An AC4400 and an SD40-2 lead a westbound across the steel bridge east of Hoffman, MN on a breezy late summer day.

High waters from a flooding Souris River encroach the ex-SOO line, while a candy apple red SD60 leads a short 497 towards Minot.

After being under tornado warnings on my first day of living in Minot, I decided to try my luck on the CP Portal Sub on day 2... While examining a very nice house South of the city, I heard the sw... (more)

A westbound is underway out of Glenwood Yard, traversing the rolling countryside between Lowry and Farwell on a picture perfect late spring evening.

A westbound crosses Washburn Ave in downtown Belgrade. I'm sure the snowflakes piled along the streets will be there much longer than the one still hanging on the light pole.

Bathed in nice winter evening light, a westbound is several miles into its trip on the Elbow Lake Subdivision from Glenwood, MN to Enderlin, ND.

The power on 497 passes over one of the many small bridges on CP's Elbow Lake Sub west of Wendell, MN.

A westbound one unit wonder takes the switch for the Elbow Lake Sub and splits the signals at Glenwood West as the sun begins to set on the last day of July 2010.

Another case of "if only that GE weren't leading." SD60M SOO 6060 and two more EMD's trail an AC4400 on the 497 as it gets underway out of Glenwood.

A special treat in the form of one of Soo Line's five SD60Ms leads a manifest toward Shoreham Yard at University.

Springtime green is slowly starting to replace winter brown as a CP train heads west from Glenwood.

CP 497 passes the great old barn west along the Portal Subdivision west of Donnybrook. Now if only the CP unit was an SD40-2F 'red barn' to complete this picture.

With 85 cars in tow, the 497 heads west through the frozen fields near the Oswald siding. A good portion of the cars on this train would be set out 8 miles away at Hankinson and forwarded to CP/SO... (more)

With their work in Milwaukee complete a westbound CP manifest races west towards Portage, where the next crew will hop on and continue taking the train west, towards minnesota.