An ex UP GP30 rebuilt with a Cat prime mover that the Soo referred to as a GP30C trails an Ex Milwaukee MP15 and a Soo SD60 on a beautiful October afternoon. These units were common around the Twi... (more)

The $243M restoration of St. Paul's Union Depot has been completed and the concourse is open to the public for the first time since the late 1970s. Note the skylights, blacked out during WWII, tha... (more)

A lazy winter afternoon at "The Belt" finds a crew working on the east end, and GMTX 2620 (ex-Penn Central GP38) ready to head out out onto the BNSF. Note the row of stored leased units and CP/So... (more)

These Ex Southern SD24's were bought by CNW through PNC and were rebuilt minus their turbo's effectively making them SD18's. They gave many years of good service in a variety of applications to th... (more)

CP/UP transfer heads to Western Ave

A westbound freight departs the yard. From the Colin Gray Collection

Eastbound Builder eases through light snow at Dayton's Bluff while a bandit MP15AC lurks in the distance.

After waiting for Amtrak's Empire Builder to pass, a UP freight curves out onto the Robert Street Bridge in downtown Saint Paul.

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder passes Saint Paul Union Depot without stopping. Burlington Northern's Afternoon Zephyr was the last train to use the station on April 30, 1971, but new life is co... (more)

A UP grain train crawls past Saint Paul Union Depot. The depot last saw passenger train service in 1971, but will soon see new life. The new platform and loading tracks are installed, but not yet... (more)

Heading to UP's State Street spur are three SD40-2s with a transfer run.

Under darkening thunderstorm skies a Canadian Pacific freight leaves Hoffman yard.

Who ever said CP took over the SOO is nuts and this photo proves it. Three MILW bandits sit at Pigs eye awaiting their call to duty with a few leasers laying around as well..... Don't we wish? Min... (more)

SOO 1551 one of only a couple MLW bandits working Pigs Eye pulls a transfer from the CP to the UP through Hoffman avenue before shoving into UP's Dayton's Bluff yard.

Great Northern Railway passenger power lays over at the roundhouse next to St. Paul Union Depot in the early 1960s. The F3As and E7As pictured here were used on the GN's premier trains, including ... (more)