The sun finds a break in the clouds right as train 637 winds onto the DM&E connection at C.K. Sweet!

CP 8551 splits 10th street as it heads 199 west up the River Sub.

581 makes a mid afternoon appearance on the River Sub. The train with its awesome Soo GP38-2/SD60 lash-up, is seconds away from rattling over the switches at Tower C.K.

Oops! Northbound ICE did a belly-flop on the switches at Tower CK in Winona, requiring a day to clean up the mess and resulting in Amtrak detouring via BNSF between LaCrosse and St. Paul.

Service stop en route to Minneapolis.

Suprising power idles in the Union Pacific Winona Yard.

Soo 6406 and fuel tender 4002 hustle #211 west along the Mississippi just south of Winona. Soo constructed a couple of these fuel tenders from Ex Milw. GP20 rebuilds that had been wreaked. They we... (more)

CP power idling in Winona. Due to CP train 487 derailing near Tower CK in Winona and blocking the mainline, all CP activity was shut down.

The heritage shows through on the 2016!

About 300 riders about to ride behind the SP 4449. Thanks to live view on the 50D and holding overhead I got the shot without heads in front of me, The SP 4449 is about 6 cars to their stop to off... (more)

Just a streak of fast moving heavy tonnage.

Former racehorse, UP GP60 #2024 nee 5824, rests in Winona, MN, after a hard day's work on the local. Under the poorly applied "20" patch, the old road number of "58" can clearly be seen. GP-60's ... (more)

DME train 170 (old ICE MSPKC) passes the local power in the yard at Winona.

The UP Winona, MN - Adams, WI wayfreight power sits idle waiting for the crew to jump on and shove back through Tower CK onto CP trackage. From there the journey begins towards Adams, WI.

A Huron-Chicago train detouring via Winona comes off the DM&E and onto the CP at Tower CK. The CP/DM&E/IC&E Merger was approved 09/30/08, so soon this will be 100% CP owned trackage.