Two classic CP SD40-2's roll through Belgrade and toward a meet at Murray on a sunny summer morning.

After spending four hours in Glenwood Yard, and another in Brooten, the 490 is back on its way east. By this time, a total of four westbound trains accumulated between Murray and Paynesville sidi... (more)

A trio of GE's belch out some nice smoke as they near the top of the hill. There's a slight roller coaster effect as the tracks cross county road 36, just north of Miltona.

At just over 7,000 ft, this 490 uses three GE's to get the job done. That cloud of smoke in the background was produced by the train.

A nice set of EMD power is on the 490 as it makes its way through the lakes country south of Detroit Lakes.

Three SD40's and an SD60 head up todays 490.

Three SOO units give off quite a bit of heat as they near the top of the hill just north of Alexandria. The 490 departed Thief River Falls yard this morning at 0555 behind a stellar lashup.

Here's something for the Soo fans out there. Three Soo Line units, including a bandit MP15 and an SD60M, roll across the open farmland just a few miles north of Glenwood.

A lengthy 490 heads east through Alex just before sunset on another beautiful late March day.

The 490 is on the move east again after setting out a bad order car on the siding in Sedan. The power this day is a nice all EMD lashup led by a leased SD40-2.

My favorite railfanning companion gets an eyeful of the 490 as it sets out a bad order car in Sedan.

The 490 discovered the 4th car on the train had severe flat spots on two wheels less than 5 miles into their trip east from Glenwood, so they're pausing to set out the bad order car on the siding ... (more)

With just 20 minutes to go on hours, the crew of 490 is working to get their train in the yard quickly.

An early morning manifest heads toward Glenwood yard.

Two dash 2's 5957 and 5947 idle away just outside Glenwood Yard. The train arrived at 0855, and remained parked there until the yard crew brought it in, somewhere around 1500 hours. Even though ... (more)