X-GN GP5, now BN 1361, is parked at Harrison St., the site of GN's former roundhouse in Minneapolis. This unit is a GP9m built from an FT trade in, and still features GN's original Geep color sche... (more)

CNW 205 was built in March 1948 as Chicago Great Western 108C. Merged into CNW in July 1968, the F had an elongated life as traffic growth kept CNW scrambling during the 1970s. This view was taken... (more)

BN 9852, a rare SDP40, still wearing GN Big Sky Blue, pokes its nose out of the roundhouse at Harrison St., Minneapolis, MN, in April 1971. This, one of the newest passenger locos on GN/BN, is lik... (more)

BN is a month old, and they have not had time to re-number these units on the point of a train that most likely has arrived from Superior, WI on the former GN line. The big change is that NP/GN po... (more)

A rare photo for me, an actual BN passenger train. Here the Mainstreeter is briefly stopped at Minneapolis before heading to St. Paul. BN ran intercity passenger service for only 14 months prior t... (more)

Outside of the GN diesel house at Harrison St., Minneapolis, a group of power is idling in below zero weather. The mostly former GN group includes GP9M (designated GP5 on GN), rebuilt from an FT t... (more)

BN 2526, a former Burlington Route GP35 is in for servicing at the former GN diesel house at Harrison St., Minneapolis. This facility became redundant with the completion of new facilities at the ... (more)

A trio of CNW SD18's, led by 6637, bring a transfer run thru the Twin Cities in October of 1991. These were some of my favorite locos on the CNW.

Light power at Northtown Yard.

Light power heads under the searchlight signal bridge at West University adjacent to Northtown Yard.

Burlington Northern SD9 No. 6102 switches Northtown yard at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in September 1984. Built in 1954, BN No. 6102 is former Great Northern No. 575, and is set up to operate long ho... (more)

A group of Burlington Northern locomotives are stored at Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 11, 1985. The string in the foreground is all-GE U28Bs and U30Bs, while behind is all-E... (more)

A good sized CP train heads east on the BNSF Midway Sub. This train used the newer connection track near Marshall Street on the CP Paynesville Sub to access the BNSF at 35th Avenue; thus avoiding... (more)

No. 261 crosses the mighty Mississippi on the first leg of its day-long trip to Glencoe, Minnesota.

The crew aboard EMDX demonstrator 1603 is cutting off a portion of their train in the receiving yard after arriving in Northtown. The two SD70ACeP4-T4 locomotives that wear BNSF paint have been a... (more)