Some luck allowed me to capture this all EMD rolling meet on the sweeping curve just west of Lake Park.
These three EMDs are Run 8 as they approach Manitoba JCT. From this vantage point the grade is not very perceptable.
These three EMDs are earning their keep struggling out of the Red River Valley in Run 8 at 15 mph. Several more miles of hard pulling lie ahead.
Two units on the headend and one in DPU mode have this loaded coal train near track speed as it crosses the old wooden trestle over the Gull River.
A "Northwestern-y" scene as UP coal loads ease into their parking spot east of Cortland waiting for track ahead to clear.
UP powered coal loads head south out of KC.
A clean face on a UP westbound at S. Beaver Dam passes the now demolished ex-CNW depot.
Coal loads pass the old Dri-Line depot on the riverfront in Davenport. The utility box raised on the pole at the left indicates we are standing below the Mississippi River floodplain. This area ... (more)
This train came off the BN at Ottumwa and onto the SOO where it is seen passing Nahant Yard nearing its destination at the Riverside Generating Plant on the other side of town. K200 scanned
Look Ma, no ditch lights anywhere in this scene! BN coal loads make their way through West Dav yard. This power was leased to the BN. K200 scanned
A Z-train splits the signals and crosses over from Main 2 to Main 1 after running around a lower priority empty grain train.
A pair of SD70ACe make an uncharacteristic appearence on the Brainerd Sub as they cross the Gull River, enroute to Superior, Wisconsin.
A newer GE is in DPU mode on a coal load headed for Superior, Wisconsin on a beautiful late summer afternoon.
A pair of newer GE thunder over the calm waters of the Gull River. Note the setting moon just above the radiator section of the trailing unit.
The parade of trains continues even as workers dismantle the diamonds on other tracks.
