The Northstar is loading passengers in Big Lake as a BNSF freight passes at track speed.

The final outbound Northstar Commuter train for the evening streaks across the Mississippi River Bridge just moments after departing Downtown Minneapolis Target Field Stadium.

With a month and a half before the start up date on 11/16/09, a Northstar commuter test train operates between Big Lake and Coon Creek.

While waiting for SP 4449 that got held up by a freight train issue west in Becker, I ran across MNRX 502 outside for some testing at Big Lake. I was hoping to get a nice meet shot with a new and... (more)