Canadian Pacific's track inspection train ties down for the evening just north of University.

With a business downturn in the early 1980s, older locomotives were stored and often retired. Alco DL640 (RS27) No. 415, one of Soo Line's two "Dolly sisters" was parked with F7A 2225A in the late... (more)

The MN Commercial transfer run to BNSF's Northtown Yard is on its return trip.

Graffiti adorns both a container box and the first auto rack in this autorack train approaching Park Jct.

Common power at Northtown in the 1990s included SD9s and end cab switchers. Here a former GN SD9 works the south end of the yard while a pair of switchers rest near the Soo Line bridge. A few wee... (more)

A westbound manifest train has just departed BNSF Northtown Yard for the Wayzata Sub to Willmar.

A pair of nearly new CNW U-boats at Minneapolis in the summer of 68. Slide came from R. Wallin years ago. Photographer T. Smart.

The CN transfer approaches Central Avenue on CP's Withrow Subdivision as it makes its way from New Brighton to BNSF's Northtown Yard with 70+ cars.

A bloody nose for a bloody nose. Amtrak F7A No. 104 (formerly BN 9780; originally NP 6511A) went to early retirement after hitting a truck loaded with 1300 turkeys in northwestern Minnesota on Amt... (more)

A quad set of CP GE's are off the BNSF and on the CP now. Off to the right is Northtown.

Soo Line GP30s 700, 705, 713 and 716 rest in storage at Shoreham in Minneapolis during a traffic downturn in 1982. Soo's GP30s would be sold to Wisconsin Central in October 1987 to help with its s... (more)

I never had a lot of luck catching the Milwaukee's small fleet of GP30's, but I did get this one parked in Minneapolis in May of 1980. With the Milwaukee's pull back from the West Coast earlier in... (more)

A rare Soo FM from my collection. The slide is stamped R. Wallin and I either bought or traded for it years ago.

Soo experimented with some Cat powered units in the early 90's. This shot has a nearly spotless consist of 4102,4106,4101 arriving at Humboldt Yard.