Steam on the scene for Midweek Photos this time around. The above is Northern pacific 4-6-0 no. 328, which is undergoing repairs at the Jackson St. Roundhouse. This facility is owned by the Minnesota Transportation Museum. The Museum owns or operates on the Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railroad in Wisconsin.
Also at Jackson St. is Northern Pacific 2156, a 4-6-2.
During our visit, we took lunch at Minneapolis Junction, where 4-8-4 no. 261, a Milwaukee Road steamer, resides along with their train of cars.
This is a happening part of the city, with grain trains coming this way and that as we were spending time in the wye area of the railroads.
BNSF waits at the switch for an oncoming grain train.
There goes the UP grain...
The foundation of a Northern Pacific roundhouse in the foreground. As soon as the Union Pacific train cleared the switch, the BNSF was back on the move.
Those are my shots for the week. I hope that everyone here is having a great summer, and taking some of your chances to shoot at the rail scene as you catch it. Please share some of your pictures here. See you next Wednesday.
