A pair of GE's with a third on the rear as DPU lead a grain train through Hoffman in the early morning as storms build to the west and a loaded coal train awaits a new crew.

Former Soo Line SW1 320 at it's home after a long career with the SOO. It now is owned by Independent Locomotive and has been repainted into it's original Soo Line black scheme

Holding for a UP train to pass.

The units used to switch out the Midway Intermodal Facility comes through Saint Anthony, passing some idling GP40's. The 1896 set has empty intermodal equipment in tow.

One last shot and off to the airport.

One of CP's ECO diesels starts its' shift. Rebuilt from Canadian Pacific GP9 #.1505, which served the rails for fifty years, let's home this one rides the rails for another fifty.

Just off the plane, I switch my usual routine up and visit the bluff rather than Northside. And am treated to a busy morning in St. Paul.

The evening shift is underway. SD60 2225 leads hoppers to Shakopee passing the CGW lift bridge.

TCW's "SY Turn" rolls down the hill and through the Westminister Tunnel on BNSF's Saint Paul Subdivision.

First light catches the transfer job from BNSF at Northtown to the Minnesota Commercial.

As the sun sets, CP 5001 - one of CP's new SD30C-ECO locomotives - is heading out of St. Paul Yard with a transfer run.

MNNR's sand train heads for the BNSF with 3 six axles up front and two B40-8's on the rear shoving.

After shoving out of midway, MNNR's 3 big six axles start to pull through Saint Anthony.

Two Milwaukee Road GP20s take a westbound freight through Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the afternoon of March 22, 1986. With not much room in the area between the multiple tracks belo... (more)

A Union Pacific transfer comes through St. Paul with a Standard Cab SD60 leading two SD40-2's as power. Taken off Wabasha Street Bridge.