ALCO Safari Day 2: Elusive Creatures Second stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the Mosaic potash terminal in Rosemount, they roster an ALCO S-2 and lease a rebuilt RS-3. On a whim I made a sto... (more)
Savannah & Atlanta 1065, Norfolk Southern's tenth heritage unit is waiting to power the refinery's coke train
Power at Flint Hills Refinery
C&NW F7A No. 400 leads the North Western's business train accelerating south at Rosemount, Minnesota on the ex-Rock Island on Oct. 15, 1986. It's just after sunrise and the sun is peaking out as a... (more)
Job 85 Koch Refinery
Progressive's EMD SW1500 No. 38 is painted in MN&S colors, but is actually ex-Great Northern No. 209. It's used on the old Milwaukee Road line between Egan and the UP interchange at Rosemount.
Southbound St. Paul - CP to Fort Worth manifest has a colorful lashup today.
The Progressive Rail crew goes about switching duties in Rosemount.
The usual CN run thru power leads Superior, WI - CN to Des Moines, IA south of St. Paul.
Now that's red!
Plugged in for the weekend, #74 pinch hits for the usual power.
Builder's plate, EMD 36863 rolled out of the plant in March 1971
Resting for the weekend, PGR 74 sits as an empty WPS coal train charges through town with UP 6804 in charge