A long 491 is being handled nicely by a pair of vets as they're about to pass under Minnesota State Highway 210.
A lone GEVO leads train 491 across a rural crossing east of Sedan, MN on a clear late spring evening.
SOO 6061 and company approach the overpass east of Eden Valley with a westbound train for Winnipeg in tow.
Doesn't matter if they're going 5, or 50. They still look great. Three of them together is even better.
A trio of SOO candy apple SD60s in charge of the 491 today, led by the SOO 6061 as it rolls through Hamel. Just to the rear of this train a strom was approaching, however the storm stayed in the m... (more)
The SOO 6061, one of four active SD60M's, splits the crossing signals just east of Sedan, MN. They already have yarding instructions at Glenwood yard. In less than 12 hours, this train would be o... (more)
CP 491 roars west with a solid set of Soo units for power and a Soo SD60M in the lead.
Pacing the SOO 6061 along MN 55 west of Brooten.
Three Candy Apple red Soo Line units lead train 491 across the steel trestle east of Paynesville, with an SD60M leading the way.
Three SOO units doing what they were meant to do as they bring a westbound freight closer to the next crew change at Glenwood, MN.
It doesn't get much better than this: an SD60M leading two more SD60s in perfect evening light.
SOO 6061 leads two more Candy Apple SD60s west, approaching the overpass between Kimball and Watkins.
The 491 heads west behind a stellar lashup. Here, its just east of Brooten, MN. Close on the tail of the 291.
A plethora of power makes easy work of just over 3000 feet of train. The extra locomotives are most likely being moved west to help get the railroad moving again after a landslide in North Dakota ... (more)
