Southbound pigs or "totes" as L&N called them. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Southbound pig train, remember those? A "piggy packer" took most of the day to unload one. I guess that and tare weight killed pig trains. Did they ever consider 10 cranes or packers ... (more)

MNNR 76 leads the Hugo Job through Little Canada. After operating in patched TTI paint for over 2 years, the 76 was repainted into this sharp Semiquincentennial commemorative scheme.

A quartet of GEs lug a 7,300 ton Belt Job north towards New Brighton.

The northbound "juice train" was a fan favorite in those days. I understand it not longer operates. Probably inconvenient.

MNNR 75 working the yard in St Paul

MNNR 75 smokes it up as it works a cut of cars at Commercial Yard in Saint Paul.

Minnesota Commercial's Belt Job works New Brighton with the MNNR 75. The former SP B36-7 recently received a long overdue repaint, and now sports the railroad's new logo.

A pair of Transkentucky Transportation Railroad B36-7's sit quietly at the railroad's shops in Paris, Kentucky. The crew will arrive shortly and get the two locomotives started up in prep for a da... (more)

MNNR B23-7 76, still in TTI paint, leads the Hugo job East though Roseville.

Back in 2017 I stopped by the TTI to see what there was to see. Pretty sad to see all the neat old B36-7's and U36B's that were waiting for unknown fate or business. This stuff above was on the de... (more)

A loaded TTI coal train chugs its way towards Maysville

Four TTI B36-7's bring an empty stone train through the farmland at Strodes Run. I remember asking the farmer if we could walk on his property to which he replied, "Sure, just watch out for t... (more)

A quartet of TTI B36-7's chug through the rolling farmland of Kentucky with an empty stone train

TTI B36-7's cross the South Fork Licking River