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)

Remote control SD40 works the South end of the northtown yard

SW 1000 sits on the dead line at Northtown

Two great consists depart Northtown in the most uncomfortable of weather. The other consist has the CEFX 6019, recently repainted ex SOO SD60.

A pair of GEVOs break into the few rays of sun left in the late evening at CP University.

The deadlines are getting longer at Northtown - this second string is mostly SD40-2s. They sit silent with the Minneapolis skyline looming in the background...

Sitting in the storage line at BNSF's Northtown Yard in Minneapolis waiting for the grain season to come and be put back into service.

The WC 3027 marks the first WC painted locomotive to return to the Transfer this summer. With the SD45s now history, this comes as no surprise, so It was a nice sight.

TCWR making the afternoon Westbound trip. Taken at Cedar Lake Road in Minneapolis

Soo Line GP7 383, built in 1952, was still going strong over 45 years later. After it was retired by the Soo it was acquired by a refinery in Clarkson, Ontario and is still in use today.

Three Maroon and Gold units manuever the once busy CNW yard. We found a lot of ancient remnants around this foot bridge, including a sign indicating that a grade crossing was no longer in service ... (more)

Rows of Soo Line motive power, including several GP-9s, wait to be cut up at Shoreham. None survived.

Pulling out of the shops...

Four EMDs throttle up at 35th Ave. Two Santa Fe veterans bracket a pair of CSX SD40-2s, although I wish the CSXs were the ones leading.