Canadian Pacific Railway 1433 is an MP15AC built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in December 1978 as Milwaukee Road 497. When the MILW was bought by the Soo Line after it went bankrupt,... (more)

Ambling through the yard at sunset.

CP 2816-1401-4107 lead 40B out of St. Paul Yard on the Red Rock Industrial Lead.

On a beautiful morning in the Twin Cities, CP 2816 makes its departure out of Pigs Eye Yard with a nice plume of smoke to boot. In charge of the Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour, the "Empre... (more)

A pair of tattered former Santa Fe B40-8Ws lead the BN-CP transfer back to Northtown with 18 auto racks from the Bluff.

A familiar "fish in a barrel", this unit sat by the street for years and was shot by everybody but I thought the sun was particularly good on this date so here it is. I made up a report... (more)

BNSF 8321 leads a track evaluation train underneath Dayton's Bluff in Saint Paul, Minnesota while overtaking a tied-down manifest.

A sextet of geeps lead the TC&W's St. Paul turn back to Hopkins after interchanging with the UP in South St. Paul. This job typically rates 3-4 locomotives, but they brought over 100 cars down to ... (more)

The Empire Builder pauses for the conductor to engage the electric switch at the west end of the Minnesota Commercial yard area at St. Anthony Junction in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Recent snow and w... (more)

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

MILW 60A, an FP7 built as 90A in June 1950, mates with an F7A and moves away from the MILW engine terminal at Pig's Eye Yard, St. Paul. After a career of handling Hiawatha's and other MILW passeng... (more)

Union Pacific SD40-2 1592 (marked as a "D40-2" on the cab) sits in the snow at Hoffman Yard, awaiting its next call to duty. Built by EMD in December 1979 as Union Pacific 3645. (Saint... (more)

BN SDP45 9858 sits alongside Dale St. Shops in St. Paul, MN, still wearing its passenger number. A close look indicates the unit has been sideswiped on the engineer side. There is some damage to t... (more)

UP comes down off the Belt and into Hoffman Yard.

A pair of dash 7s switch Midway Yard in St. Paul.