Mixed freight prepares for departure.

*My 50th Railpictures.net photo!* CP 290 goes through the Sturtevant depot, with two NS GP60s trailing.

The 290 with 3 GEs roll through Loretto with snow flurries left from a storm the night before.

Three GEs running elephant style bring train 290 around one of the curves between Eden Valley and Watkins. The snow is tapering off and clear skies are not far behind this eastbound.

Train 290 from Winnipeg has more windmill parts in tow today as it blasts through the sag east of Glenwood.

Two GE's pass a large stand of trees on the west side of Belgrade. This version of train 290 had a few flat cars of windmill parts on the head end, the first of which is just visible on the left.

290s train heads over the Mississippi after waiting for traffic to clear on its way to Shoreham for some switching.

A former Holiday Train locomotive and another Golden Beaver AC4400 lead the 290 through Brooten.

A leased GE leads priority manifest from Winnipeg past the elevator at Regal.

A manifest heads for Whittier Jct where it will head south on CP's Emerson Sub to the US border.

CP 8883 and SOO 6027 ease train 290 around the curve at Glenwood West, completing their trip down the Detroit Lakes Sub from Thief River Falls.

The setting sun kisses the flanks of two Soo Line veterans as they approach Forada with train 290.

For some unknown reason, the wait for this one was a lot longer than usual. But it paid off, as we found out the 290 was led by two SOO SD60's. Standing in a knee-high poison ivy patch wasn't so... (more)

An AC4400 and a SOO SD60 lead the 290 toward a meet at Murray as the sun sets behind a few clouds.

A signal maintainer greets the crew of the 290 as he performs a timing test as part of his FRA mandated annual inspection of the crossing flashers near MP 110. He had contacted the train several ... (more)