Minneapolis, MN: BNSF/Northern Pacific Northtown Yard and General Mills Oat Mill

3D Satellite

This photo was taken around the lower-right corner of the above satellite image looking across the turntable and at the mill. 

Jacob Sheffield posted
Too much to list here. Northtown Yard, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 6th 2017.

I Love Trains posted
photo courtesy of Timothy Taylor - what goes where?
Gary Richard Nelson: BN Northtown Yard, Fridley, Mn.

 

Timoth D. Sievern posted

Burlington Norhtern book cover

BURLINGTON NORTHERN

A Great Adventure, 1970–1979.

Google Maps labels this grain elevator as General Mills Inc - Fridley Oat Mill.

Street View

Marty Bernard posted
𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬
Northern Pacific SW1200 155 built in 1957 and became BN 214 then BNSF 3545i in Minneapolis, MN, June 3, 1964.
When I took this slide I thought nothing of all those boxcars. I mean, boxcars are forever, right?
Tom Lyman: he locomotive is on the NP, A Line EB mainline. Most likely the Grove Yd. job, or The Brewery job.

2 of the photos in “BRAKING” NEWS: KEY COMPONENT OF NORTHTOWN’S HUMP YARD GETS REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE  (source)

a
View of the Northtown hump yard, or “bowl,” with secondary retarders in foreground. Master retarder is below bottom edge of photo. Downtown Minneapolis is visible in background.

b
[They are replacing the master retarder.]

This yard is huge. Further to the south is a diesel servicing facility and a hump yard.

It is one of BNSF's eight hump yards.