What a way to end a spectacular day of railfanning! A CP SD40-2 leads a AC4400CW in the last minutes of sunlight. Beautiful!

Awesome is a word that just sums this catch up! My first time seeing 281 in daylight this year, and it's lead by no other then a pair of ICE/DME SD40-2's! For all you who don't know, train 281 is ... (more)

After adding 13 more cars out in Goodview, G69 shoves 22 cars for the UP into their yard.

CP 8839 and CP 9816 head train 330 into Winona. The first five hoppers behind the units were all D&H.

CP 5966, DM&E 6363, IC&E 6454, and Soo 4412 pull a rather short, 57 car 486 up the DM7E connection at Tower CK. Sure is nice of CP to put them in alphabetical order.

170 rumbles through Winona on the heels of train 636. Even though it's all red power on 170 today, I'm still glad it has a pair of EMD's on the point.

First train of the day, and it has EMD's! 636 roars through Winona running right ahead of train 170. This sure was a nice way to start o day of railfanning!

CP 5612, along with ICE 6211 and 6210 snake there way onto the River Sub at Tower CK with train 486-11. This train was over 135 cars in length, with 83 of them being loaded.

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 4 bright red CP GE's charge into Winona with train 283.

past meet the present. A bandit GP40 still wearing some pretty ratty looking Milwaukee Road dress, is passed by a 4 pack of bright red Canadian Pacific GE's.

After having a set of freshly repainted CP geeps on this job, I was extremely happy when I found out the jobs new power was a lone Bandit GP40. Here the 2057 is almost finished with the days work.... (more)

DM&E 6363 leans into one of the many curves on the River Sub as it heads train 487-13 towards the DM&E at Minnesota City. A cloud had made a last minute appearance, but the sun shined though with ... (more)

Reminders of the past. An ex Milwaukee Road SD40-2 leads 487-13 past a portion on the remaining jointed rail from when this line was double track. That jointed rail sure has seen better days, and ... (more)

A fairly clean Beaver heads 4 recently reactivated CITX SD40-2's on train 198 in Winona.

One of the last StL&H SD40-2's leads a 487 up stockton hill in some faint sunlight. Sweet!