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By:S Kotnour
Dates:9/8/2011 - 9/30/2011
Album Info:Photos of past trains native to Minneapolis and St. Paul MN in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Neat CNW consist in Rochester MN in 1975.
Title:  Neat CNW consist in Rochester MN in 1975.
Description:  Alcos on the CNW were assigned to branch lines and locals in the 1970s. Neat consist with an RSD alco, GP30 and GP9.
Photo Date:  5/13/1975  Upload Date: 9/22/2011 1:08:30 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 806(GP30)
Views:  944   Comments: 0
Soo Line departing Mpls MN in 1971.
Title:  Soo Line departing Mpls MN in 1971.
Description:  This is a classic Soo Line consist in the 1960s and 1970s on large heavy trains. Here we see an F7 on the point, followed by a GP9, GP30, SD40, SD40, GP, and F7. The F7s were delivered to the Soo Line in maroon and gold paint, along with GP9s and GP7s. Some GP9s, SWs, Baldwins and Alcos were delivered to the Soo Line in black and yellow stripes in the early 1950s.
Photo Date:  6/14/1975  Upload Date: 10/2/2011 12:08:58 PM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 501A(FP7A)
Views:  24016   Comments: 7
A CNW freight headed past Daytons Bluff in St Paul MN headed to Belt Yard in 1976.
Title:  A CNW freight headed past Daytons Bluff in St Paul MN headed to Belt Yard in 1976.
Description:  The CNW inherited Belt Yard in St Paul MN when they merged with the CGW.
Photo Date:  4/19/1976  Upload Date: 9/12/2011 3:33:25 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 4348(GP7)
Views:  681   Comments: 0
BN SD40-2 and NP North Coast Limited F7B passenger unit leaving Mpls MN in 1976.
Title:  BN SD40-2 and NP North Coast Limited F7B passenger unit leaving Mpls MN in 1976.
Description:  The dash 2 is probably still in service. Neat consist. Some of the GN units lasted in GN paint until 1978.
Photo Date:  7/11/1976  Upload Date: 10/20/2011 6:56:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6327(SD40-2)
Views:  984   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Alco road slug in 1977 in St Paul MN.
Title:  Milwaukee Road Alco road slug in 1977 in St Paul MN.
Description:  The Milwaukee Road turned Alco RS3s into road slug and paired them with GE uboats and EMD units in the 1970s. This would be a fun kitbashing project in HO scale. I remember seeing these run by Lake Calhoun in the Milwaukee Road cut, and along the double tracked main to Chicago along the Mississippi River
Photo Date:  8/28/1977  Upload Date: 9/11/2011 3:52:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW SG1(Road Slug)
Views:  2767   Comments: 3
Milwaukee Road F unit at Daytons Bluff Milwaukee shops in 1978.
Title:  Milwaukee Road F unit at Daytons Bluff Milwaukee shops in 1978.
Description:  The engine house is still being used, but the F7 is long gone.
Photo Date:  3/12/1978  Upload Date: 10/17/2011 4:22:04 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 72A(F7A)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road St Paul Daytons bluff hump yard and engine house in 1978.
Title:  Milwaukee Road St Paul Daytons bluff hump yard and engine house in 1978.
Description:  The CP still runs this and you can take this photo today minus the F units and Milwaukee units.
Photo Date:  4/7/1978  Upload Date: 4/1/2012 8:32:11 AM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  MILW 118A(F7A)
Views:  848   Comments: 0
A Milwaukee Road freight in St Paul MN in 1978.
Title:  A Milwaukee Road freight in St Paul MN in 1978.
Description:  This train just pulled out of the St Paul Milwaukee hump yard and is heading up the BIG milwaukee hill out of St Paul by the Ford plant.
Photo Date:  9/14/1978  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 2:57:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 328(GP9)
Views:  1128   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road trench MPls MN Lake Calhoun Lake St 1979.
Title:  Milwaukee Road trench MPls MN Lake Calhoun Lake St 1979.
Description:  Milw Road double track main along Lake St Mpls called the "TRENCH" to the west coast by Lake Calhoun. This train coming into Minneapolis. TC&W operates the old Milw Road out past Glencoe these days. This train is crossing over on the double track mainline.
Photo Date:  1/19/1979  Upload Date: 4/28/2022 4:47:16 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Alco C424 at the CNW Cedar Lake Shops at Mpls MN in 1979.
Title:  Alco C424 at the CNW Cedar Lake Shops at Mpls MN in 1979.
Description:  The CNW had a major yard and backshop with a transfer table and turntable at Cedar Lake shops at Mpls MN. It survived until the early 1980. Parts of the roundhouse were used as studio room for filming parts of the movie Purple Rain until the shops were torn down. Alcos sometimes came here for repairs including the big high nosed Alco C628s.
Photo Date:  7/4/1979  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:26:56 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CNW 403(C425)
Views:  2186   Comments: 0
NP Como shops in St Paul MN in 1979.
Title:  NP Como shops in St Paul MN in 1979.
Description:  This was closed by the BN around 1984 and saved as a mall. This was the main Northern Pacific passenger car shops including the North Coast Limited. Today it has a large O scale layout open to the public at Bandana Sq. http://www.tcmrm.org/
Photo Date:  7/14/1979  Upload Date: 3/12/2013 12:43:44 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  975   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road southtown yard in 1979 along Hiawatha Ave Mpls.
Title:  Milwaukee Road southtown yard in 1979 along Hiawatha Ave Mpls.
Description:  MNNR still switches this area today with the grain elevators on Hiawatha Ave in south Minneapolis. This is facing the Milw Rd grain elevators like Purina. Hiawatha lumber is along here. The Minneapolis Target store on far left.
Photo Date:  7/18/1979  Upload Date: 4/28/2022 4:54:17 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 0
Great Northern RPO mail car stored at Lydale Yard in Mpls MN in 1979.
Title:  Great Northern RPO mail car stored at Lydale Yard in Mpls MN in 1979.
Description:  The BN kept a number of GN, CB&Q, and NP passenger cars in storage in Mpls MN until the early 1980s.
Photo Date:  7/19/1979  Upload Date: 2/28/2013 7:06:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  1265   Comments: 0
Switching at St Paul Daytons Bluff yard MN in 1979.
Title:  Switching at St Paul Daytons Bluff yard MN in 1979.
Description:  This is a former CB&Q yard that parts even survive to this day. Note the Great Northern ore train in the yard. This runs weekly from Northern MN to Chicago IL and survives with BNSF ore cars today.
Photo Date:  8/2/1979  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 3:05:37 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  527   Comments: 0
CNW Alcos departing St Paul MN Belt yard in 1979.
Title:  CNW Alcos departing St Paul MN Belt yard in 1979.
Description:  CNW Alcos and F Units climbing the 1.8% grade out of St Paul MN on BN (GN) tracks headed to Mpls MN. It was rare to see the big C628 high nosed Alcos in town.
Photo Date:  8/27/1979  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 8:03:06 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  371   Comments: 0
This is the Rock Island yard switcher in the Inver Hills main yard in MN in 1979.
Title:  This is the Rock Island yard switcher in the Inver Hills main yard in MN in 1979.
Description:  The Rock had a yard and small engine house in Inver Hills MN. It interchanged with the Milwaukee, GN, NP, CBQ, CNW, CGW, and Soo Line in the Twin Cities.
Photo Date:  9/17/1979  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:53:55 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CRIP 907(SW900)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
CNW Alco C628 at Minneapolis MN Cedar Lake Shops in 1979.
Title:  CNW Alco C628 at Minneapolis MN Cedar Lake Shops in 1979.
Description:  CNW had a large backshops with a turntable and transfer table at Cedar Lake where 394 splits off from Hwy 94 in Mpls MN. The large CNW Alcos sometimes came to town. Note the F7 unit in the back.
Photo Date:  11/25/1979  Upload Date: 10/16/2012 2:37:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CNW 6708(C628)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
F units at the Milwaukee Road St Paul engine house at Daytons Bluff in Nov 1979.
Title:  F units at the Milwaukee Road St Paul engine house at Daytons Bluff in Nov 1979.
Description:  This was nearing the end for F units on the Milwaukee. This facility remains in use today by the CPR.
Photo Date:  11/27/1979  Upload Date: 12/22/2011 11:22:48 AM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 118A(F7A) MILW 581(SDL39)
Views:  1645   Comments: 2
BN switchers switching the piggy back ramp in St Paul MN in 1980.
Title:  BN switchers switching the piggy back ramp in St Paul MN in 1980.
Description:  The CBQ and BN used 3 switchers on transfers out of their St Paul yard due to a large 1.8% grade out of St Paul to Mpls MN. That is the old CBQ switch tower that was above the tracks in St Paul. The lead SW1500 is an Ex Great Northern one, note the flexcoil trucks.
Photo Date:  11/9/1980  Upload Date: 1/2/2013 8:03:51 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 305(SW1500)
Views:  651   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road freight at Daytons Bluff in St Paul in 1981.
Title:  Milwaukee Road freight at Daytons Bluff in St Paul in 1981.
Description:  This train just pulled out of the Milwaukee Road hump yard in St Paul in 1981 and is headed past Daytons Bluff on the mainline.
Photo Date:  7/4/1981  Upload Date: 9/10/2011 3:08:35 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  MILW 586(SDL39)
Views:  605   Comments: 1
BN switching Minneapolis MN BN (GN) yard off Hwy 280 in 1981.
Title:  BN switching Minneapolis MN BN (GN) yard off Hwy 280 in 1981.
Description:  This yard was as large as Northtown yard. This is the former Great Northern yard at the University of Minnesota and was a huge grain terminal at one time. The CNW and CGW had large grain classification yards at the other end of the yard by the campus.
Photo Date:  7/15/1981  Upload Date: 3/14/2012 7:58:58 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  388   Comments: 0
A BN baggage car, former NP at the St Paul Como Shops in a MN winter in 1982.
Title:  A BN baggage car, former NP at the St Paul Como Shops in a MN winter in 1982.
Description:  The Como Shops in St Paul maintained the passenger car fleet for the Northern Pacific RR. This photo was taken in 1982 during the BN era. The Como shops were converted to retail space in 1984 preserving the buildings. Today you can tour the shops as a mall and see a large O scale model train layout. http://www.tcmrm.org/
Photo Date:  12/2/1982  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 8:32:23 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  1385   Comments: 0
St Paul Como shops in MN in 1982.
Title:  St Paul Como shops in MN in 1982.
Description:  This is the former Northern Pacific Como shops in St Paul MN for repairing passenger cars. This photo was taken in the BN era. The shops were turned into retail space around 1984.
Photo Date:  12/2/1982  Upload Date: 1/30/2013 8:29:08 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  180   Comments: 0
Great Northern steam era baggage at St Paul NP Como shops in 1982 in MN.
Title:  Great Northern steam era baggage at St Paul NP Como shops in 1982 in MN.
Description:  The BN used this for storage after Amtrak, and for their business train repairs, until it was sold and preserved as a Mall home to the Bandana O Scale train club that is open to the public. www.tcmrm.org
Photo Date:  12/2/1982  Upload Date: 6/13/2012 8:03:00 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Passenger,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  252   Comments: 0
BN F units plowing snow shy of Northtown yard in Fridlay MN in Mpls MN around 1983.
Title:  BN F units plowing snow shy of Northtown yard in Fridlay MN in Mpls MN around 1983.
Description:  BN F units ran out of Northtown yard in Fridlay Mpls MN until 1984. Some F7B units worked as hump units at Northtown yard in the later 1980s. A few F units survive on the BNSF today as rotary snow plow power units. In this photo note the Harco spark arrestors on the trailing F7B unit. This is probably an ex Great Northern F7.B
Photo Date:  1/29/1983  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:57:21 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BN 780(F9AM)
Views:  1579   Comments: 4
Milw Road F9A - Southtown Mpls MN engine house SE Mpls 1984
Title:  Milw Road F9A - Southtown Mpls MN engine house SE Mpls 1984
Description:  Milw Rd stored older units at Mpls MN SE southtown engine house by mid 1980s
Photo Date:  7/19/1983  Upload Date: 2/14/2024 2:50:35 PM
Location:  Minneapolis Jct., MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Hump set at Mpls MN Northtown yard in 1985.
Title:  Hump set at Mpls MN Northtown yard in 1985.
Description:  Note the BN f units in the back, and the legacy GN, NP, and CBQ cars.
Photo Date:  4/7/1984  Upload Date: 1/30/2012 4:21:27 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 6118(SD9)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
BN F-Units out of Mpls MN in 1984.  A nice ABBA set.
Title:  BN F-Units out of Mpls MN in 1984. A nice ABBA set.
Description:  F units worked on the BN up unilt 1984. Of GN, and NP origin from the 1950s at the end of steam.
Photo Date:  5/17/1984  Upload Date: 6/12/2012 4:34:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BN 832(F9A) BN 773(F9B)
Views:  925   Comments: 0
NP #328 in St Paul MN in 1984 for a steam passenger fan trip.
Title:  NP #328 in St Paul MN in 1984 for a steam passenger fan trip.
Description:  NP #328 pulled passenger fan trips up until the year 2000 on the MTM out of Osceolla WI and Stillwater MN. Stored at MTM Jackson shops MN in 2022.Its currently stored at the MTM museum open to the public at Jackson St, in St Paul MN on Sat from 10-4.
Photo Date:  7/18/1984  Upload Date: 6/3/2012 1:20:03 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NP 328(4-6-0)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road Ford hauler in St Paul MN in 1984.
Title:  Milwaukee Road Ford hauler in St Paul MN in 1984.
Description:  The Milwaukee used MP15ACs on the mainline and on locals. The Ford hauler serviced the Ford F150 truck plant until it closed in 2012 on the CPR.
Photo Date:  8/13/1984  Upload Date: 2/11/2012 9:15:19 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 477(MP15AC)
Views:  507   Comments: 1
BN F units at Northtown yard Mpls MN in 1984.
Title:  BN F units at Northtown yard Mpls MN in 1984.
Description:  Former GN and NP F units ran on the BN until 1984.
Photo Date:  10/17/1984  Upload Date: 10/30/2012 3:29:01 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BN 778(F9A)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
Missabe DMIR SD9s at Proctor yard MN near Duluth in 1985.
Title:  Missabe DMIR SD9s at Proctor yard MN near Duluth in 1985.
Description:  SD9s replaced massive 2-8-8-4 yellowstone steam engines in the late 1950s on the Missabe. They served until the CN merger around 2008.
Photo Date:  6/19/1985  Upload Date: 1/26/2012 7:18:31 AM
Location:  Duluth, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DMIR 129(SD9)
Views:  909   Comments: 1
Stored Milwaukee Road units at Southtown yard in 1985, Mpls MN.
Title:  Stored Milwaukee Road units at Southtown yard in 1985, Mpls MN.
Description:  The Milwaukee stored older units in the 1980s after they closed the trans con line to Seattle to restructure debt. This is the Southtown yard old coach yard used to service passenger cars at the Mpls MN Milwaukee depot.
Photo Date:  7/4/1985  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:22:41 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MILW 118A(F7A)
Views:  2643   Comments: 0
BN F units in the retirement storage lines in St Paul MN in 1985.
Title:  BN F units in the retirement storage lines in St Paul MN in 1985.
Description:  BN F units operated up until 1984. I remember seeing an ABBA set run under the Northtown MN hump yard in 1984 still running.
Photo Date:  7/18/1985  Upload Date: 6/3/2012 1:21:48 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BN 786(F9A)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
Shoreham roundhouse in Mpls MN in 1985.
Title:  Shoreham roundhouse in Mpls MN in 1985.
Description:  The Soo Line had their main classification yard, roundhouse, and backshops at Shoreham yard in Mpls MN near Northtown in Fridley. It has a 360 turntable, transfer table, backshops, etc..
Photo Date:  7/19/1985  Upload Date: 12/1/2011 9:48:28 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 2225A(F7A) SOO 408(GP9)
Views:  856   Comments: 0
Soo Line F7s and GP30s stored at the Shoreham roundhouse in 1985.
Title:  Soo Line F7s and GP30s stored at the Shoreham roundhouse in 1985.
Description:  The Soo Line had their major yard in Mpls MN called Shoreham yard. It had a transfer table and huge roundhouse and backshops. The Soo stored F7s and GP30s here for years in the mid 1980s.
Photo Date:  8/2/1985  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:18:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 500A(FP7A)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
Milwaukee Road SD10 rebuild St Paul MN 1985
Title:  Milwaukee Road SD10 rebuild St Paul MN 1985
Description:  Milw chopped SD9s then later added hiawatha decal also - A few Milw SD10s survived into Soo Line Merger and in CP Rail Red thru 2001
Photo Date:  12/5/1985  Upload Date: 2/14/2024 2:40:22 PM
Location:  St Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  54   Comments: 0
Stored engines at Soo Line Shoreham roundhouse in 1987.
Title:  Stored engines at Soo Line Shoreham roundhouse in 1987.
Description:  The Soo Line was storing GP9s, GP30s, and F7s at their large Soo Line roundhouse in Mpls in the late 1980s after the Milwaukee Road merger.
Photo Date:  7/9/1987  Upload Date: 9/24/2011 2:41:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 375(GP7) SOO 4231(GP9)
Views:  732   Comments: 0
CNW freight leaving Belt Yard at Daytons Bluff in St. Paul MN.
Title:  CNW freight leaving Belt Yard at Daytons Bluff in St. Paul MN.
Description:  This yard exists today.
Photo Date:  9/23/1989  Upload Date: 9/9/2011 2:32:39 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CNW 6832(SD40-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
CNW yards at the University of MN in 1997.
Title:  CNW yards at the University of MN in 1997.
Description:  The GN had a large yard as large as Northtown at the other end of the yard by Hwy 280. The CNW had their yard at this end, and the CGW had a large grain yard to the right, now a parking lot. Up to the 1950s Mpls MN was the grain milling capital of the world. This photo is of the engine facilities, the yard is to the right and miles forward in the photo.
Photo Date:  5/17/1997  Upload Date: 2/6/2012 7:16:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CNW 4124(GP7R)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Soo Line coal train with WC F45 in summer of 1997.
Title:  Soo Line coal train with WC F45 in summer of 1997.
Description:  In St Paul MN headed to Daytons Bluff yard in 1997. Neat consist for a Soo Line coal train. Rule #1 is always have your camera in the car with you at all times. Note the 1st Bank tower as the beige building to the left of the Firstar bank building. These are two landmark buildings in St Paul MN.
Photo Date:  8/14/1997  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:16:14 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 730(GP35)
Views:  1467   Comments: 2
Four BNSF SD9s running a transfer to St Paul Daytons Bluff yard in 2003
Title:  Four BNSF SD9s running a transfer to St Paul Daytons Bluff yard in 2003
Description:  Some SD9s on the BNSF survived until 2011. The non-dynamic brake SD9s are the Great Northern ones.
Photo Date:  7/13/2003  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:04:30 PM
Location:  Daytons Bluff, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6138(SD9)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
BN SD9 switching Northtown yard in Mpls MN in 2004
Title:  BN SD9 switching Northtown yard in Mpls MN in 2004
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/19/2004  Upload Date: 12/1/2011 11:32:13 AM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BN 6117(SD9)
Views:  536   Comments: 0
This is the preserved and running Milwaukee 261 in Red Wing double heading with CP steam in Aug 2007.
Title:  This is the preserved and running Milwaukee 261 in Red Wing double heading with CP steam in Aug 2007.
Description:  The 261 is being rebuilt and should be running again out of Minneapolis MN in 2012.
Photo Date:  8/17/2007  Upload Date: 9/8/2011 3:26:50 PM
Location:  Red Wing, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  MILW 261(4-8-4)
Views:  407   Comments: 1
A BNSF MP15DC at Northtown Mn in 2007.
Title:  A BNSF MP15DC at Northtown Mn in 2007.
Description:  Nice unit, hopefully still working today.
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 3:46:19 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3702(MP15DC)
Views:  1097   Comments: 2
A BNSF chopped SD9 at Northtown yard in MN in 2007.
Title:  A BNSF chopped SD9 at Northtown yard in MN in 2007.
Description:  Its SD9 week in this album.
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 4:06:58 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3191(GP50) BNSF 2807(GP39M)
Views:  596   Comments: 1
Two retired BNSF switchers at Northtown in Fridley MN in 2007
Title:  Two retired BNSF switchers at Northtown in Fridley MN in 2007
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 3:51:43 PM
Location:  Northtown, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3505(SW1200)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
A Minn Commercial Alco C636 in 2007 still working.
Title:  A Minn Commercial Alco C636 in 2007 still working.
Description:  I believe this is still running today. Its a former CP unit.
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 4:01:20 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 71(M636)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
Working Minnesota Commercial Alcos in St Paul MN in 2007.
Title:  Working Minnesota Commercial Alcos in St Paul MN in 2007.
Description:  I believe these are still working in 2011.
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 4:03:03 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MNNR 83(RS18u) MNNR 313(C424)
Views:  448   Comments: 0
MRL SD45 and SF unit on the BNSF in St Paul MN in 2007
Title:  MRL SD45 and SF unit on the BNSF in St Paul MN in 2007
Description:  neat consist....
Photo Date:  9/30/2007  Upload Date: 10/5/2011 3:47:56 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6357(SD40-2)
Views:  208   Comments: 1


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