GP20C-ECO leads the Northfield job paused here at UP's Western Ave. before crossing the Mississippi at Bridge 15

The CP - MNNR transfer is overloaded with power as it backs in cars into the MNNR A Yard at St. Anthony Junction. The Soo Line's last purchase, CP 6262 (ex-SOO 6062), leads the pack during this j... (more)

CNW's SD18 were among my favorite locomotives, purchased late in their careers. Here, 6627 (ex-Sou 6309). has a coal train in tow as it rolls along the bluffs of the mighty Mississippi.

Awaiting disposition.

The Amtrak Exhibit Train made its first appearance in Minnesota for Union Depot's "Train Days." P40DC #822 was providing HEP to the train for the whole weekend instead of the generator e... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder has just departed St Paul Union Depot and is on its way to the next station stop in Red Wing MN.

The Twin Cities & Western arrives at CP's St. Paul Yard with one of the new GP38-2's and a GP15C (CAT) for power. The 2010 actually started out life as a N&W GP38AC. The UP transfer for East Minne... (more)

Bankrupt Milwaukee Road could not find funds to keep the Pacific extension alive, but still managed to put fresh paint and wash jobs on power in the core system as shown here at St. Paul. GP40 loo... (more)

The Empire Builder departs St. Paul Union Depot on-time bound for other points along the Mississippi River, Wisconsin, and eventually Chicago in the afternoon.

GPs With Histories

A Union Pacific local, with "GP38-3" 2507 and GP39-2 2732 for power, rolls into Hoffman Yard in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on July 23rd, 1999. UP 2507 is a rebuilt GP... (more)

MILW 97C, a venerable FP7 leads a quartet of vintage EMD power on a transfer run into CNW's Hoffman Avenue Yard adjacent to Milwaukee's Pigs Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN. Behind the train is Dayton Bl... (more)

Soo Line FP7 #2500-A was brought down from Duluth to celebrate Union Depot Train Days. This was the locomotive's first time visiting the depot since the 1960's, when it served in passenger service... (more)

ALCO RS27 316 is sitting center stage on the turntable amongst assorted Minnesota Commercial power in an authorized photo shoot taken on railroad property via a signed release. Thanks to all those... (more)

An ex-Soo SD60 backs a train past the engine house, where a line of SD 40-2s are getting some maintenance.

The classic cab of Soo Line FP7 #2500-A provides a sharp contrast from today's modern locomotives.