SOO 4416 along with SOO 4420 and a BN caboose rest in the yard after their transfer run earlier in the morning. Now that I've seen it in person, red and white SOO may just be my favorite paint sc... (more)
Grain train with BNSF 5184 and a nice Warbonnet throttle west toward the diamond to get a good run at the Gassman Coulee several miles west of town. Unlike Grand Forks, Minot has some hills...
CP 8545 passes right through the yard and continues east after waiting for BNSF 5523 to clear the diamond downtown.
BNSF 5523 notches it up as it accelerates west through west Minot and rounds the bend near the high school...
CP 8576 creates some noise downtown as it pulls a grain train away from the diamond with BNSF in downtown Minot...
Another railroad to add to the notch on the belt: SOO (finally). The daily CP Transfer is backing 44 cars east toward the interchange with BNSF.
PAL 8333 is a long way from home tracks and sits alone on a dead-end line near the CP yard in Minot.
BNSF 6918 and MRL 256 are underway again after a crew change and heading east toward Gavin Yard. The elevated walkway I took this shot from had recently re-opened.
After the grain train with the Conrail on the point arrived at Minot, they switched the first two locomotives around.
A BN light power move through downtown Minot.
Im in Minot for five hours and a Conrail locomotive comes by on the point! What made it even better is the NREX (SP) 7401 fourth unit.
Soo flanger on ballast work train. Rare catch.
2500-A was EMD FP-7A demo 7001 built Nov. 1949, sold to Soo May 1950. Crews loved warm cabs during North Dakota winters.
Amtrak train #7 idles in Minot, ND during a station stop.
