CP 9620's weathered paint is from nearly ten years of hard service on Canadian Pacific, with many more to come. Tonight it's heading up a mixed freight heading for the yard at St. Paul, Minnesota... (more)
The stars come out at Paynesville while train #496, with four units trailing leader CP 9620, holds the main line to meet a westbound out of Eden Valley.
Brand-new (only 13 days out of Erie) CPR ES44AC 8851 is in the siding at Paynesville, Minnesota to meet a westbound train. Image was made with available light - the full moon - and exposure was 2... (more)
CP 9596, one of the first "Beavers" and now a bit ragged, is ready to head west out of Paynesville after meeting an eastbound.
No. 8761, the second in the CP-9 order of ES44ACs, on the approach to Paynesville, Minnesota with a westbound #372 bound for Chicago.
#290 on the siding at Payneville, waiting for two westbounds. Card on lead unit CP 8582 signed off for the first time at Erie, PA on 9-29-06. You could smell the fresh paint!
CP 9599 accelerates forward with an assortment of coal hoppers as dairy cows graze in the foreground.
CP 9679 is a bit worse for wear after hitting a Pontiac Bonneville at Paynesville, MN. The damage amounts to bent handrails, a bent plow, bent steps, and a missing numberboard.
In the siding at Paynesville waiting for two westbounds out of St. Paul.
Well-used control stand of Canadian Pacific SD40-2 No. 6006.
Two ES444ACs on #646 are holding the main at Paynesville waiting for two westbounds around midnight.
Running through a driving snowstorm just west of Paynesville, Minnesota.
Train #376 is dropping off 24 loaded grain cars on the main at Paynesville, which will be picked up by conductor Jess Stewlow on train #298, with CP 8616 leading.
Note: Train was stopped, tied down and protected against movement, and I had full permission to be where I was. Don't try this yourself!
