The engineer of the H41 wayfreight looks back toward the conductor on the ground in the distance as the 4000 hp at his fingertips eases their train back along the siding in Brooten.

A quartet of blue and yellow SD40-2s blast into Brooten with an eastbound priority freight. Flooding in St Paul forced the CP to run trains 170/171 all the way out to Glenwood.

A pair of EMDs head up the 491 as it flies west out of Brooten, MN.

A westbound rushes through Brooten, kicking up some of the close to 10 inches of snow that fell last night. And here I was thinking winter was over.

Two GEs and a leased SD40-2 have approximately 7000 feet of train moving pretty good through Brooten. They would be slowed soon enough, though, first by waiting on a westbound at Murray, then by ... (more)

A long westbound behind a single GE cruises toward Brooten as the snow begins to finally melt on the prairie.

An empty unit tank train with UP power, bound for the North Dakota oil fields, is dead in the siding at Brooten as a westbound train for Winnipeg blasts by on the main.

A westbound nears Brooten, following alongside Minnesota State Highway 55, as it's done for most of its trip down the Paynesville Subdivision from Minneapolis.

An eastbound with quite a bit of power rushes past the new welcome sign on the east side of Brooten. This sign is an example of why we take pictures. Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Brooten, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: CP 9533
Train ID: CP 496
Photo Date: March 11, 2011

Over a foot of snow has fallen in the last day and a half and it shows no signs of letting up. The railroad keeps rolling, though, as a SOO SD60M passes the signal and west siding switch in Broot... (more)

A beautiful winter prairie sunset finds an eastbound CP train making its way toward Brooten.

A unit train of North Dakota crude oil makes its way across the snowy Minnesota countryside on a cold winter day.

The wayfreight departs Brooten behind a pair of Geeps on a nice winter afternoon. The consist has changed since yesterday, and it's kind of rare to see the power for this job arranged elephant-st... (more)

The wayfreight shoves four cars onto the second track in Brooten on a cold winter afternoon. Because of signal trouble, they'll then spend a few extra minutes waiting for the west siding switch t... (more)

Strong winds have the snow really flying across Minnesota. A westbound CP train is impervious to it all, hurtling through Brooten and on toward Glenwood Yard.