Twin Cities - Minneapolis - St. Paul Gallery

Lines of BNSF locomotives sit in deadlines in storage at Northtown Yard during the winter of 2009.

Canadian Pacific 8608 glides under Dayton's Bluff on the way into the ex-Milwaukee Road's, Pig's Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN.

Union Pacific 6907 has just crossed Robert Street bridge on this cold winter day.

The Ford Hauler brings four autoracks down the hill on their way to Canadian Pacific's Pig's Eye Yard.

Minnesota Transportation Museum's ex-BNSF 6327 SDP40 is having some wiring repaired for the upper headlamps by Phil Wellman.

Northern Pacific 105 sits in the Minnesota Transportation Museum's round house wearing the radio equipped paint scheme.

Crews work on ex-BNSF 6327 SDP40 at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's roundhouse, getting it back into Great Northern paint.

Crews work on ex-BNSF 6327 SDP40 at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's roundhouse, getting it back into Great Northern paint.

Minnesota Transportation Museum's ex-BNSF 6327 SDP40 is having some wiring repaired for the upper headlamps by Phil Wellman.

A set of Union Pacific SD40-2s do some switching at their Saint Paul Belt Yard near Dayton's Bluff while a Cemstone worker cuts some steel in the background.

Horn testing in progress at Canadian Pacific's Pig's Eye Yard in St. Paul, MN.

One of my favorites, a Soo Line SD60 roll west out of Pigs Eye Yard along the Mississippi River on one of the coldest days of the year. The sun has set causing the temperature to drop even further below zero as the windows downtown St. Paul reflect the last of the light of the day.

Crushed I35W Hopper

A crushed grain hopper from the I-35 bridge collapse on August 3, 2007. This bridge crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A crushed grain hopper from the I-35 bridge collapse on August 3, 2007. This bridge crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

No. 6796 - BNSF Railway - St. Paul, Minn.

A flash of lightning lights up the night in St. Paul, Minnesota as a BNSF freight train passes below Mounds Bluff.

No. 6773 - Canadian Pacific - St. Paul, Minn.

A Canadian Pacific ES44AC locomotive sits in the Pig's Eye Yard diesel racks on a rainy night in St. Paul.

No. 6752 - Soo Line - St. Paul, Minn.

One of the last five locomotives ordered by the Soo Line in 1989 sits in the Pig's Eye Yard diesel facility in St. Paul. Soo Line SD60M number 6061 wears the Candy Apple Red paint scheme.

No. 7989 - Union Pacific - Minneapolis, Minn.

The Triple Crown train has just arrived at the end of the line at Union Pacific's East Minneapolis Yard. This train filled with automotive parts for Ford's St. Paul plant runs between here and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Norfolk Southern hands the train over to the Union Pacific in Chicago which runs three days a week.

No. 8140 - BNSF Railway - Minneapolis, Minn.

Exhaust flies from an eastbound EMD lash-up under the signal bridge in BNSF's 35th Ave. Yard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The power includes ex-Burlington Northern excutive and cascade green schemes along with an ex-Santa Fe in the freightbonnet scheme. Two Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Passenger cars sits alone in the yard.