The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Great Northern 325" on a photo passenger special. The GN 325 was repainted earlier in 2023 at Relco in Albia, IA thanks to a generous anonymous d... (more)

Canadian Pacific 7014, one of CP's rebuilt EMDs in heritage paint is on display at St Paul Union Depot for "Train Days". This is CP's second appearance at "Train Days". Just... (more)

Northern Pacific 3617 makes its first appearance at Union Depot Train Days in St. Paul. This is its first public outing since the Lake Superior Railroad Museum completed its operational restoratio... (more)

Milwaukee Road 32A returned to Union Depot Train Days in 2022. To date, the operational E9 has made three appearances at Train Days, tied-most with the Hustle Muscle, GN 400. Thank you to al... (more)

Great Northern 400, "Hustle Muscle" returns to the Twin Cities for display at St. Paul Union Depot for "Train Days". The GN 400 for much of the 2000s was housed just up the ... (more)

Amtrak 303 is displayed at St Paul Union Depot for "Train Days". The locomotive is part of the initial order of Siemens ALC-42s to replace the aging GE Genesis locomotives on long-distan... (more)

Union Pacific 4014...the "Big Boy" quietly rests after traveling across the state of Minnesota, reaching its northernmost destination of Duluth. While there was no formal photoshoot o... (more)

Canadian Pacific 6644 ("D-Day Salute") on display for Union Depot Train Days (2021).

Union Pacific's "Spirit of the UP"/"Support our Troops" tribute locomotive made an appearance on display at "Union Depot Train Days" in 2021. The locomotive corres... (more)

Amtrak returned to "Train Days" for the first time in several years displaying newly released heritage locomotive 161 along with a few passenger cars. AMTK 161 is the second of Amtrak... (more)

Milwaukee Road 32A is on display fresh from the paint booth in new 261 fleet-inspired colors, to match the passenger car fleet of the Friends of the 261. Historically, the locomotive was UP yel... (more)

UP 4014, the "Big Boy" is lit up for night viewing during its northern-most stop on the "Great Race Across the Midwest". Though there were no official night shoots, it was a gr... (more)

"Soo Line 559" (Rock Island 1223) is under the watchful eye of the railroad superintendent at the Dresser, WI depot. GP7 559 hasn't been operational since 2014, so it's return was don... (more)

Steve Glischinski hoops orders up to Douglas Hildebrandt in a staged scene at Union Depot Train Days. The Soo 700 came from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, the second Duluth-based loc... (more)

WSOR E9A 101 poses at St. Paul Union Depot during the annual night photo session as part of "Union Depot Train Days". The E9 was actually posing for the first time under new ownership. T... (more)