Four AC units pull 35 empties over a causeway toward Detroit Lakes, MN.
A set of CP engines idle at Enderlin, the division point between the Elbow Lake and Carrington Subs.
BNSF's secondary routes were extremely congested after a derailment at Lake Park, MN on the Minneapolis-Fargo main line. A second train on the same track is visible in the background, just past t... (more)
A small wooden trestle collapsed under the weight of an 8-car UP train heading to a sugar mill in Chaska, MN. The cause of the accident is believed to be excessive spring melt off weakening the s... (more)
ICE 6414 (The City of Excelsior Springs) is seen from the inside of the 1882-built G.A. Carlson Lime Kiln, while running the last leg of it's journey on CP Rail trackage. Railroad: Iowa, Chicago & EasternLocomotive: EMD SD40-2Location: Red Wing, Minnesota, USALocomotive #: ICE 6414Train ID: ICE M-KCSPPhoto Date: March 02, 2007
DME 6077, the Don Cook, blasts through a ravine at the west end of Frontenac Siding.
The glossy paint of two brand-new GEVO units is highlighted by the evening sun, as an intermodal streaks by on the BNSF Saint Croix Subdivision.
Two factory-fresh BNSF motors and a surprisingly clean warbonnet SD75 are kicking up snow while on the point of a CP coal train.
A pair of SD40-2's in the Dual Flag livery emerge from a grove of trees and propel their train through Vergas at track speed.
CP 5663 is partially reflected in a large puddle as it takes the siding at Mahnomen for the 291.
A northbound CP freight is moving past a cow pasture on it's journey to Winnipeg, MB.
The bright headlights of CP 8757 shimmer off the side of a coal train as the Hastings Switcher idles in the yard.
A train that has died on hours is being leapfrogged by CP 198, a high-priority intermodal train.
CP 486 runs at high speed on a very steeply banked super elevated curve.
CP 588 runs along Lake Pepin's shoreline (a wide section of the Mississippi River), carrying three prefabricated switches in addition to the normal freight cars. Across the river and to the left,... (more)