A wide angle view of CP 6249 and CP 6049 on the point of westbound train 497 near Sedan, MN.

CP 6242 and DME 6201 lead train 496 across the rural crossing at MP 110 between Sedan and Brooten. Across the highway is the now closed furniture store called the Wooden Shoe and beyond that is t... (more)

Four EMDs leading a westbound cast a nice early morning reflection in a slough on the state land west of Sedan.

Foreign power is certainly becoming quite common on the CP, but this is still the first time I've seen a BNSF SD70ACe leading a train through here. BNSF 9032 and an NS GE lead a westbound down th... (more)

Our recent stretch of cold and snowy weather is a good excuse to stay inside and "dig" through old photographs. Here's one I came across from Halloween morning a few years ago of seven EMDs leadi... (more)

The windchill is down to the neighborhood of -40 as CP's Vancouver to Chicago hotshot races east from Glenwood at sunset.

It's Christmas Eve and my last train before CP shuts down for the Christmas holiday was a beauty: an SD30C-ECO (CP 5019), a GP20C-ECO (CP 2203) and a GP38 (CP 3020) lead train 499 out of a nice su... (more)

SOO 6027 and 6024 lead a westbound toward Glenwood, entering the curve at MP 110. One of these days will be the last time I get to see a set of pure Soo Line power on the CP. I hope today was no... (more)

As the moon rises in the distance and snow showers give way to late afternoon sunshine, three SD40-2s slowly roll toward a red signal just ahead at CP 115. They'll wait for a few minutes until a ... (more)

With units leased to other roads, and being power short themselves, the CP has put together some incredible lashes. This being one of them. Three blue and yellows power up 76 loaded autoracks we... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s are in charge of an empty unit potash train across Minnesota on a clear fall afternoon.

A fall thunderstorm is rumbling overhead as one of CP's unique SD30C-ECO rebuilds pulls two Siemens transformers across Minnesota.

While the power for today's 499 is as ho-hum as it gets, a pair of ex-GMTX geeps bound for the Stewart Southern Railway in Saskatchewan liven things up a bit. Recent trackwork is evident by the ne... (more)

A Balfour Beatty ballast cleaner working with a Canadian Pacific tie replacement gang creeps along just west of MP 110 between Brooten and Sedan. They're waiting for a few tamping machines to fin... (more)

A nice bright 9300 series unit leads an eastbound across the thawing Minnesota prairie on a chilly spring morning.