Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago

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Oh hey, we're in Minnesota.

Today we made a trek up to the Twin Cities in Minnesota for something happening this weekend that will be shown in due time, but given that we had some time before the sun set, we decided to see some trains around the Minneapolis area. One of the main goals was to get some Northstar Action due to them ceasing operations in January 2026, but as well as getting some Santa Fe Dash 9 action at Northtown Yard on pull downs as well as a brief look at the storage line which had a few BN units hiding around. All in all, it was a good evening, and a great percussor for this weekend. Enjoy!

Now here are the trains in order.

Train 1: WB Grain Train
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #4634
BNSF ES44C4 #8186

Train 2: Outbound Northstar
Power:
MNRX MP36PH-3C #512 *ex-UTAX 12*
MNRX CabCar #603

Train 3: Inbound Northstar
Power:
MNRX CabCar #605
MNRX MP36PH-3C #505

Train 4: EB Pulldown
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #683 *ex-ATSF 683*

Train 5: Outbound Northstar
Power:
MNRX MP36PH-3C #505
MNRX CabCar #605

Train 6: EB Pulldown
Power:
BNSF C44-9W #627 *ex-ATSF 627*

Taken on 10-3-25