Click to subscribe to uofm_rr_club list NSP/Xcel Energy Northern States Power - today Xcel Energy - operates locomotives at its coal fired power plants around the Twin Cities and at it's outstate plants. Here are photos from the Twin Cities area - with a simple yet sharp paint scheme (still with NSP marks to this day) these locomotives stand out against the mountains of coal stored at these plants Riverside Plant SW900 R90 seen here in classic NSP colors in 2000. When picking up cars from BNSF the interchange can easily be seen from the public park adjacent the plant on East River Road [aka Marshall] near 31st St in Northeast Mpls... Photos by Maik Pertermann And here on 30Oct06 - Andy Inserra photo High Bridge The St Paul plant used to use SW1 4 - now in the hands of the Gopher State Railway Museum in Chaska. It was painted well before the current white/blue/green/black scheme and even features the old Reddy Kilowatt. GSRM photo Today they use SW1200RS #501. Interestingly it is lettered HB for High Bridge plant but not for NSP or Xcel Energy... Aaron Floring photo Bayport Thanks to Bob Anderson for these shots of the rarely photographed SW1200 #3 at the Bayport plant - seen here in Oct 2004 Unknown plant assignments... SW1 X-5 seen at Northtown yard in 1995 - Andy Inserra photo ** Could be ex-NSP 79, see below...** Former NSP Power No longer working for NSP, these units at one point did work for them in MN. NSP 45 tonner #3 in transit to Becker, seen in Cincinnati. Dan Dover photo, Keith Ardinger collection 45 tonner #4 - Becker plant, en route in St Louis 5-24-75. Jim Harold photo, Keith Ardinger collection NSP SW1 #79 at the Riverside plant in Mpls, 8-3-75. Roger Bee photo, Keith Ardinger collection :: Home :: How to Join :: Meetings :: Links :: Donations :: Contact :: ©2002 University of Minnesota Railroad Club. The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.

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