With locomotive 8030 shoving, the conductor clings on to the tail end of train 280 as they roll past B12 in Franklin Park preparing to double up the consist. 280 would leave Bensenville Northbound... (more)

BNSF 717 takes CP 280 south by Rondout.

CP SD60 6248 leads CP 280 east under the soon to fall searchlights at Rondout.

CBFX 6025 leads CP 280 at Northbrook.

SOO 6026 powers CP 280 south through the town of Wadsworth, Illinois as the sun sets on a chilly December day. This would be the last run 6026 led before being sent to NRE in Silvis to become CP 6... (more)

A former-demonstrator SD80MAC leads CP 280 east at Northbrook, IL.

CP train 280 makes it way into the city. Here the train passes MP 27 on the outside of Lake Forrest on the C&M Sub with a pair of old veterans for power.

CP 280 approaches Clearing Yard with a nice lash-up.

A pair of UP standard cab Dash 8's sandwich a widecab Dash 8 as CP 280 rolls east down the Belt. Almost got skunked by that westbound!

Milwaukee gets a rare for these parts NS heritage unit as the Central of Georgia leads the 280 manifest south as some late afternoon sunlight sneaks through the trees.

DME SD40-2 #6085, SOO SD60 #6053, NS SD70ACe #1098, and NS C44-9W #9957 provide power to CP Train Number 280 as it passes the Red Wing, MN Amtrak depot. Photo taken 5/2/15 near MP 370.69 on the CP... (more)

DME 6085 and SOO 6053 roll a pair of NS units and train 280 out of the yard and past a pair of idling BNSF GEVOs.

A pair of Soo Line SD60's approach Archer Avenue with CP train 280 in tow.

CP 280 passes 31st Street on the Belt with a delightful pair of SOO SD60's. Clouds dominated most of the day, but I got a lucky sucker hole here!