Now this is just weird. CP sends train 483 eastbound when all odd numbered trains are always westbound. The railroad will do things that railfans will never understand.
Two BNSF geeps switch passenger coaches at the shop within the wye at Minneapolis Junction. 30 seconds after this photo was taken the cloud bank coming from the west would shroud Minneapolis' sun... (more)
A manifest heads west over the Mississippi River, on its way toward Glenwood yard
What a treat here! A pair of SD40-2s lead a priority manifest out of Northtown Yard and are heading for Aberdeen, SD.
A leased Utah Transit Authority locomotive, known as the "Bombpop," shoves the last morning inbound Northstar commuter train through the urban canyons of Minneapolis. Survey crews are marking the ... (more)
A pair of Canadian National locomotives head out over the river with a few cars from Humboldt Yard in Minneapolis.
CP train 483, a northbound for Superior, WI, heads east over the Mississippi River to continue its work in the yard at Shoreham.
After waiting for its eastbound counterpart to arrive, the westbound Northtown Yard to Kansas City, KS merchandise train heads over the ice chunks in the Mississippi River.
After waiting for traffic to clear at Humboldt, CP train 694 takes its turn across the river behind the rare set of Southern Pacific power.
An SP AC44 along with patched counterpart drag their crude oil loads through the switch at Lyndale Avenue as they head towards Saint Paul. Not exactly the most common lashup on the Canadian Pacifi... (more)
Soo GP15C's 4102,4106,4101 are westbound with the Humboldt Transfer crossing the Mississippi.
The St. Anthony Parkway bridge provides an excellent vantage point for observing trains entering, departing, working or just passing through Northtown Yard.
A pair of Soo SD60s lead what appears to be a CP rock train toward Humboldt Yard. Snow still remains on the ground from a storm the previous weekend.
An interesting consist appears in fading late-afternoon light: BNSF 7656 and FXE 4603 (ES44AC) lead a taconite train through Northtown Yard.
In a scene reminiscent of the early 90's, three SOO 60's head across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis with a CP manifest for Canada.
