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Unpatched SP AC4400CW
Title:  Unpatched SP AC4400CW
Description:  14 years after the UP-SP merger, it's hard to believe, a SP AC4400CW is unpatched, it was a nice surprise, especially sending photos of it to my Grandpa B., a long time SP fan. A UP AC4400CW and two SD40 - 2s join it at East Minneapolis Yard
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 4/16/2011 6:08:19 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 6494(AC44CW) SP 309(AC44CW) UP 3236(SD40-2R) UP 3256(SD40-2)
Views:  605   Comments: 0
UP SD40 - 2s #3256 and #3236
Title:  UP SD40 - 2s #3256 and #3236
Description:  A pair of UP Vets sits with a unpatched SP AC4400CW and a UP AC4400CWs, these units needs a touch up soon, they are looking pretty bad
Photo Date:  10/9/2010  Upload Date: 5/20/2011 7:53:29 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 3256(SD40-2) UP 3236(SD40-2R)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
UP 3356 East with a friendly engineer
Title:  UP 3356 East with a friendly engineer
Description:  A friendly engineer waves to us as a rebuilt UP SD40 - 2 leads a LLPX GP38 - 2 and a Eastbound Freight Train through Dayton's Bluff
Photo Date:  12/28/2010  Upload Date: 4/14/2011 3:03:06 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Winter,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3356(SD40-2R) LLPX 2244(GP38-2)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
UP 5942 West
Title:  UP 5942 West
Description:  A loaded UP/NSPX coal train leaves Belt Yard and is now at Dayton's Bluff, a pair of AC4400CWs and a pair of SD40 - 2s leads this coal train, a 3rd AC4400CW is pushing at the rear with a SD90/43MAC
Photo Date:  6/18/2011  Upload Date: 6/20/2011 11:29:49 AM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5942(AC44CWCTE) UP 7214(AC44CW) UP 3356(SD40-2R) UP 3473(SD40-2)
Views:  774   Comments: 0
IC 6001 and GTW 5948
Title:  IC 6001 and GTW 5948
Description:  A rebuilt IC SD40 - 2 is with a former KCS SD40 - 2 now rebuilt and with CN are at Northtown on the WC Transfer
Photo Date:  5/13/2006  Upload Date: 12/10/2011 9:29:59 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IC 6001(SD40-2R) GTW 5948(SD40-3)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
CN (WC) 6920 West
Title:  CN (WC) 6920 West
Description:  A CN Transfer comes into Northtown with a trio of rebuilt SD40 - 2s. CN SD40 - 3 #6920 is a former WC/GE Alstrom SD40 -3. IC #6050 is former GM&O #901, rebuilt SD40 and IC #6003, is still in it's fomrer number, but like 6050, it's a rebuilt SD40
Photo Date:  6/9/2007  Upload Date: 4/15/2011 2:08:53 PM
Location:  St. Paul, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  WC 6920(SD40-3) IC 6050(SD40-2R) IC 6003(SD40-2R)
Views:  748   Comments: 1
CN 2220 South
Title:  CN 2220 South
Description:  A rare lashup rolls through Iron Jct., our first CN GEVO leads a rebuilt IC SD40 - 2 and a CN Dash 9, again, I'm not sure if this is the MRF or just a CN freight train, because we saw couple of them
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 5/31/2011 12:29:45 AM
Location:  Iron Junction, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 2220(ES44DC) IC 6005(SD40-2R) CN 2613(C44-9W)
Views:  786   Comments: 0
IC SD40 - 2 #6050 at CN's Pokey Yard in the rain
Title:  IC SD40 - 2 #6050 at CN's Pokey Yard in the rain
Description:  While it was raining, we went to CN's Pokegama Yard, we found several locomotives, there were three in front of the engine shop and three behind it, IC SD40 - 2 #6050 with a OLS logo sits with IC #6109 and CN #5664 in the rain
Photo Date:  7/19/2008  Upload Date: 4/1/2011 8:41:47 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  IC 6050(SD40-2R)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
BNSF 7951
Title:  BNSF 7951
Description:  A former ATSF SD45 - 2 is sitting in storage, this one was rebuilt with SD40 - 2 Specs. and reclassified as a SD40 - 2R. It also got the Heritage III touch up
Photo Date:  1/10/2009  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 9:53:52 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8018(SD40-2) BNSF 7951(SD40-2R) BNSF 6727(SD40-2)
Views:  648   Comments: 0
BNSF 8018
Title:  BNSF 8018
Description:  Here's a shot of #8018 when she was in stoage and amoung her are more SD40 - 2s, power was slowly not being needed, so some of these came to be stored until needed again while other were done with their BNSF careers
Photo Date:  1/10/2009  Upload Date: 12/9/2011 9:50:47 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories:  Bridge,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8018(SD40-2) BNSF 6756(SD40-2) BNSF 7951(SD40-2R)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Stored SD60Ms
Title:  Stored SD60Ms
Description:  A year and a half that the SD60Ms were in storage across BNSF's system, a line of them here at Northtown, here is a shot of BNSF SD60M #8114
Photo Date:  1/30/2009  Upload Date: 6/8/2011 7:54:43 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Eric Bitton
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8142(SD60M) BNSF 8114(SD60M) BNSF 8135(SD60M) BNSF 7951(SD40-2R) BNSF 6727(SD40-2)
Views:  1080   Comments: 0


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