A sparkling new locomotive from General Electric makes easy work of over a mile of double stacks from Canada. I agree with others, these new units are sharp!

A fresh GEVO in the 9300 series blasts through the sag just east of Glenwood as it leads the hottest train on the railroad toward Minneapolis. Another GE is shoving on the rear of the train.

New vs. old: The Soo depot in downtown Minot stands tall to see another new unit rumble by. This time, its an ES44AC, CP 9353, leading the Eastbound #198.

Back up to trackspeed after meeting H76 in Minot, the lone newbie GEVO hustles through the Souris River Valley passing the red barn in Logan..... Right before this shot, I underestimated how deep ... (more)

Two grain elevators loom above the Eastbound 198, with CP 9353 hustling through Velva at track speed.

A brand new GEVO leads the hotshot intermodal through the Eastern edge of Minot - through an area that was completely under water just a mere eight months ago. Minot is still recovering after the ... (more)

A GE fresh out of the box leads the not-so-hotshot #198 through the North Dakota countryside, through a sweeping curve approaching Burlington.

CP 8888 leads priority stacks east toward Minneapolis, seen just west of Belgrade.

The tail end of this monster double stack train from Canada is still coming through the outskirts of Hoffman as the head end passes over the big trestle east of town. The snow-less landscape real... (more)

With a pair of GEVOs up front and one shoving on the rear, this monster stack train from British Columbia sweeps around the big curve east of Barrett. They will cool down a bit at Hoffman waiting... (more)

The bright red paint of one of CP's newer locomotives is hard to miss as it makes its way through a frosty Minnesota landscape with a train of colorful containers.

A single blue leaser leads a colorful stack train through Belgrade on a blustery morning.

Why is this CP AC44's paint to crisp and vivid? It was a star on the movie 'Unstoppable.' Typically, this model of locomotive has a weathered dark-red look. Here it heads past the Camden Place c... (more)

A colorful stack train departs Glenwood off the main, headed for Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis, then on to Chicago.

CP 8821 rumbles over N. Main Street in downtown Minot, passing the old Soo Depot that is now a railroad museum.