After a brief wait at Randall for the eastbound Empire Builder, a westbound grain train is on the move through the fog near Lincoln.

It's Christmas Eve and my last train before CP shuts down for the Christmas holiday was a beauty: an SD30C-ECO (CP 5019), a GP20C-ECO (CP 2203) and a GP38 (CP 3020) lead train 499 out of a nice su... (more)

A great early Christmas present, this is the first KCS "Southern Belle" unit I've had the chance to photograph along here. A couple of NS GEs trail on a short grain train as they roll through the... (more)

SOO 6027 and 6024 lead a westbound toward Glenwood, entering the curve at MP 110. One of these days will be the last time I get to see a set of pure Soo Line power on the CP. I hope today was no... (more)

Another southbound load of Powder River Basin coal climbs through the curves at Converse Jct.

Loads meet empties on the large s-curves at Converse Jct on a pleasant June evening.

Waiting for a switch crew to clear ahead of them gave the sun just enough time to get into perfect position for a nice silhouette of these three veteran workhorses as they dragged their train of l... (more)

As the moon rises in the distance and snow showers give way to late afternoon sunshine, three SD40-2s slowly roll toward a red signal just ahead at CP 115. They'll wait for a few minutes until a ... (more)

The snow is really flying in the wake of train 491 as a trio of blue and yellow SD40-2s faces one more snow squall west of Belgrade on their trip across the Paynesville Subdivision.

The engineer wastes no time getting the eastbound Empire Builder up to track speed after a lengthy wait at Staples. In the distance, another freight train is already on the move in the form of a ... (more)

An SD70ACe gleams in some nice late afternoon sun near Hawley as they speed toward Dilworth. They've had a slow trip across the Staples Sub on a very congested and very cold day.

The golden glow of this November sunrise is deceiving since it was plenty cold as this westbound slowed to meet a train a few miles ahead at Murray Siding.

Low sunlight makes a pair of EMDs look even better as they bring a short string of two bay covered hoppers west between Georgeville and Murray.

Amtrak 90 sits on the house track in Lincoln after being damaged in a fatal grade crossing accident involving a flatbed semi on the previous day while leading the eastbound Empire Builder. The co... (more)

Amtrak 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is slowing for its station stop in Staples, Minnesota several hours off the advertised. The dispatcher informed them that they would be waiting for some we... (more)