Waiting for its next assignment.
A pair of RS-27s are smoking it up for a handful of railfans in this rare lash-up.
A pair of SF30C's bracket a M420 while a pile of rail sits warming in the morning sun...
Of obvious BN and NRE heritage, 5488 sits in the shop yard with M636-Cat 71
One of the passenger cars stored at the MNNR shops...
The storage area at MNNR's shops with a former NRE/BN GE and MNNR 71 plus their only SW1200 which makes up half of their EMD fleet.
The lone GE left from the Australian import fleet is currently stored on the MNNR. The Crocodile GE was formerly Hamersly Iron 5059...
Sitting out by the roundhouse is SF30C #50
What was once a common sight, now long gone are the Alcos on New Brighton bound trains, now returns with a pair of them for the WC corn extra. 313 is Ex GBW, still retains the same number (and num... (more)
Units awaiting work outside the shops, everything from a M636 to SF30C to SW1200...
Sometimes I find it amazing that they can even run on rails in this condition.
With switch brooms ready to go on the nose, MNNR 35 is getting set to get back to work the day after another large snowfall in the metro.
A former CNW RS-27, now MNNR 316 waits for its turn in active service with several other ALCO and GE models at the Minnesota Commercial Roundhouse on a snowy day.
This old GE is working the yard on a very nice Sunday morning in December. I counted 20 switches in this photo.
Not exactly picnic weather with temps below freezing... The picnic table and ice cooler aren't in high demand right now as MNNR RS27 316 sits on one of the shop tracks.
C424 314 looking rather dirty as it gets ready for another day
The other "Monsters of the Midway".
MNNR 314 and T2 are waiting to start the days work...
MNNR 54 and C30-7 55 are waiting to start the days work...
MNNR 311 being transported to Silvis, IL by the IC&E's MSPKC train.
MNNR 1B being transported to Silvis, IL by the IC&E's MSPKC train.
MNNR 66 being transported to Silvis, IL by the IC&E's MSPKC train.
MNNR 1608 being transported to Silvis, IL by the IC&E's MSPKC train.
MNNR 1108 being transported to Silvis, IL by the IC&E's MSPKC train.
All these old engines are heading for the scrap yard. They have just been moved from the MNNR yard to the CP yard.
MNNR 2002 sits at the end of the deadline - note the rare shop truck sitting in front of it. That truck used to be the front support for C424 311.
MNNR 50 returned from work done at CP's Pig's Eye shops and is ready to return to service.
Ex-Oliver mining RS-3 has reached the end of the line.
A look down on the Commercial's 318 as it passes MNNR MoW equipment.
Showing what its made of, this old timer chugs into the yard.
Winding into the MNNR Yard.
Loaded onto a flat car for one last trip... They were loaded today, you can just see one of the two cranes used in the job in the background.
Loaded onto a flat car for one last trip... Formerly LS&I 1604
Loaded onto a flat car for one last trip... Formerly Minntac/Oliver Mining 1108
Loaded onto a flat car for one last trip... The unit still wears the old LS&I colors and number.
Loaded onto a flat car for one last trip...
MNNR C424 313 and slug T1 sit out the weekend waiting for work...
MNNR B30-7 54 and C30-7 55 wait to start another day...
One of the few Alcos in service, MNNR 313 sits out the weekend with a former BN B30-7 B unit over in the dead line...
The Alco replacements are out working in force - GE 1983 is one of the many GEs to sideline the Alco fleet...
A C636, one of a handful left, sits near the MNNR's shops, it is quite a large locomotive!
A rare look at RS3 1B, former LSI 1604. It was out of the deadline so they could move some old trucks. For years it has been tucked away between their other locomotives...
MNNR 83 sits with a group of locomotives, RS18, RS27, M420, C424, and B23-7 models are all represented today...
B23-7 1983 tows M420 out of the storage line...
RS18 #83 sits at the shops, it had the distinction of being on the last Class 1 Alco powered train when it was CP 1837... RS27 #316 is behind #83
This big MLW M636 was delivered via the IC&E from National Railway Equipment at Silvas, Illinois to the CPR at St. Paul Yard. It will be forwarded onto the Minnesota Commercial by the St. Paul Tr... (more)
MNNR 1969 sits with C30-7 56 and SW1200 200
MNNR 35, C424 313 and slug T1 out by the shops
MNNR 1969 - a parts unit for the rest of the GE fleet
MNNR 35 sits out near the shops
MNNR 1108, formerly Oliver/Minntac 1108, sits at the head of the dead line...
MNNR 1969 in the deadline with RS3B 1B and C424 314 in the background...
Minnesota Commercial GE about to cross the BNSF diamond at Park Jct. in Minneapolis.
An Alco RS-3m heads the deadline at MNN
A veteran alco brings a cut of cars into the yard.
88's power sits in the yard waiting for the WC to set out cars.
MNNR 75 waits on the mainline outside the roundhouse. Former SP 7754.
No reflection on the holding pond as it is frozen.
An A-B-A for the Minnesota Commercial as it waits to cross the BNSF at Park Jct.
Heading back across the St. Paul sub.
MNNR 1108 - a former Oliver Mining/Minntac RS3 - sits on the dead track. It was rebuilt by Minntac with no short hood.
Taken on MNNR property with permission.
MNNR M420 35 and B30-7AB 85B sit waiting for work.
Leaning into the turnout, flurries fly in the wind.
One clean, one filthy - both old push back into the yard.
Alco 424 with slug
Minnesota Commercial's ALCO C424 and SLUGGO pick up cars near the AMTRAK Station.
A couple of tanks are drug through industrial backroads to a small petroleum business.
Listed as a SLUG, it is on point and crew members sit in the locomotive.
Only Alco working was 318, ex-Green Bay & Western 318, nee-C&NW 901. MNNR 1983 at right - GE's found on most jobs.
Minnesota Commercial heads to Meriam Park Sub.
Minnesota Commercial power sits idle in the late afternoon sun.
MNNR 83 works Midway Yard.
In red, green, and stripes.
ALCO C424 & "SLUGGO" head out of A Yard.
Minnesota Commercial RS18u pushes three box cars to be stored at end of the day.
Hidden behind a warehouse, the tell-tale plumes of black smoke revealed 83's hiding spot.
68 and 40 pick up box cars before returning home.
Returning to St. Paul after work on Hiawatha Ave.
With the help of another GE, they move cans around the bend.
"The City of Bayport" brings back the Bayport job.
C-424 313 sits with Alco Slug "Sluggo" and partner B23-7 1983 waiting to begin their morning work.
A slurry of exotic power fills the tracks at MNNR engines shops. Everything from Alco to GE, to even a small EMD, it's all there.
Ex Conrail 2002 sits in the deadline. Minnesota Commercial recycles parts to keep their other GE units going.
On a Sunday morning, Minnesota Commercial motive power rests.
Running backwards into the yard agains fall colors.
MLW 420W is one of the newer additions to a varied roster of locomotives.
The billboard above is a hint for these power plants.
