A couple SD40-2s work part of Northtown.
Two SD40-2s finish shoving another cut into the departure tracks while a Z Train goes past on the Mainline with three C44-9Ws.
Dozens of units sit silently on the south end of the yard in the shadow of the St Anthony Parkway/35th Ave bridge. Meanwhile, a caboose sits next to the storage lines waiting for its train to get... (more)
A pair of Geeps ease east into the yard
Easing under the signals at the 43rd Ave bridge with an empty East River Road behind them...
A former SD45 leads a trio of SD70MACs as they switch tracks at the shops. Meanwhile an ore train waits at the signals...
The Monti takes off for the day. Meanwhile dozens of units sit silent just to the west of the train... The local will have to navigate the busy traffic as well as the construction site in downto... (more)
The stored units sit silently on this warm morning. Easing through the rather empty yard is the WC transfer with a rare visitor - WC SD35 2500. With six different styles of locomotives here ther... (more)
Easing through the rather empty yard with a rare visitor - WC SD35 2500
Two great consists depart Northtown in the most uncomfortable of weather. The other consist has the CEFX 6019, recently repainted ex SOO SD60.
The deadlines are getting longer at Northtown - this second string is mostly SD40-2s. They sit silent with the Minneapolis skyline looming in the background...
Sitting in the storage line at BNSF's Northtown Yard in Minneapolis waiting for the grain season to come and be put back into service.
Pulling out of the shops...
Four EMDs throttle up at 35th Ave. Two Santa Fe veterans bracket a pair of CSX SD40-2s, although I wish the CSXs were the ones leading.
An array of power eases through the turnouts on the south end of the yard with part of the Minneapolis skyline overhead...
