After building this train, it only made it to Dayton's Bluff and left cars to continue onto Chicago. These units would light power back to Northtown later that day.

KCS 2022 and CP 5032 lead J15 down Short Line Hill with cars from the Minnesota Commercial. KCS 2022 had some work done at Progress Rail Mayfield last year, and had its paint touched up in the pro... (more)

This string of well cars will be sorted and rebuilt into another outbound train.

Gaining speed after passing through Minnesota Commercial's yard.

Newer make up hides this Amtrak unit's age.

MNNR 75 working the yard in St Paul

After a decade-long stint as the CMQ 9020, this SD40-2F has been overhauled by Progress Rail and turned back into the CP 9020

BNSF 558 leads a BNCP transfer under the classic searchlight signal bridge at Hoffman.

A duo of warbonnet B40-8W's pulls the CP transfer south past Tunnel 1 at Westminster.

TCWR 2010 meets the Amtrak Borealis in downtown Saint Paul at Union Station.

Former Southern Ry SD24 deturbo'd, with an EB freight. Photo by Tom Bowers. From my collection.

An Executive MAC makes for a great leader on H GFDBRC as it leaves the Twin Cities behind, passing under the Q searchlights at Hoffman. Currently, only a few Executive SD70MAC's are PTC equipped.

The Minnesota Commercial's Belt Job passes St. Anthony as it approaches Midway Yard.

A trio of C44-9W's, all still wearing Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, take headroom at St. Anthony as they prepare to shove into Union Yard. They might be faded and road weary, but it's nice to still be... (more)

TCW 2015, 2022 and 2014 pass under the CB&Q searchlights at Hoffman, as they approach their interchange point at UP's South Saint Paul Yard.