The crews of two Canadian Pacific trains exchange greetings as they meet at Murray siding just west of the small town of Belgrade. Both trains were moving for this well timed meet, with the westb... (more)

Rogers Pass coal: A Canadian Pacific coal train emerges from the Mount Macdonald Tunnel over Rogers Pass, British Columbia, on a beautiful September 25, 2012 afternoon. The longest railroad tunnel... (more)

New units sit on the shop tracks.

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train emerges from the Mount Macdonald Tunnel with an almost new ES44AC No. 9353 on the point at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, on a beautiful September 25, 2012.... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train emerges from the Mount Macdonald Tunnel over Rogers Pass, British Columbia, on a beautiful September 25, 2012 afternoon. The longest railroad tunnel in the ... (more)

Closing out a gorgeous spring evening, another CP train makes its way east toward the Twin Cities behind one of the railroad's newest locomotives.

A sparkling new locomotive from General Electric makes easy work of over a mile of double stacks from Canada. I agree with others, these new units are sharp!

A fresh GEVO in the 9300 series blasts through the sag just east of Glenwood as it leads the hottest train on the railroad toward Minneapolis. Another GE is shoving on the rear of the train.

Factory-fresh CP 9353 leads train #198 around the loop at Shoreham Yard, preparing to pick up doublestacks bound for Chicago. This is the first ES44AC in CP's new 9350-series to make it to the Twi... (more)

CP 9353 makes its first trip for owner Canadian Pacific on the head end of train #198, seen here on BNSF trackage in the Twin Cites.

New vs. old: The Soo depot in downtown Minot stands tall to see another new unit rumble by. This time, its an ES44AC, CP 9353, leading the Eastbound #198.

Back up to trackspeed after meeting H76 in Minot, the lone newbie GEVO hustles through the Souris River Valley passing the red barn in Logan..... Right before this shot, I underestimated how deep ... (more)

Two grain elevators loom above the Eastbound 198, with CP 9353 hustling through Velva at track speed.

A brand new GEVO leads the hotshot intermodal through the Eastern edge of Minot - through an area that was completely under water just a mere eight months ago. Minot is still recovering after the ... (more)

A GE fresh out of the box leads the not-so-hotshot #198 through the North Dakota countryside, through a sweeping curve approaching Burlington.