In late 2008 getting a pure SD40-2 consist on a road train of a Class 1 railroad is reason to celebrate a little. CP 5833 and 5727 trail the 5612, all surviving soldiers from CP's onetime vast ar... (more)

CP recently renumbered many of the trains on this subdivision, so here's my first "282", eastbound at Columbus.

Small town Columbus, Wisconsin, has two depots still standing. As the westbound Empire Builder whistles off, the depot seen in the background was built in the Civil War era, and for years has bee... (more)

The Empire Builder gets up to track speed leaving the 2-spot Columbus stop.

The distraught late arriving passenger approaching as the Empire Builder arrives is hoping the agent, out of view behind me and who will soon be busy loading baggage from the cart onto the train, ... (more)

261 slows, only briefly, as it enters Columbus eastbound.

This youngster knows which car he wants to ride in. The older gentleman is noted rail historian and photographer John Gruber.

284's train rounds the curve into Columbus.

The sun pops out just enough to brighten CP 8793 west rolling through Columbus as storm clouds thicken in the humid afternoon.

DME 6370 is westbound with a detouring ethanol empty entering Columbus. 6370 is ex-Milwaukee Road, as is this trackage.

Amtrak's Empire Builder is up to track speed after making a station stop in Columbus 1.7 miles back.

CP Kentucky Derby special returns to Canada after the big weekend in Louisville, passing the depot at Columbus. K200 transparency scanned & color corrected in P/S

A timeless railroad image as CP's Royal Canadian returns from the Kentucky Derby and passes a Civil-War-era depot at Columbus. Only welded rail and the FRED give this away as modern. K200 film ... (more)

Tonight's Empire Builder had the BNSF business cars tacked onto the end.

Action orange in action.