MNNR 50 leads the sand train down the hill on the St. Paul Sub. Track speed is good for 45 mph, but they take it easy as they don't have dynamic brakes.

Job 11 heads through the "cut off" which connects the BNSF Midway Sub with the BNSF St. Paul Sub.

The sand pulls across University Avenue to double up their train. Construction continues here for the Central Corridor light rail line.

MNNR 50, a SF30C leads 3 more GE's and 1 ex-ALCO product on 15,391 tons of sand, coming down the hill and through the tunnel at Westminister.

Light power of 4 ancient GE's and 1 rebuilt ALCO returns West after delivering the sand train to Pigseye Yard.

The Minnesota Commercial completes another weekly sand train from the MNNR Yard A to the BNSF Daytons Bluff Yard having just uncoupled from the gondolas.

The MNNR sand train departs Minneapolis and heads for St. Paul.

The sand train rolls down the 1.2% grade into St. Paul on the final leg of its journey to Dayton's Bluff Yard.

The sand train sits in the clear as a BNSF stacker doubles up and prepares to head east. A run-through with CP power is also in the yard today, waiting to head towards Chicago.

Rare move! On this day, the sand train is taking the Union Cutoff, which links the old Great Northern (BNSF Midway Sub) to the old Northern Pacific (BNSF St. Paul Sub). Here's the sand train at... (more)

MNNR SF30C 50 starts fifty loaded sand gondolas into motion as its starts doubling up its train. Second out, pouring out the gray smoke, is M636CAT No. 71, which is equipped with a Caterpillar in... (more)

The weekly sand train rolls down the St. Paul Sub after taking the cut off to Union Jct. This shot looks like it could have been taken in November with the lack of snow, but those long shadows sho... (more)

The Tuesday MNNR sand train enters BNSF's Dayton's Bluff Yard at Hoffman Avenue, passing the soon-to-be-replaced signal bridge (get your photos of these now, folks).

MNNR 50 leads another sand train through Midway passing the BNSF intermodal facility.

Just out of St. Anthony, the Minnesota Commercial's sand train stomps upgrade towards the crest of the hill.