My father took this picture of freshly painted BN Bicentennial SDP40 1976 in the Twin Cities in 1975. I recall that he had this photo enlarged into a color print so that I could take it to my kin... (more)

Northtown's GP60M pair pokes out of the tunnel underneath Westminster with the BN-CP transfer in tow.

Job 46 approaches Park Jct with Slug T-3 and B30-7 88 for power. The T-3 was converted to a slug from a former Conrail B23-7 around 13 years ago. It has been mated with the 88 since becoming a slu... (more)

YSPMP and TC&W's St. Paul Turn wait at Jackson Street for congestion to clear around Hoffman. Unfortunately, the TC&W didn't come any closer to the light...

YSPMP eases down the hill towards the Belt with cars from East Minneapolis. UP 2377 is one of the few active SD60Ms on the UP roster.

The current gathering of models outside the shop area. In the MSP region, it's not unlikely to imagine a consist like this on the road....

Interchange for Dunn Yard.

The "Northfield" job is swinging out of CP Saint Paul yard across the Merriam Park Sub and onto the Robert Street lift bridge, which is due for replacement soon. Even made local news: h... (more)

A Canadian Pacific ethanol train, with a solid set of CSX power, waits for a clear signal as it prepares to head east out of Pig’s Eye Yard on CP’s Merriam Park Sub. The locomotives on this C... (more)

CP H37, the Northfield, crosses the Robert Street Lift Bridge with a pair of former Soo Line SD60s for power.

Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races toward St. Paul between Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard and BN's Dayton's Bluff yard. One of Amtrak's nicer efforts, the train featured a dome coach,... (more)

Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races into St. Paul past Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard hump tower and BN's main and Dayton's Bluff yard lead. E9 MILW 31C, built in April 1956, which wil... (more)

YSP51 does some hostling at Plato Blvd in order to make the UP 1823 their leader for the trip up to East Minneapolis. The PTC on the UP 1933 failed, which is what made this move necessary.

CP H15 starts up Short Line Hill with BNSF 1943 and 261 for power. This power is from the previous day's BN-CP, which died in St. Paul Yard. Not an unheard of occurrence, but certainly not somethi... (more)

The BN-CP transfer emerges from the former NP tunnel underneath Westminster, as they head down to St. Paul with 56 cars for the CP.