Milwaukee Road 261 is preparing to depart Minneapolis Junction for Chanhassen, Minn.

Milwaukee Road 261 backs down the engine house lead and will soon couple to its passenger train. The event was an evening dinner run on the Twin Cities & Western's ex-Milwaukee Road line that run... (more)

Twin Cities & Western's Saint Paul Turn crosses eastbound over the Mississippi River towards Nicollet Island after multiple trains, including Amtrak's Empire Builder and several Metro Transit Nort... (more)

MNS #31 rests at the Soo Lines Shoreham Shops in September of 1983.

BN 6119, former GN SD9 592, is parked at Minneapolis at the former GN roundhouse at Harrison St. This unit was the third of ten SD9s ordered by Great Northern for delivery in 1958. GN 590-597 were... (more)

Soo Line 500A rests at Shoreham Yard with a snow plow. 2 F-units were assigned to plow duty at the time, perhaps with this plow.

BN 5462, a former GN U28B mates up with an X-GN U25B, an X-NP SD45 and a BN green SD45 to make up a colorful consist on a sunny but cool January day in 1972. GN had only a handful of U28Bs, but BN... (more)

Soo Line 502A and 500A rest outside the roundhouse in Shoreham Yard in September of 1983. I believe these units were in snowplow service at the time.

SD45 BN 6406, x-NP 3606 is parked at Harrison St., the former GN roundhouse next to a former NP F9B. It's a cool day, but not too much snow. I recall being too excited about shooting new BN green ... (more)

Colorful light power move in Northtown.

There is another 1931 in orange and... running in Northtown as as slug set. i guess they (BNSF) will correct this. They have in the past.

Some Things Remain the Same: Although technology has changed over the years, the routine of most railroaders remains the same. Here a CP engineer checks the paperwork at the fax for track b... (more)

GEVO pulls a leaser in Northtown.

Another one of Northtown's slug sets in action.

One of Northtown's slug sets on the move.