After meeting a late running Amtrak #8, the ICE unit ethanol train has crossed over to main two at Tamarack headed west at sunset. CP B&B forces have temporarily shut down main one for bridge wor... (more)
CP 8831 throttles up after Amtak crosses over out of their way a few minutes before.
The Empire Builder is a couple hours late trying to make up a little time into Chicago.
Eastbound traffic moves again towards Chicago as a derailment is cleared some 100+ miles down the line. 298 is out of Portage headed east with mixed manifest, lumber loads, and tanks.
A 50-degree day has the snow melting in Wisconsin. The result is mushy roadbed conditions over the frozen tundra necessitating a few slow orders on both the CP and nearby UP Adams sub. The loca... (more)
Interestingly, both these trains had a SOO widecab trailing in their consists. 280 meets it's counterpart, 281, on the doubletrack at Tamarack. 280 has just crossed over 2/1 in front of 281, an... (more)
Today's parade of westbounds culminates with the passage of the Empire Builder, right on time.
A single golden-beaver leads #291 today.
Doublestacker #199 leads the parade of westbounds over the Watertown sub on this fine afternoon.
CP 8822 is a regular on the Watertown sub, this is the second time I've caught it leading a train in 5 days.
SOO power handles the Watertown Patrol today, heading back to base at Portage, about 35 miles ahead.
The Patrol rolls through the crossovers at Tamarack, ending the eastbound parade.
CP heritage colors pop into the sunlight for the modelers in the rp.net audience.
Action unabated on the CP Watertown sub as 198's train soaks up some sunshine passing #297.
A hot tip on the railfan grapevine puts me in position to bag the CP business train deadheading west over the ex MILW across frozen Wisconsin. Sorry, not gonna make it into work today...
