The seldom used Kains Siding on the CP Marquette Sub sees a meet between two trains, both are fully powered by EMD locomotives. The southbound mixed freight with three engines meets a northbound w... (more)

CP 5966 leads a ballast train west down WSOR rails west of Watertown.

CP 5966 leads a ballast train west down WSOR rails west of Watertown.

CP 5966 leads a ballast train east onto the Waterloo spur in Watertown.

"Dual flag" SD40-2 5966 leads "Action red" 5976 through the countryside with empty ballast cars. A collection of photographers get their shots and do the digital bows at the cr... (more)

After dumping ballast the day before, CP 5966 and 5976 head to the Waterloo quarry for another load.

A pair of CP SD40-2's, led by 5966 in the dual flag scheme, slowly roll down the Waterloo Spur. The train is bound for the Waterloo quarry where the Herzog ballast cars in tow will be loaded.

CP 5966 leads a ballast train west out of Watertown.

CP 5966's engineer inspects a passing train under a full moonlit sky as he waits for the signal to continue on his journey west towards St. Paul. He would have to wait for at least 2 more eastboun... (more)

R.I.P: Michael (Herm) Leonard So for tonight it was just not a regular night of train watching. Tonight the Leonard/Alesin family was not just out to watching trains as we all sometimes do, to... (more)

While waiting patiently for the NS m7g w/ CNJ leading for what I was thinking could be the first shot of the year, was actually what made an awesome 2nd shot was CP 159 w/ a duo of SD40-2's passin... (more)

Another crazy CP lashup leads the 642 loaded ethanol thru the Saratoga passenger station on its way to Kenwood Yard, Port of Albany with 81 loads. Trailing units are CEFX SD40-2 #3184 (ex BN 7093)... (more)

Westbound in sweet evening light a trio of SD40's have this CP train rolling towards London.

A once-common scene that will probably never be repeated. CSX Y194, with MP15 1177, shoves past CP X500, awaiting a new crew, at Wyoming yard.

A modern GEVO is playing second fiddle to a well worn SD40-2 on an eastbound freight seen hustling through Brooten.