A-B-A EMDs lead this long road freight from Dilworth yard to Northtown yard. Leading is ex-BN SD40-2 #1997, still in green paint. Trailing is a unique GP38-2B, followed by another SD40-2. It... (more)
BNSF C44-9W #789 in warbonnet paint leads the Amtrak Empire Builder to Chicago. Blizzard conditions in Montana may have contributed not only to the 5-hour delay but also the need to have the locom... (more)
The conductor on a unit grain train gives a friendly wave.
Z train with 2 units on the head end and 2 DPU are doing track speed on this 0 degree morning.
The BN had a lot of lease power in the mid 90's, including LMX B39-8's and the nine ex-Reserve Mining SD38-2's on this manifest train.
A surprise on an intermodal, a pair of SD60Ms transfer a train of stacked containers from St. Paul to Staples to receive newer road power for the rest of the trip.
The arguable favorite of BNSF's schemes runs light power from St. Cloud to BNSF's Northtown Yard in Minneapolis
A nice surprise on a fertilizer(?) train was this post-merger Executive schemed SD70MAC on the point.
St. Cloud's local to Northtown sports a decently clean BN leader as it races east to Minneapolis.
A BNSF ACe leads a BNSF GE and a BNSF H1 GP38-2 west on a manifest.
A CSX SD40-3 leads a pair of CSX GEs on a fertilizer train headed east.
The Penn Central heritage unit is holding a long string of crude loads on top of the hill as some Amtrak heritage flies by with the eastbound Empire Builder.
Another late # 8 rolls thru Big Lake.
At the Big Lake MN shops. Taken with permission. This is the UTAX 12 with a "wrap" over the red white and blue colors instead of new paint.
Remarks: 503 rests for the night as 501 pushed back toward the Northstar maintenance facility.
