An ex-BN SD40-2 is back home cruising along the banks of the frozen Wayzata Bay, leading an empty fertilizer train destined for Ridgewood, FL via the CSXT in Chicago, IL.
8 inches of fresh snow cover the tracks through Wayzata. If you look closely you can see the remains of the fallen tree branches that 7324 plowed through about 1/2 mile back. The wet heavy snow ... (more)
A couple of fishermen pay no attention to the passing freight train as it passed along the shoreline of Lake Minnetonka in downtown Wayzata.
After waiting west of town, coal loads for Wisconsin head east along the shores of Lake Minnetonka.
Three young girl cautiously check to be sure the train is not moving before crossing the tracks. This work train with 3 cars of ballast and 5 flats of panel track is stopped while Hulcher and BNSF... (more)
BNSF and Hulcher crews work feverishly to clear derailed coal cars and reopen the line. The train derailed at about 9:25am on June 30th as it was leaving the siding just west of Downtown Wayzat... (more)
Crews work through the night to repair the rail through the Wayzata derailment site. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have been really bad, it made it really e... (more)
While one crew works on cutting off the twisted rail, a backhoe moves one of the derailed coal cars off of the tracks. While having a derailment in the middle of a populated location could have be... (more)
A pair of warbonnets cruise along the shores of Lake Minnetonka past a crowd of kids on spring break.
A pair of Norfolk Southern units idle in the siding at Wayzata. Conrail blue does not show up in Minnesota all that often. Taken with permission.
The black and white makes me feel like I'm down south again. This thoroughbred leads a unit ethanol train through Wayzata.
A group of foreign iron leads a train through Wayzata on a chilly Sunday morning.
An overpowered BNSF train sits just west of Wayzata.
With the spring thaw well underway, merchandise for the Belt Railway of Chicago passes Lake Minnetonka.
Three EMD products, each with a different example of the BNSF logo, lead a coal drag through Wayzata elephant style on the day after Valentine's day.
