After a two hour delay, this priority sets out.
Loaded with autos headed east.
Eastbound past St. Anthony.
A loaded coal train continues south along the Mississippi River.
A westbound TOFC maintains right-of-way through St. Paul. (Notice the smiley face on the door's window.)
Two switchers sit outside the autorack yard feeding the Ford Ranger plant in St. Paul.
Quietly idling as TOFCs pass.
Outbound with a newly formed consist. Third unit is BNSF SD9 6100.
An eastbound TOFC.
Remote controlled yard switchers wait for a passing train. The unit behind 2194, 2249 is the only cabless GP38-2B owned by BNSF.
A CP local crawls west between St. Paul and Minneapolis
The NB Empire Builder rests at St. Paul Amtrak station on a cool, rainy night.