A freshly painted SD39-2 passes under the SOO through the Northtown yard.

A couple walks along the Mississippi river while a Northstar Commuter passes overhead.

BNSF freight train crossing over the Mississippi river.

The plume of black smoke indicates the acceleration point of the Northstar commuter trains after taking the curve at Harrison St. MNRX 503 takes the 4:57pm departing train from Target Field throug... (more)

The token Utah Transit Authority locomotive takes a commuter train through northeast Minneapolis at the Van Buren St. station sign.

On a typical Tuesday rush hour in the Twin Cities, this Northstar train shuffles commuters from the new Twins ballpark station, Target Field, to the northern suburbs terminating at Big Lake, Minne... (more)

Former Olympic units are rare in the states but have come down occasionally now that the games are over and the logos are painted out.

One of the weekend Northstar trains starts to pick up speed after clearing the signals at Van Buren St., passing the Northrup King Building in the process in northeast Minneapolis.

The slugs that graced Northtown in the past have been replaced with this trio os SD40-2s and a similar set.

CP 183 pulls down the west runner to shove into the yard. This is the third trip the INRD's have made on this train.

2nd 171 marches across the rising Mississippi while enroute to Glenwood under a perfectly sunny sky. This train normally terminates at Saint Paul Yard, but with the flooding it's now forced to hea... (more)

A trimmer locomotive shoves another cut of cars into the bowl tracks on the south end of BNSF's sprawling Northtown Yard. In the distance, a section crew performs a task I'm sure they've become we... (more)

There's quite a bit of Cascade Green to see from the St Anthony Parkway bridge on this March morning: a remote switcher resting on the near track, two SD60Ms on a transfer, and another switcher in... (more)

CP's been running a lot of crazy consists with all the lease power they have, never did I expect to see two of these in the Twin Cities. Thankfully a late winter snow storm covered the area the d... (more)

EMD SD60 stands at the ready