MNNR 80 works the yard in New Brighton before heading to Fridley.

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, doing it... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, shoves a... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, shoves h... (more)

MNNR 80 gets some extra power from MNNR 87 today to perform the switching for the transload cars.

MNNR 80 sits out in the evening sun.

A vintage unit for the Minnesota Commercial moves some coil cars around in Fridley, MN.

A nice change from the usual GE power can be found working in Fridley on this day. Click Railroad: Minnesota Commercial
Locomotive: MLW RS-23
Location: Fridley, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: MNNR 80
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 07, 2008

The Hugo Local with RS-23 #80 arrives back at Midway Yard, passing the Caterpillar powered, #71. This is the former CP #4711, an MLW M636.