A couple of SD40-2's sit in the yard waiting for their next assignment.

A pair of SOO geeps switch a scrap yard on the Camden Industrial Lead in north west Minneapolis.

A pair of NS SD70M-2's sit at UP's East Minneapolis Yard.

Soo 6062,6036 are at the east end of Humboldt Yard waiting to head east with a grain train.

BNSF All-Rail taconite train from Minnesota's Iron Range passes through the Northtown yard in Minneapolis.

A Great Northern train arrives at Great Northern Depot. The train is likely the Gopher arriving from Duluth at Sunset.

The North Coast Limited headed by NP 6506-C, designated as an F3 or F5, depending on the source, sits in the sunset before departing from Minneapolis.

A BNSF welder fills in a switch frog with a steady weld just outside of Northtown Yard. Once the weld is laid, he will grind and shape the original contour of the rail. He has many tools at an arm... (more)

CP eases over the Mississippi River with a train of wind mill towers. This train is nearing the end of its journey as it'll be handed off to UP in South St. Paul who will take it to PGR in Northf... (more)

After the Soo bought the Milwaukee they found themselves in possession of "gasp" more GE's. These units, mainly U30C's, U23B's and U36C's had been out of service and stored at the Milwaukee, WI sh... (more)

An eastbound merchandise train is sitting over I-94 on the north side of Minneapolis, as it prepares to shove back into Humboldt as the crew doubles their train.

The 6:15 p.m. outbound Northstar departure rockets across the Mississippi River bridge on a rainy January night.

BNSF 4342 and CSX 7725 lead a stack train through the BNSF Northtown Yard in Minneapolis.

BNSF 4342 and CSX 7725 lead a stack train through the BNSF Northtown Yard in Minneapolis.

I was in Minneapolis for 6 days on business and I never saw the sun due to a combination of work and miserable weather, mostly freezing rain, but was able to snap this shot of two Soo GP38-2s alon... (more)