Two GE's hustle toward Glenwood with train 291, passing a few sprigs of goldenrod along the tracks.

Train 291 has taken the siding in Paynesville to meet two eastbounds. Unfortunately, the dispatcher overlooked the fact that an 8000 foot train does not fit in a 7600 foot siding, so they would s... (more)

Train 291 crosses the trestle east of Paynesville.

A long 291 approaches the overpass east of Eden Valley with a SOO SD60M trailing in the consist.

A lengthy 291 trails a lone GE west of Brooten.

A single GE whose paint has seen better days leads today's 291 toward Murray. No more meets for them today, they will head straight to Glenwood.

The engineer of the fast moving 170 enjoys the breeze on a hot and muggy summer evening as he blasts down the main toward the waiting 291 at Murray.

A Candy Apple SD60 approaches Glenwood East toward the end of a hot summer day.

A great looking pair of SOO SD60's lead a high priority manifest bound for Winnipeg out of the siding at Murray. I wonder what put that splatter of green paint on the plow of the 6050? It looks ... (more)

When the 291 arrived into Glenwood last night, it had 3 SD40's. By the time it departed this morning, 51 ballast cars and three more SD40's were added, making this one worth the chase. 50 miles n... (more)

Six! Count 'em. Six SD40's lead this mornings 291 north (railroad west) through Alexandria. Awesome sight and sound.

The SD40-2 tucked behind the GE leader on this westbound smokes it up as they near Sedan.

It's July 18th, 2010 and you can still find a pure consist of good ol' SOO LINE SD60's. Here they have the 291 under control north of Miltona. They'll travel to Vergas to meet an eastbound, and ... (more)

While waiting for 487 291 rolls by us with some decent power.

When i got word of the 291 the night before, the SOO 6027 had been leading, so to wake up and find that it had been pulled off and the 6062 was now leading, it was quite surprising.