A trio of SD40Ns are serving as the manned helpers for eastbound manifest MNPAL. Once they cross the Hudson Swing Bridge into Wisconsin, the units will be working hard in order to get the heavy tr... (more)
The northern lights flare over the lovely arches of the old Soo Line High Bridge over the St. Croix River.
On an overcast August day in 1962, an eastbound Soo Line freight train, led by two F-units and a geep, is crossing the St. Croix River high bridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Photograph by Wa... (more)
A sad end for a pair of classic covered wagons. Former SP&S 804 (BN 716) - later Minnesota Zephyr 787 - waits with a former GN F7A to be scrapped at Stillwater. The railroad closed several years... (more)
The F7(A) and five passenger cars that where once the famous and luxurious Minnesota Zephyr dinner train sit on the tracks that they used to travel outside the former Stillwater Depot near histori... (more)
Actually owned by Minnesota Transportation Museum this unit is hauling the little excursion train.
Stacks capped and in storage. I wonder if it's now lots of iron oxide on wheels.
Not a GP-10 but a simple chop nose, this unit is working the local at this picturesque little town with all kinds of great stores reeking of potpourri, where all you hear is "How Cute!" and "KAH C... (more)
Built in 1953 for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway as 804, renumbered to 9756 by the BN, once again renumbered by the BN to 718 and finaly 787 as it lives out its days pulling passengers on... (more)
Dinner train snoozes during the middle of the day.
Actually owned by Minnesota Transportation Museum leaving town backwards
Four EMDs share the burden of a coal drag into Wisconsin.
This former BN F7A gets ready to depart the Stillwater Depot with its first dinner train of the day.
