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Viewing Album:  BNSF Twin Cities
 
By:Douglas Hildebrandt
Dates:8/2/2002 - 12/31/2006
Album Info:Pictures of the BNSF taken around the Twin Cities area.
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BN leader
Title:  BN leader
Description:  Still a BN in 2004! The Wilmar train never ceased to amaze me with the type of power it would have on it. Check out the units trailing, even an SD9, 6184.
Photo Date:  11/13/2004  Upload Date: 1/30/2009 9:57:07 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 1523(GP28M)
Views:  321   Comments: 0
BNSF Geeps
Title:  BNSF Geeps
Description:  Two geeps are seen mixed in on what is believed to be the Northtown Wilmar.
Photo Date:  11/13/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2009 9:13:52 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2368(GP38-2) BNSF 1479(GP15-1)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
Two Oldies
Title:  Two Oldies
Description:  Two older engines come in on what I believe is the Northtown-Wilmar.
Photo Date:  11/13/2004  Upload Date: 6/11/2009 9:10:31 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3516(SW1200) BNSF 2971(GP39V)
Views:  366   Comments: 0
Trailing SD9
Title:  Trailing SD9
Description:  To top off this excellent lashup, an SD9 trails. This was one of the highest numbered SD9s I shot in service on the BNSF.
Photo Date:  11/13/2004  Upload Date: 1/30/2009 9:58:22 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6184(SD9)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
Pigs on the north runner
Title:  Pigs on the north runner
Description:  BNSF 4002 brings some pigs and stacks in on the north runner with all of the power running elephant style.
Photo Date:  12/20/2004  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 1:19:15 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  702   Comments: 0
Rainbow Consist
Title:  Rainbow Consist
Description:  A true "rainbow" consist departs Northtown Yard with a VERY colorful lashup. You'd be hard pressed to see a lashup like this come out of Northtown nowadays. Date Approx
Photo Date:  12/20/2004  Upload Date: 1/11/2009 1:07:32 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7891(SD40-2) MRL 382(SD45)
Views:  581   Comments: 2
NS 9806
Title:  NS 9806
Description:  NS 9806 brings a Z track past 35th with a CSX unit trailing on a snowy December day.
Photo Date:  12/20/2004  Upload Date: 3/15/2009 1:23:00 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9806(C40-9W)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Z Train
Title:  Z Train
Description:  This Z train runs past 35th Ave with three GEs smoking a bit. Date Approx.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2009 12:11:43 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4050(C44-9W)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
CN 5376
Title:  CN 5376
Description:  On lease to the BNSF, this CN unit trails an NREX SD50. Date Approx.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/14/2009 12:13:59 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 5376(SD40-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 0
Frisco Heritage
Title:  Frisco Heritage
Description:  An ex Frisco GP38-2 brings a short freight into Northtown Yard.
Photo Date:  4/9/2005  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 1:35:47 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2368(GP38-2) BNSF 6184(SD9)
Views:  410   Comments: 0
St. Paul transfer
Title:  St. Paul transfer
Description:  Three old EMD engines pull into northtown yard
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 11/19/2005 2:35:49 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 747(GP38-2) BNSF 1485(GP15-1)
Views:  761   Comments: 2
Leaving Northtown
Title:  Leaving Northtown
Description:  Three EMDS leave Northtown yard with some large loads. This train even had an unpatched BN SD60M trailing too!!
Photo Date:  7/15/2005  Upload Date: 7/31/2005 11:13:06 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6780(SD40-2) GATX 7368(SD40-2) BN 9212(SD60M)
Views:  986   Comments: 1
SD40-2 trio
Title:  SD40-2 trio
Description:  Three SD40-2s lead a freight out of Northtown Yard, good luck seeing this in 2009. I would run into the 8080 again at Osborne Road.
Photo Date:  8/12/2005  Upload Date: 1/31/2009 12:38:35 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6780(SD40-2) BNSF 8080(SD40-2)
Views:  429   Comments: 1
Sweet Z train
Title:  Sweet Z train
Description:  These were the days, the days when you could count on stack trains being lead by a pair of dash 2s. Now the dash 2s are being put into the storage lines.
Photo Date:  8/12/2005  Upload Date: 1/31/2009 12:37:28 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7031(SD40-2)
Views:  305   Comments: 2
BNSF 790
Title:  BNSF 790
Description:  A warbonnet brings two dash 2s in on the north runner. One of my big regrets is not shooting rosters of the deadlined power and that second unit, FURX 7255.
Photo Date:  8/15/2005  Upload Date: 1/14/2009 1:59:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 790(C44-9W)
Views:  345   Comments: 1
GP40X
Title:  GP40X
Description:  A neat looking GP40 brings a tie train into Northtown. To this day, I can still remember how strong that stuff smelled...
Photo Date:  8/17/2005  Upload Date: 1/14/2009 1:56:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 3038(GP40X) BNSF 8613(B40-8)
Views:  695   Comments: 0
Good looking stack train
Title:  Good looking stack train
Description:  A stack train with some great power departs Northtown Yard, seeing two 40-2s on a Z train today is nearly impossible.
Photo Date:  8/17/2005  Upload Date: 1/14/2009 1:58:17 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8055(SD40-2)
Views:  225   Comments: 2
CSXT SD70s
Title:  CSXT SD70s
Description:  Two YN3 SD70MACs lead a TOFC train past 35th Ave on a humid August day.
Photo Date:  8/17/2005  Upload Date: 2/28/2009 1:32:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 4796(SD70MAC)
Views:  307   Comments: 0
Four axle power
Title:  Four axle power
Description:  A rare sight nowadays seeing four four axle locomotives leaving Northtown yard. I really like this shot because it shows plumes of smoke coming from the engines!
Photo Date:  8/20/2005  Upload Date: 10/15/2005 10:02:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2646(GP35u) BNSF 1497(GP15-1)
Views:  668   Comments: 4
BN 2917
Title:  BN 2917
Description:  A Burlington Northern unit, still unpatched 10 years after the merger, brings freight into Northtown Yard.
Photo Date:  8/25/2005  Upload Date: 1/31/2009 12:53:55 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 2917(GP39E) BNSF 2646(GP35u)
Views:  513   Comments: 0
BN power
Title:  BN power
Description:  What an amazing sight! SIX BN engines pull into Northtown Yard with a long freight. Seeing six BN engines today is kind of rare, seeing as they were megred into the BNSF back in 95'
Photo Date:  10/29/2005  Upload Date: 12/7/2005 4:39:09 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2708(GP39-2) BNSF 2122(GP38AC) BNSF 6119(SD9) BNSF 6101(SD9) BNSF 6162(SD9) BNSF 2753(GP39E)
Views:  1273   Comments: 2
BNSF 6119
Title:  BNSF 6119
Description:  BNSF 6119 was one of three SD9s on this train, today this unit has been renumbered and is currently sitting somewhere by the diesel shops.
Photo Date:  10/29/2005  Upload Date: 12/13/2008 12:52:23 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6119(SD9)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Chop nose
Title:  Chop nose
Description:  To top it all of, there was even a chop nose SD9 in the consist too!
Photo Date:  10/29/2005  Upload Date: 12/13/2008 12:53:00 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6162(SD9)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
BNSF 7844
Title:  BNSF 7844
Description:  An SD40-2 and MRL 254 depart Northtown Yard with a train of autoracks. Wish I got a roster of that MRL!
Photo Date:  10/29/2005  Upload Date: 6/12/2009 11:24:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7844(SD40-2)
Views:  209   Comments: 1
Another high speed Z train
Title:  Another high speed Z train
Description:  After the one Z train from Seattle passed, this one headed for Seattle passed by at about 60 Mph, as did the previous one.
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 2/3/2006 10:32:55 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5162(C44-9W) BNSF 5133(C44-9W)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
BNSF 8079 pulling a Z train
Title:  BNSF 8079 pulling a Z train
Description:  A rare sight to see a Z train with old EMDs pulling! Taken at about 9:15 AM.
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 2/3/2006 10:31:24 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2716(GP39-2) BNSF 8079(SD40-2)
Views:  763   Comments: 1
Sweet Stack Train
Title:  Sweet Stack Train
Description:  A stack train with some amazing power cnmes into Northtown Yard. To this day, I regret not shooting the trailing unit.
Photo Date:  11/5/2005  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 2:57:17 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EMDX 9026(SD60) EMDX 9026(SD60)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
BNSF 7331
Title:  BNSF 7331
Description:  A train comes in on the North Runner with some nice power. I wonder why the 7331 has what looks like masking tape on its nose logo.
Photo Date:  11/12/2005  Upload Date: 11/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7331(SD40-2)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
BNSF 6146
Title:  BNSF 6146
Description:  Another BNSF St.Paul transfer train with the usual extra power! Lucky for me a SD9 chop nose was at point!
Photo Date:  11/20/2005  Upload Date: 12/16/2005 8:59:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6146(SD7R) BNSF 6202(SD39)
Views:  1124   Comments: 1
NSP coal train
Title:  NSP coal train
Description:  This is how we get our power here in the metro area. Cuts of coal cars are shoved into the power plant. Notice that the train is running on the sidewalk!
Photo Date:  12/28/2005  Upload Date: 1/2/2006 12:05:15 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2716(GP39-2)
Views:  975   Comments: 4
BNSF 138
Title:  BNSF 138
Description:  Heading east past the bluffs with an autorack train.
Photo Date:  12/29/2005  Upload Date: 6/13/2009 10:51:49 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 138(GP60M) FURX 7283(SD40-2)
Views:  483   Comments: 0
SD9
Title:  SD9
Description:  This was one awesome lashup for 2005, the train had three SD9s on it! Heres a roster shot of the 6101.
Photo Date:  12/29/2005  Upload Date: 12/13/2008 12:53:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6101(SD9)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
Autoracks
Title:  Autoracks
Description:  A long string of autoracks pull into the St. Paul yards
Photo Date:  12/29/2005  Upload Date: 2/7/2006 6:36:50 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FURX 7283(SD40-2) BNSF 138(GP60M)
Views:  694   Comments: 0
Railfanning
Title:  Railfanning
Description:  A BNSF grain train passes with former BNSF (ex BN) engines. To see the train that is about to pass this one, see my TC&W folder. I took the two pictures within 5 seconds of each other, and both turned out great.
Photo Date:  12/29/2005  Upload Date: 1/2/2006 12:06:55 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FURX 7252(SD40-2) FURX 7243(SD40-2)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
New Years Day
Title:  New Years Day
Description:  All was quiet on the BNSFs first day of 2006 except for this short little train that was making its way through the T yard.
Photo Date:  1/1/2006  Upload Date: 2/28/2009 12:44:17 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6928(SD40-2)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
406 entering Cardigan Jct
Title:  406 entering Cardigan Jct
Description:  WC train 406 enters Cardigan Jct, you can see the second main on the left. Once again, by accident, Alec found his way into my picture.
Photo Date:  1/7/2006  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 7:10:05 PM
Location:  Shoreview, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 4958(C44-9W) WC 7530(SD45)
Views:  456   Comments: 0
In God We Trust
Title:  In God We Trust
Description:  I love this car, as you can see by the lettering, we need more of this kind of spirit.
Photo Date:  1/14/2006  Upload Date: 2/7/2006 6:40:48 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  148   Comments: 1
Old 50s power with a B unit
Title:  Old 50s power with a B unit
Description:  A very rare sight today, a B unit! I was lucky;this picture turned out as for my camera was not working the greatest that day.
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2006 1:03:04 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 1418(GP10) BNSF 1511(GP28M)
Views:  1419   Comments: 1
Northtown on a foggy day
Title:  Northtown on a foggy day
Description:  A BNSF Z train pulls through Northtown yard on a foggy day with a NS unit
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 7:08:38 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7821(SD40-2) NS 2573(SD70) BNSF 5142(C44-9W) BNSF 7000(SD40-2) BNSF 979(C44-9W)
Views:  1073   Comments: 1
BNSF 7035
Title:  BNSF 7035
Description:  A rare sight, seeing a BNSF freight pull into the "T" yard. This is one of the first times I have seen this
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 2/6/2006 7:07:02 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7035(SD40-2) BNSF 2964(GP39V)
Views:  616   Comments: 2
Spartan Cabs trailing
Title:  Spartan Cabs trailing
Description:  Trailing units on the Z train.
Photo Date:  1/16/2006  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 1:25:04 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2573(SD70) BNSF 7000(SD40-2)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
Nice power
Title:  Nice power
Description:  Two classic EMDs head off with a RLCX and BN SD40 trailing
Photo Date:  1/23/2006  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 2:39:21 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 304(SD45-2) BNSF 6366(SD40-2)
Views:  541   Comments: 1
South oo the North Runner
Title:  South oo the North Runner
Description:  Going away shot the train head south, but going RR east. This was a really nice lashup.
Photo Date:  1/28/2006  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 2:42:23 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8602(B40-8) BNSF 8054(SD40-2) BNSF 7902(SD40-2)
Views:  657   Comments: 2
Departure on the "north runner"
Title:  Departure on the "north runner"
Description:  More SD40-2s! Better then seeing those Dash 9s. I was happy to see one of those B40-8 though.
Photo Date:  1/28/2006  Upload Date: 4/14/2006 1:04:34 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 8602(B40-8) BNSF 8054(SD40-2) BNSF 7902(SD40-2)
Views:  826   Comments: 4
NREX 231
Title:  NREX 231
Description:  An old SD40 comes into Northtown Yard. I think this is a former MP engine.
Photo Date:  3/26/2006  Upload Date: 7/20/2007 9:26:40 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NREX 231(SD40)
Views:  494   Comments: 2
War Bonnet
Title:  War Bonnet
Description:  A former Santa Fe Dash 9 leads a Z train past 35th with a GP60B in the middle.
Photo Date:  3/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/21/2009 1:18:43 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 662(C44-9W)
Views:  357   Comments: 0
Moving Emptys
Title:  Moving Emptys
Description:  Two BN green SD40-2s move some empty intermodals around in the T yard.
Photo Date:  3/28/2006  Upload Date: 11/21/2009 1:17:00 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7039(SD40-2) BNSF 8030(SD40-2)
Views:  363   Comments: 1
MRL 343
Title:  MRL 343
Description:  The very last unit in the consist was the very best! An MRL SD45 heads east on a BNSF freight still earning its keep.
Photo Date:  3/28/2006  Upload Date: 5/27/2009 10:12:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MRL 343(SD45)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Foyr BNSF Geeps
Title:  Foyr BNSF Geeps
Description:  A great looking lashup with four Geeps, all in the same scheme, departs Northtown.
Photo Date:  4/8/2006  Upload Date: 2/1/2009 3:12:36 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  299   Comments: 0
BN or BNSF?
Title:  BN or BNSF?
Description:  If you took the patches off the 7821 this could have easily looked like a pre BNSF merger shot. BNSF 7821 works the pullout job while a BNSF caboose sits nearby.
Photo Date:  4/20/2006  Upload Date: 12/31/2008 12:48:05 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Douglas Hildebrandt
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7821(SD40-2)
Views:  357   Comments: 1

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