With the snow falling at a rate of 2 inches an hour and the wind making it go sideways, this crew member departs his unit as the CN train winds it way out of the yard.

Anticipating a hand throw, switches were marred by a deep snow fall in the last week.

Only 2 numbers apart, BNSF 539 and 536 have paint schemes decades apart.

Snaking across the longest trestle that I know of in the Metro. One rack and 8 BNSF/ATSF boxcars head towards the St. Paul Ford Plant.

A new locomotive works the BNSF's Dayton's Bluff terminal.

A couple of stackers and air glides were left here. In the background, BNSF 2773 and 2847 come to retrieve them.

My first in-person viewing of this heritage unit.

A pair of EMDs round the bend near Midway Stadium as they approach Northtown Yard, the end point of their journey.

This old GE is working the yard on a very nice Sunday morning in December. I counted 20 switches in this photo.

A Northbound (Railroad Westbound) BNSF coal empty passes under a UP Eastbound loaded coal train. Incidently, the tunnel the BNSF coal empty is coming through is the one that Jeff Terry has a shot ... (more)

Third in line on this consist is the GN 400 Hustle Mustle just returning from Horicon with a new paint job. Several days after this photo it returned to it's home at the Jackson Street Roundhouse.

Fresh red paint glowing in the afternoon sun.

A CN ES44DC pokes through the flood wall, which is closed off when the river rises.

I pair of Dash 9's take this Z-train up and around the snowy bend.