On March 15, 1969, GN F7A 309C leads an F7B, a GP9 and another F7A with more then 200 ore cars, totaling around 15,000 net tons of taconite pellets into Minneapolis. The Great Northern usuall... (more)
KCS 2003 leads J42 through Van Buren on the return trip to St. Paul. The 2003 was built for the Penn Central as a straight GP38 back in 1969, and continues to earn its keep for the CPKC.
On April 20, 1970 Great Northern SD9 584 is working a long transfer drag through Minneapolis. It's more than two months into the Burlington Northern merger and the SD9 has yet to be renumbered... (more)