CP 471 heads west on the River Sub with a fresh ACU on point. The train will switch for a while up the line in Goodview before heading onto the Waseca Sub.

NS 9930 leads CP 471 west through the Dells.

NS 9034 leads CP 471 west through the Dells.

Two things that are rare (for me, anyway) on the RCP&E: finding a set of matching power and finding a train that's actually moving. Well, I got half of what I hoped for. A trio of blue and yello... (more)

Busy Yard, Sometimes That Is: La Crosse is one of those places on the CP where there either isn't much going on, or everything happens at once. Today, just before sunset, 471 has made their... (more)

CP 471 passes through the farms of Dodge County on its way west with traffic bound for the RPCE in Tracy.

CP 471 rolls through a gravel road grade crossing between Dodge Center and Claremont on its way west towards Owatonna and Waseca.

CP 471 passes the elevator in Dodge Center on its trip west with a pair of NS locomotives as power after a meet with counterpart CP 470.

It was once common to see grey SD40 leaders along the DM&E but since the sale to the Canadian Pacific Railway in 2008 these work horses have went away. With NS run through power on over half of th... (more)

Train 471 lead by four classic SD40-2's roll up and down the open countryside of southern Minnesota with 145 cars in tow and making great time at 30 mph.

RCPE SD40-2 #3422, RCPE SD40-2 #6427, and RCPE SD40-3 #3429 provide power to CP 471 as it approaches the Bierce Street crossing in Winona, MN. Photo taken 7/3/15 near MP 310.11 on the CP River Sub... (more)

471 is back on the move after lite power out of Mason City came out to rescue the train at Ossian. I believe the 471 inbound crew ran out of time, and with the bad roads, CP ran power out to get a... (more)

CP train 471 heads west through Genoa with a trio of blue 'n yellows.

CP 471 gets a recrew at Dubuque before making a set out and pickup on its way to Huron, SD.