CP's Chicago to Vancouver hotshot becomes yet another traveler to pass beneath the cliffs along the Mississippi at Dayton's Bluff.

The 199 leads a small parade of westbounds past Division St.

One of CP hottest trains is 199 seen here rolling through Newport. It's just after five and everyones headed home for the weekend on Highway 61.

CP 199 shoots west through Maple Springs towards the Twin Cities for a crew change on the ex-Milwaukee Road main line.

Putting a little sunshine into my photos, a shot of westbound 199-11 topping the summit with the monument to James Hector warm under the summer sun

A very hot CP 199 (Chicago-Vancover) train speeds it's way over a causeway on the Mississippi River.

Exhaust off 3 GE's pour out as 199 accelerates west of Drake after meeting train 330 there. This train is working up to track speed of 49 mph. This is the hot shot train west of St. Paul. Although... (more)

CP 9638 leads another AC4400CW through a heavy snow fall in Wisconsin Dells, kicking up snow in it's wake and obscuring the train behind it. Only about 15 minutes before this photo there was no sn... (more)

CP 8750 heads west with the hot 199 train. In a matter of minutes, the weather would change, and a strong summer storm would hit the area.

199-11 crests the top of the CPR system, past the marker making the divide between Atlantic and Pacific drainage

199-10 passes over the first twin bridge under glorious prairie skies

199-11 passes on Keith siding between a 400 series EB manifest and a 300 series WB grain at sunset.

Priority Train from Chicago - Coquitlam (Vancouver, BC) crosses the Black River Bridge.

CP's priority intermodal train from Montreal, Canada cruises west past the home of the St. Paul Saints.

At 1:30 AM, CPR train 199 cools its wheels at Union Junction, held behind a BNSF train for a short time before heading into the CPR tracks at Shoreham. The lights are from the nearby State Fair.