On March 15, 1969, GN F7A 309C leads an F7B, a GP9 and another F7A with more then 200 ore cars, totaling around 15,000 net tons of taconite pellets into Minneapolis. The Great Northern usuall... (more)

KCS 2003 leads J42 through Van Buren on the return trip to St. Paul. The 2003 was built for the Penn Central as a straight GP38 back in 1969, and continues to earn its keep for the CPKC.

Two KCS GPs and a CP GP20C-ECO lead J42 over the Mississippi River at Camden.

On April 20, 1970 Great Northern SD9 584 is working a long transfer drag through Minneapolis. It's more than two months into the Burlington Northern merger and the SD9 has yet to be renumbered... (more)

GN 1720 sits dead in Northtown Yard awaiting its fate. Built in 1959 for the Colorado and Southern, 1720 is by far the oldest unit in the deadline.

CP 5044 crosses over the Mississippi River as they close in on Humboldt Yard.

CP 2208 leads an all EMD consist out of Humboldt Yard and over the Mississippi River.

Various power is in the process of being serviced at Northtown Yard. 1940, 9776 and 3022, all wearing Burlington Northern paint, have no doubt spent quite a bit of time here over their storied car... (more)

Warbonnet C44-9W #626 is still kicking in ATSF paint as it takes headroom at Northtown Yard. The deadline has some neat units in the mix, but it's also a sad sight at the same time. Will any of th... (more)

BNSF 676, 691 and 699 arrive at Northtown Yard with a transfer from Union Yard in Saint Paul. All three units still wear Santa Fe Warbonnet paint.

TCW 2015, 2021, 2022 and 2014 make for a nice quad of Geeps as they pass Lyndale Junction in Minneapolis. The train is bound for interchange with the CPKC at Humboldt Yard.

1462, still sporting BN paint, heads up the Aberdeen to Northtown manifest as it heads through downtown Minneapolis.

CPKC 240 approaches the Mississippi River in Minneapolis with one of the newly branded CPKC GEs leading.

With UP and CN locomotives on the point, a unit sand train makes its way around Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the BNSF Staples Subdivision. As the sand train passes on the main, a re... (more)

This begins the slowest part of the journey through the Twin Cities. Only a handful of miles to the Union Depot, it will take almost 30 minutes.