With the 313 in the shop for a paint job this summer, the 314 was pulled out of the storage lines as a replacement. The Alco was normally used in the yard but got to stretch its legs on Job 67 on... (more)
Running with ex-N&W high hood brothers on C&NW, these units never got picked up by Northwestern. I seem to recall they went to Mexico. Any know for sure? Here they've cut off a train and appare... (more)
Running with ex-N&W high hood brothers on C&NW, these units never got picked up by Northwestern. I seem to recall they went to Mexico. Any know for sure?
The crew from this pair of ex-BN units stand out in the cold on the southern edge of Northtown yard wait for a van to pick them up.
A clean GEVO leads a nice consist pulling this train out of Northtown Yard.
A Dash 9, an AC4400, two GEVO's and an ACe make up the consist in this overpowered train leaving Northtown Yard as a pair of ex-BN motors overlook awaiting the crew van.
Three brand new Northstar Commuter Rail MP36PH-3Cs sit in the sun at East Minneapolis yard after delivery. Northstar plans to begin operations in late 2009 on 40 miles of track between Big Lake a... (more)
Looks like a real second generation nose rather than a homebuilt rhinoplasty.
We never expected to find one of these. They may have been relative "dogs" but they had nice lines and great sound. This one is on a transfer run.
Alco trade-in trucks, no D/B, a classic, sitting on a radial track of a long demolished roundhouse.
At the time I didn't realize that SOO even had these. This unadorned late-version of the 1200 HP switcher was switching a lumber reload site.
Train 497 is preparing to depart from Humboldt Yard at 4 AM on a cold Minnesota morning. The train will wait another twenty minutes for an eastbound to pass, then head west out of the yard toward... (more)
