadian National's L506 slowly rolls across the wooden trestle that spans Columbia Parkway as it makes its way over CP's Withrow Sub on the final leg of its journey into Minneapolis, Minnesota. A... (more)