CP 3HDR pulls past the 1887-built Soo Line depot after loading the 34 car Herzog train at Dresser Trap Rock.

A trio of tired SD40-2's load a combined Herzog/GREX ballast train at Dresser Trap Rock.

A loaded Dresser Rock train powered by a pair of veteran GMD SD40-2's, passes the MTM's fake Soo Line GP7 on its return trip to the Twin Cities.

A paired set of demoted GMD's work another hump job at CN's Harrison Yard in Memphis, Tennessee on September 1, 2019.

CP 6068 throttles up at Tower A-20 with the TEC train, after being stopped for a few minutes.

A pair of classic GMD SD40s upgraded to dash 2 series but demoted to yard duties drills a cut over CN's hump at Harrison Yard in Memphis, Tennessee.

With room at the inn full this Sunday morning, the XBFSI crew is forced to take their train straight through Salamanca and on south. In the siding, a pair of Wheeling and Lake Erie units sit with ... (more)

A weekend extra arrives into Salamanca with a former QNS&L SD40-2 leading a dogs breakfast of EMD units from the AVR, WE, and BPRR.

Much to my surprise to shoot SD40's still in service on the CPR, a pair of dual flagged veterans do the honors of pulling a loaded Herzog ballast train in full throttle up hill towards Toronto Yar... (more)

The crew only has a few more cars left to load at Dresser Trap Rock, before they're ready to head back towards St. Paul with their loaded Herzog ballast train.

CP 6068 puts on a good show as it transits the CN's Dresser Sub with empty rock train 3HDR. The train will load at Dresser Trap Rock, before returning west to the Twin Cities.

A CP ballast train with THREE SD40-2s (5878, 5871, and 6068) in THREE paint schemes fills up with "traprock" ballast at Dresser Trap Rock Inc. It has been a busy spring with this setup, as they h... (more)

CP 3GPS pulls back down from Dresser Trap Rock after losing CP 5922 to a mechanical failure. Unable to make it back to St. Paul with only two operable SD40-2s, the crew will tie down the train on ... (more)

CP 3GPS-04 pulls down past the east leg of the wye in Dresser, in order to shove up to the quarry. Three venerable GMD built SD40-2s provide power. Unfortunately the 5922 ended up failing, and the... (more)

11r lifts a cut of empties from SMS off the west side. In 20 min today’s crew will be back on there way south.