A pair of new ET44ACs approach Loretto with 577.

CP 646 heads through Pioneer Trail with an odd leader, a BNSF H1 dash 9, not something too common on this line. Light was rapidly fading by this point, with the train waiting in the hole for 2 wes... (more)

Near Loretto, CP 242 heads east through the curve by Lake Sarah, nearing the siding track where a westbound would meet them in.

Canadian Pacific's hotshot Robert's Bank to Bensenville intermodal heads east through Loretto early in the morning. Storms were rolling in this morning (seen in the background), but the sun came o... (more)

Running solo, CP 6248 (ex-SOO 6048) pulls its empty phosphate train into the siding at Loretto.

SOO 6024 followed by RCPE 6456 lead the CP490 through the siding in Loretto.

CP 5013 followed by DM&E 6368 move at restricted speed thru the heavy falling snow. Here 491 is crossing Pioneer Trail as it heads toward Loretto to take the siding.

The Retro Roast and Fountain in Loretto, Minnesota, opened alongside the ex-Soo Line tracks in 2003 and quickly became a favorite place for train crews to stop for a wrap or classic soda pop (it c... (more)

CP 8952 pulls hard as they climb out of Loretto at Willow Dr.

CP # 298 rolls down the main thru the small hamlet of Loretto with a rebuilt SOO SD60 trailing while a #603 empty oil train waits on the siding. The Minneapolis & Pacific RR laid tracks to Lorett... (more)

CP 9733, a repainted and now Beaverless AC4400CW trails the typical kind on a westbound train 499 at the Pioneer Trail crossing just east of Loretto.

Two GEVOs bring a lengthy westbound toward Loretto. In just a few miles, they will be stopped by a defect detector with an alarm for sticking brakes.

A trio of SD40-2's lead this Herzog ballast train through Loretto.

A grungy looking consist rolls westbound across a wintry landscape toward Loretto. This is one spot where you can still find a bit of code line along the Paynesville Sub, and it seems fairly obvio... (more)

It's sure nice to know that CP still knows how to put a great train together. Here the 490 heads through Loretto with CP 6034, SOO 6053 and SOO 6062, on its way to Humboldt Yard to do some work be... (more)