BN 9908, X-GN 510, ends its career the way it started, hauling the Empire Builder. The loco is on the point of one of the last runs of the BN Empire Builder at Minneapolis, a week or so prior to A... (more)
Soo Line's sole SD9, no. 2381, sits in the Shoreham round house for a major overhaul. Neighboring roads like GN, CB&Q, DM&IR, MILW & CNW all had moderate to large fleets of this EMD model. Soo Lin... (more)
BN SD45 no. 6530 mates up with a U33C at Minneapolis Jct. The 6530 is about a month old when this photo was taken, having been constructed in July 1971.
BN 6117 was the first of 10 Phase 3 SD9s acquired by Great Northern in April 1958 and were not acquired for Mesabi Iron Range duties. This unit was GN 590, and 590-597 were non dynamic brake units... (more)
BN 5675 wears a fresh coat of paint at Minneapolis Jct. in January 1973. It is difficult identifying former NP U28Cs from the earlier U25Cs as both models used the large picture window windshield ... (more)