Weather in Minneapolis is still pretty wintery as a CNW crew handles some switching with a vintage NW2 switch engine of Minneapolis & St. Louis origin. CNW had an NW1 and a couple TR2 sets, but NW... (more)

This train is a few minutes away from arriving in SOO's Shoreham Yard.

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha crosses the landmark GN Stone Arch bridge as the westbound train approaches the Minneapolis station. By the time it continues west, the sun will be setting and it wil... (more)

CNW 219 leads a mixture of Fs into Cedar Lake Yard at Minneapolis, MN with a freight from Marshalltown, IA. This train operated on the former Minneapolis & St. Louis mainline and F units and older... (more)

This publicity photo of The 400 was taken for the C&NW Public Relations Dept. most likely around September 1939 when the streamlined train was first inaugurated. I was able to make a copy photo of... (more)

BN 9794 was a former NP passenger FP7, one of two that were purchased to cover passenger service between the Twin Cities and Duluth and International Falls, MN. In March 1973 the unit still wears ... (more)

BN's class GP35 was GN's class GP35. No. 2500 leads a former CB&Q GP35 on a transfer headed towards Lyndale Yard Minneapolis' west side. The train is coming off the Mississippi River freight line ... (more)

Here is an example of an GN homemade repaint into Big Sky Blue. GP20 no. 2002, among the only or very few classes of locos to retain their predecessor numbers in the BN merger, has been repainted ... (more)

In March of 1973 one could still find non-BN painted predecessor locomotives, but green was getting a foot hold. Here former GN 424, a factory painted Big Sky Blue SD45 can be compared to BN's cas... (more)

CNW 219, formerly F7A 4076C, looks a bit worse for wear, but keeps humming along with mainline freights on former CGW and MSTL lines between Minneapolis and Iowa. This scheme was a replacement for... (more)

Except for the weather it could almost be a PR pose, as an eclectic group of F units pose at the west side of Cedar Lake diesel shop, formerly Minneapolis & St. Louis's main shops on a drizzly Mar... (more)

The Minnesota Commercial with a set of B23-7's rolls south over the BNSF diamond at Park Jct with 27 cars.

The Milwaukee Road S3 is in charge of a Friends of the 261 Trip, running on the BNSF Wayzata Sub. over the Mississippi River Main Channel en route to TC&W Rails at Cedar Creek Jct. for a Fall Colo... (more)

CNW 4523, a GP9 acquired second hand from the Quebec, North Shore & Labrador, leads a nice mix of six older EMDs on a freight that has arrived in East Minneapolis Yard. In addition to the four GP7... (more)

Amtrak Train #992, a Friends of the 261 Excursion has just returned from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, MN to the Friends of the 261 Enginehouse at Minneapolis Jct. The crew cut the... (more)