7000-foot train 198 waits to leave Shoreham after picking up. The train will be interchanged with the BNSF at St. Paul and run via BN trackage to La Crosse, due to washouts on the CPR River Subdi... (more)

Crossing the northernmost point of commercial navigation on the Mississippi River.

Dozens of units sit silently on the south end of the yard in the shadow of the St Anthony Parkway/35th Ave bridge. Meanwhile, a caboose sits next to the storage lines waiting for its train to get... (more)

A pair of Geeps ease east into the yard

Easing under the signals at the 43rd Ave bridge with an empty East River Road behind them...

A former SD45 leads a trio of SD70MACs as they switch tracks at the shops. Meanwhile an ore train waits at the signals...

The Monti takes off for the day. Meanwhile dozens of units sit silent just to the west of the train... The local will have to navigate the busy traffic as well as the construction site in downto... (more)

The stored units sit silently on this warm morning. Easing through the rather empty yard is the WC transfer with a rare visitor - WC SD35 2500. With six different styles of locomotives here ther... (more)

Easing through the rather empty yard with a rare visitor - WC SD35 2500

All is calm on the banks of the Mississippi until a pair of non turbo'd 645s come down the hill barking that distinct GP38-2 noise. Nice to see a pair of Red and Whites all alone.

Not even the heat waves can destroy the fresh paint that glimmers on the 4513.

BN green, ATSF blue and yellow, BNSF orange and green, NREX gray, and Conrail Quality blue provide a backdrop as BNSF 6332 noses under the Saint Anthony Parkway overpass.

I had never seen a remote control equipped SD40-2 before, and today I have seen two. Whiteface BNSF 6332 works the south end of the yard as contruction continues on double-tracking the Soo Line ov... (more)

My first remote control equipped SD40-2 pulls a cut of cars out to sort.

The two deadlines at Northtown Yard still continue to get longer. They are a nice mix of power, but it would be better to see these units pulling trains rather than sitting here doing absolutely n... (more)