Two rebuilt SD60s, a bandit GP40, and a dual flag SD40-2 have a lengthy westbound manifest up to track speed not long after departing Glenwood Yard on a perfectly clear January afternoon.
Train 497 glides over a wintry scene between South Haven and Kimball, accelerating up to track speed after meeting an eastbound at the siding just east of here.
Although a bit scummy by this time of the summer, this lake east of Paynesville still provides a nice reflection of a passing CP train on a calm evening.
Something other than a GE leads a westbound CP train across Minnesota, seen from the US 71 overpass at Belgrade.
A big SD9043MAC leads train 497 through Brooten. Confined to Canada because of emissions standards, this is perhaps only the second time in many years that one of these large EMDs has led a CP tr... (more)
Finally! Since strict US emissions standards prevented these monsters from entering the country years ago, a recent overhaul project has allowed them to enter. The first came through a couple we... (more)
Just another GEVO leader on the 497...but what's that? An SD9043MAC trailing? Anything to break up the GE monotony!
A mixed consist leads a short 497 toward Glenwood.
A lengthy westbound blasts through Brooten behind a mix of GE and EMD power. The 8909 is one of CP's newer locomotives but is beginning to show some wear on its plow.
The trees are in bloom in Brooten as a mixed bag of power marches through town with the second of a three train evening parade.
Clouds and rain have given way to glorious sunshine on a perfect spring evening as a westbound CP train rounds a curve east of Brooten, Minnesota.
My Halloween treat: seven EMDs leading train 497 through the fog toward Glenwood in the early morning.
A westbound with a nice all EMD lashup looms out of the fog as the sun rises on Halloween morning, 2011.
