A pure CSXT SD50 is on the point of loaded coke train 800. sure was getting tricky to snatch nose-light at this time of day.
A late-running 271 passes the cottages along the Mississippi River as it heads north on the CP River Subdivision.
The engineer eases 171 past the conductor and Winona County Sheriff personnel who looking for two hitchhikers. An eastbound train saw one of the hitchhikers as they rolled past 171. I did a roll... (more)
A colorful array of engines! The crew of 487 died on hours in the Donehower siding. The crew of G69 (La Crosse - Winona) cabbed down from their train parked in the Homer siding and took 487 to G... (more)
A loaded unit ethanol train making its way along the Mississippi River.
This train waited at M.P. 159 on the DM&E until two CP trains working in the LaCrescent Yard finished their work. It was almost too long a wait for the photographer hoping for a sunny shot..... a... (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)
The eastbound parade continues as a very short train 198 rounds the corner at Donehower.
I don't ordinarily shoot CP GEs these days, but this one was special. Train 666-006, crew called at 0600 on 03/06/2010.
DM&E Train 171-03 heads west along the Mississippi River. This train was tied down in the siding at Kains on the DM&E Marquette Subdivision on Friday, March 5. The next day a dog-catch crew was ... (more)
Eastbound train 290 snakes along the Mississippi River at Donehower along CPR's appropiately named River Sub.
Another coal train for the Columbia Power Plant near Portage, WI.
A GP40 leading train 170 is a nice suprise! 170 is on the CP River Sub nearing Donehower West.
Just another of the thousands of photos taken of the SP 4449 on the CP River Subdivision.
A late-running 171 heads north on the CP along the Mississippi River.