This is Canadian Pacific's Camden Place bridge which marks the furthest navigable point north on the Mississippi River's shipping channel. There are a few barge terminals just feet down river from... (more)
Burlington Northern Sante Fe and Canadian Pacific both get through most of Minneapolis by running above the roads most of the way crossing at a diagonal to the city blocks.
I bet the driver of this SUV had to change their shorts after this close encounter. This view shows the odd body lines left over rebuilding by the Santa Fe.
Minnesota Commercials newest aquistion, former BNSF 4211, is a SF30B. This one of a kind Santa Fe rebuild trundles south on the Commercials mainline between St. Anthony and New Brighton.
What am I thankful for? All of the volunteers that keep mainline steam running. Dana Alexon is a safety officer who volunteers on all FO261 trips as an emergency medical technician. It is details ... (more)
My response to Joe LeMay's photo #304577 is this pile of Milwaukee Road 261 parts at Harrison Street. The smokebox front and cab sides will have to be reinstalled before it goes back to Green Bay... (more)
No 261, no problem! Just make a "guest" engine a Milwaukee locomotive (hey, the colors are pretty close to the Hiawatha). NOT a photoshop job, just some fun in the shop when Doyle wasn't looking... (more)
Fireman Ambrose has 261's fire under control and the boiler pressure pegged in this image taken just minutes prior to departure. In lieu of the organization's termination of their contract with NR... (more)
The 261 is undergoing rebuilding the morning that the SP 4449 is hauling me from Minneapolis to Chicago on its way to Train Festival in Owosso, MI. At the time, the Friends of the 261 were under t... (more)
WC transfer with BCOL 4609
BNSF created the SD39-2 model from rebuilt SD40-2s that are derated to 2300hp and equipped for remote control operation. Here a lone SD39-2 handles a cut of grain hoppers at Northtown Yard.
A CP transfer departs BNSF's Northtown Yard with a pair of SD40-2s in the lead.
A late afternoon test train rolls west days before the official start of service.
A BC Rail barn leads the WC transfer into BNSF's Northtown Yard.
Demonstration run two days prior to beginning of revenue operations.
