The Empire Builder glides down short line hill into the Mississippi River Valley with 140 & 124 as power with two BNSF executive coached attached on the end.

MNNR sand train runs down the Midway Sub, with the B39-8's in the lead and a former BN C30-7. Pushing is MNNR 50 and 71, an SF30C and C636-CAT rebuild.

A BN hotshot head east out of St. Paul at sunset along Pigs Eye Yard for an overnight run to Chicago. SD45 6423 leads an SD40-2, SD45 and U33C with perishable traffic on the head end.

MILW 120C and other units are in the deep freeze at Pig's Eye Yard, with ice fog in the air and negative 22 degree F temperatures. This was the beginning of another brutal Midwest winter.

NS 8101 - the Central of Georgia heritage unit - zips through Hoffman Avenue with empty oil cars heading for North Dakota.

Crew change at South St Paul. Olympic Torch Relay engine shows a little wear but still looks good on the point.

With the Candy Apple Red paint looking a little weather worn, one of only 2 GP39s on the roster (both of Kennecott Copper heritage) leads CP H36-10 under the 5 track signal bridge at Dayton's Bluf... (more)

MILW 71A, part of an A-B-A set caught at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN was still in its orange and maroon scheme, quite a rarity in 1970. Also unusual was the black pilot as these were normally pain... (more)

The Shakopee Job crosses over the Mississippi River on its way to Valley Park.

CP and BNSF freights running side-by-side at Hoffman, heading out of St. Paul for Minneapolis.

Great Northern F7A 454-A (in NP colors from its days on static display at Como Shops) stored at Jackson Street. Volunteers have done some sheet metal work in preparation for paint (BN Green or GN... (more)

A solid train of grain hoppers rolls through St. Paul on a warm winter afternoon.

CNW 7003,8029 and UP 2402 roll coal loads east past Daytons Bluff in St. Paul.

An ex GN U25B rests in company of a Q sister at St. Paul in this slide from my collection. No photographer information on slide.

On a crisp January day this sharp looking SW-1 spots new coal cars at a Northern States Power plant just west of downtown St. Paul. The steam plume from the plant has cast the hillside in shadow. ... (more)