MRL 290 leads seven companions. MRL 290 is special for multiple reasons. It was painted up in a special paint scheme, for Montana's centennial for statehood 1989. It is also the lone SDP40R on the... (more)

From passengers to beer
For many years, Burlington Northern operated a trio of EMD SDP40s on the branch to Golden serving the sprawling Coors Brewery—on trains called the “Beer Runâ... (more)

MNTX 325 heads toward Osceola light power on the Cedar Bend Drawbridge over the St. Croix River.

MNTX 325 crosses the Cedar Bend Drawbridge over the St. Croix River heading toward Marine on its second trip of the day.

Three BN SDP40s former Great Northern 323 (6397), 320 (6394) and 325 (6399). Built as SDP40s, steam generators have been removed by BN and restored as SD40s.

Former GN business car A11 brings up the rear of the Minnesota Transportation Museum's migration train.

MNTX 325 is leading the Minnesota Transportation Museum's migration train through Marine on St. Croix.

My father took this picture of freshly painted BN Bicentennial SDP40 1976 in the Twin Cities in 1975. I recall that he had this photo enlarged into a color print so that I could take it to my kin... (more)

MTX 325 and 6234 sit on a siding in Osceola as the excursion train is in route to Marine on St. Croix.

Three SDP40s and an SD9 lead the Coors turn. It's been a while, but I believe they have finished their work at the brewery and are returning to Denver.

BN 9850, a former GN SDP40, finds new work for new owner BN at Minneapolis on a drizzly spring day in 1973. Snatched from passenger service with the advent of Amtrak in 1971, the SDP40s served in ... (more)

MNTX 325, a former GN/BN/BNSF SDP40 departs Osceola, WI for Dresser, but before leaving town, the crew backed up the train, then headed east "full steam ahead", picking up this mail bag ... (more)

MNTX 325, a former GN/BN/BNSF SDP40 readies for departure with one of the tourist trains operating out of the former Soo Line station at Osceola, WI. This consist includes a former NP Railway Post... (more)

In the mid-1980s, Burlington Northern was operating two or three big trains from 31st Street Yard in Denver out to Coors in Golden, Colorado, on a daily basis. For a good portion of the ’80s, th... (more)