On a sunny evening during rush hour in the Twin Cities, the 17:30 Northstar departs Target Field station and over the Mississippi River through Downtown Minneapolis.
Four cars of commuters heading home for the day, many just departed the train at Anoka Station about a minute ago. In 5 minutes, another handful will get off at Ramsey Station.
MNRX 501 leads the northbound commuter at Anoka Station.
While a string of SD70MAC's (mixed in with a few SW's and a few other EMD's) await a hopeful return to service, a northbound North Star train passes the BNSF's Northtown Yard with a pair of MP36PH... (more)
A NorthStar commuter train passes through Minneapolis at the beginning of the Thursday rush hour
A pair of MP36PH-3C's billow smoke as they accelerate departing the station in Elk River on the North Star Rail line.Locomotives:MNRX 504 MP36PH-3CMNRX XXX MP36PH-3C
Minnesota's North Star Line commuter train pulls into the station at Elk River.Locomotives:MNRX MP36PH-3C
Railfanning with a touch of class! Yes, there was someone in the car. This is the first time I've ever seen something like this!
"Rail Force One" rolls into Charlottesville on the end of the Eastbound Cardinal.
Nicknamed "Rail Force One" PPCX 800289 private car "North Star" has been leased and painted for the President of the United States. It is originally the GN1175, Oberlin Glacier; then BN1198, St. C... (more)
