After meeting train 490 at Forada, westbound train 299 is accelerating north toward Alexandria and Thief River Falls behind a newer rebuild and an older AC4400CW.
Canadian Pacific 5935 and Soo Line 6035 lead the westbound train 299 through Karlstad, Minnesota before the snow flies bound for the border crossing at Noyes, just 45 miles away. In a time when G... (more)
I finally caught a pair of CP's recently repainted AC4400CW's together on a train. They're slowly crawling across the bridge over the frozen North Fork of the Crow River a few miles west of Regal... (more)
A freshly painted AC and a close cousin sprints out of Vergas after meeting grain loads in town. With days getting shorter, this shot is quickly fading as tracks go straight north here on its way... (more)
CP's 299 departs the Winnipeg area for points west and some rather stormy weather.
A westbound finds some sun as it descends into the dip just east of Glenwood at MP 115. The 9644 was involved in a sideswipe accident in Glenwood in May 2010.
In nearly the last light of the day, a westbound rushes by the wayfreight that's tied down on the siding in Brooten for the evening. The ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" was left here by an earlier wes... (more)
A break in the clouds allows some nice late afternoon sun to fall on this westbound as it heads for Glenwood behind a newer GEVO.
A GEVO and a blue leaser lead a lengthy train 299 into Belgrade on a breezy spring afternoon. I love this time of year as the weather turns warmer and green starts to make its comeback.
Leaving some dark clouds behind, train 299 cruises across the central Minnesota landscape between Regal and Belgrade.
The 299 is becoming a regular late afternoon fixture on this end of the Paynesville Sub, usually with a healthy cut of stacks and autoracks on it. Today was no exception as two GEVOs hustle throu... (more)
A westbound manifest crosses a bridge east of Paynesville as it heads toward Glenwood.
After meeting an eastbound and getting a new crew in Paynesville, westbound train 299 heads into the setting sun behind a new GEVO.
299 slowly rolls through B12, nearing the end of its journey at Bensenville Yard.
Sunset at Murray West.
