Train L517 is charging through the fresh snow at New Richmond, WI on CN's Minneapolis Sub. A wild turkey shows no alarm as it strolls leisurely across the mainline. The rest of his rafter was alre... (more)

Normally the scheduled road train over the Minneapolis Sub does photographers no favors, often passing at night. In spring 2020 however, CN was in the midst of a large construction project as they... (more)

The conductor for CN L516 protects the backup move as the power for his train backs down the siding at New Richmond. Snow flakes fly in the light of his lantern. The snowfall wouldn't amount to mu... (more)

Train L516 on the Minneapolis Sub is about to get back underway after picking up two units off the siding (CN 2899, CN 2800). A cold December rain mixes with exhaust in a swirl illuminated by the ... (more)

Train L516, the daily train from New Brighton, MN to Stevens Point, WI runs east at sunset. The setting sun casts a warm glow but the fresh snowpack lends an arctic feel to the scene. One of the f... (more)

4 years ago the Minneapolis Sub saw a wider range of locomotive types than it does these days, including foreign road power. At dusk in a spring snowfall a UP and an NS EMD pair up on train L516, ... (more)

One of the first significant snowfalls of the winter has blanketed the Minneapolis Sub. The daily train has been thrown way off schedule and would normally pass through here in the dark early morn... (more)

For the second day in a row the L574 local out of Chippewa Falls has run as far as New Richmond to spot a boxcar at the Lakeside Foods canning plant. While only one car each day, the move is notew... (more)

Since the New Richmond Autoport facility opened last year most of the traffic has been delivered by the daily train L517. On rare occasions there will be an extra 517 that runs ahead of L517 and t... (more)

An extra auto rack train has recently terminated at New Richmond. GTW heritage unit 8952 trailed CN 2272 on the way here but basked in the sun briefly once the crew went off duty and the power was... (more)

L517 slows down to switch the Autoport west of New Richmond.

A late-running L517 has just received a fresh crew and departs westbound into the setting sun.

A very late L517 clears out the Minneapolis Sub following a snowstorm that dropped 18 inches of snow in some areas.

L517 approaches the New Richmond Autoport with a trio of SD60s for power. The crew only has 15 minutes left to work, and they'll be relived here by the L506 crew who will also set out 14 loaded au... (more)

CN 5469 and 5419 lead a roughly 9 hour late L506 through New Richmond. Getting this train in decent light is an extremely rare occurrence. The last time I shot them westbound on a sunny afternoon ... (more)