BNSF Railway (BNSF) 2716 - EMD GP39-2

Lite power form Northtown to Staples

Not sure what happened to 2765, but it was built in 1963 for the Southern Railroad! (SOU 2630)

Yard Service

This ex-BN "whiteface" units adds some Irish green to Northtown while sitting near the yard tower on St. Patrick's Day 2015.

Taking Power To Midway & Bluff

There are some spur tracks located off the BNSF Midway Sub serving some industries located on the northeast side of Kasota Avenue. I came upon this baby quite by chance. This local had a former BN center cupola caboose on the hind end. Alas, it was too out of position for me to photograph.

BNSF 2716 with a VERY tagged caboose.

Light Power rolling past University

Passing Interstate

Light power passing University

The BNs Grove Job heads back to Northtown Yard with a pretty good sized train.

I got this shot of the Midway yard power from the Amtrak/Friends Of The 261 fall color trip to Winona as we eased through Union Yard. However, these units appear to have shoved a cut of COFC cars right down into the Union Pacific's East Minneapolis yard, as the NS units in the left backgroumd indicate.

A portrait of the BNSF Midway Intermodal yard power doing their chores, duties attended to by a crew, apparently, not remote control, despite their being so equipped.

BNSF Midway Intermodal yard sign and motive power, the latter of which was beginning to back up in a switching move as I snapped this shot, which was a "take two" of one I'd done a minute earlier that didn't turn out as good.

A Northstar Commuter goes through Northtown on it's way to Elk River. A single MP36PH lead this short commuter, #2716 is doing work behind it

Normally this shot has SD40 - 2 Switchers, but not this time, BNSF GP39 - 2 #2716, known to me as "Northtown Friend" and BNSF GP39 - 2 #2793 show their former owners paint as they do some switching

Here we see BNSF SD75M #8262 sitting in a line of stored SD75Ms and SD75Is. Notice BNSF GP39 - 2 #2716 working in the back of them and a grain train rolling past

A former AT&SF Snoot Nose SD40 - 2 (Now a SD39 - 2) is with our Northtown Friend, GP39 - 2 #2716, as they power up, #2716 smokes majorly

At Northtown, something that has never ocdured in front of me since, BNSF SD40 - 2 #7821 (Now #1594) and GP39 - 2 #2716 are doing switch jobs as BNSF 9043 East splits between them with a Oakway SD60, a Dash 8 - 40CW, and a SD40 - 2 lxad a Eastbound freight train

Here we see a meet of three trains, BNSF 7460 South lead by a ES44Dc and a Dash 9 meets BNSF 2716 Switch Job with a GP39 - 2 and BNSF 8623 North lead by a BNSF B40 - 8, a Oakway SD60, and BNSF GP60B, this looks like a layout by the way I took it, but it is real

CP ex-SOO Camden Spur is parallel at left.

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