A former BN SD40-2 leads a manifest north (rr east) out of Northtown Yard. The Minneapolis skyline is highlighted by the remaining rays of sun on one of the nicests days in months in Minnesota. ... (more)

A pair of EMDs head west with a long loaded vehicle train for Portland, OR.

A pair of old BN units cruise into Big Lake under the large steam cloud from Xcel Energy's plant in Becker.

The Pasco - Tacoma , after getting nailed for nearly an hour at Towal behind a stack train which was witing for track and time to be released, rolls under the recreation of Stonehenge.

There isn't much better than three SD40-2s powering a Class 1 mainline train these days. BNSF's Pasco - Tacoma manifest is about to blow past Bates siding, only to stop at Towal, which was good f... (more)

V-BLULPC highballs through Lockport with a nice pair of FURX SD40-2's (both in BN paint) in charge.

A Furbie and a bluebird lead Q375 through the green fields surrounding the horseshoe curve at Mance on a hazy summer afternoon.

Two SD40-2s lead the thrice weekly Minot - Superior manifest east toward the yard on a cold February morning. Shortly after this photo was taken, the eastbound Empire Builder, running 7 hou... (more)

A northbound in the hole at Birds looks on as a grain empty runs around it.

Late in the day, the thrice weekly Superior - Minot manifest switches cars on the west end of the yard under the control of a nice mixture of power including four SD40-2s and a single SD60M. For s... (more)

Idling without a crew at CP Watts as the day comes to a close. Taken with a Powershot SD1000. More info at Railroad: First Union Rail (FURX)
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Dilworth, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: FURX 8101
Train ID: H-NTWLAU
Photo Date: January 19, 2008

Quite a mix of power on this crewless manifest idling at CP Watts: an ex-BN/BNSF SD40-2, a GP39M, a renumbered SD60M (which, ironically, was placed in the number series on the BNSF roster vacated ... (more)

Five lines of locomotives (even more further to the left in the yard) await assignments at the Galesburg Yard. Leaders of the three up front are BNSF 4969, BNSF 8614 and FURX 7290.