Nearing the top of the hill the young engineer has his horses notched high, to assure his train will make it to the top.
Skirting the hillside, train #277 avoids the late evening shadows of the Mississippi River Valley, as it grinds up the 2.0% grade on Stockton Hill.
After completing a pick-up, waiting on a westbound BNSF Z train, and then one east on the CP, Northtown-Galesburg gets moving east out of North La Crosse.
After a crew change at North La Crosse and getting the line-up over Grand Crossing, this high priority manifest gets back on the move east.
A mile out of a crew change, train #810 races past CP's La Crosse yard, and up to the diamond at Grand Crossing with clear track ahead.
Staring straight into a clear, the hogger keeps his 7,900 foot train rolling at every bit of 50. It's scenes like this that keep the River Sub such a great place to photograph trains.
CP never fails to amaze me! On a spectacular June evening, a 7,900 foot #5-299 races up the River Sub behind Soo 6033 and 6034.
Ford-Fast #281 thunders past the westward signal at Homer East behind a great trio of Dash-2's. Within seconds the hogger would slow the train to a stop so they could wait for an eastbound without... (more)
A trio of Dash-2's cough out some smoke, trying to get a 9,000 foot 281 back up to track-speed after a meet at Homer.
SP visits the land of 10,000 lakes! Southern Pacific 9732 idles in front of the yard office, while Job 01 drags a cut of Northwestern hoppers out of the yard.
Rolling right along the bank of the mighty Mississippi, train #277 motors westward into the evening sun behind IC&E 6449, DM&E 6080, and StL&H 5593.
Things are getting quite green, so its back to the barn shot! This time with a green and silver leaser leading #277 past the farm.
DM&E, more like land of the leasers... NREX 7370 and CITX 3081 have a short #277 on a sunny thursday evening as they head for the DM&E Waseca Sub.
With no meet at Minnesota City, the hogger kicks his pair of Dash-2's up another notch as they race westward on train #271.
Passing milepost 18, train #276 marches out of Lewiston behind four SD40-2's.
