A pair of matching GMD products lead this ballast train west on the Paynesville Sub on this perfect October afternoon.

6017 brings the loaded ballast train back to Portage. 2 other sd40-2s in tow and 63 loaded ballast hoppers.

CP 6017 leads an FRA inspection train under the IAIS in Davenport. The same FRA cars will be traded off to the IAIS in West Davenport the following morning.

Empty ballast train heads east towards La Crosse, WI.

Ballast empties swing into Renville on the old Milwaukee mainline.

An empty rock train bound for Ortonville clicks and clacks over the jointed rail on the Twin Cities and Western.

Late in the evening, after dumping ballast in Loretto, this rock train was seen here heading back to Humboldt, kicking up quite a storm.

CP 252 heads south along the shore of Lake Champlain.

CP 252 heads south along the shore of Lake Champlain.

CP 252 heads south.

U57-17's train heads up the Levack Spur with 46 empty ore jennies.

After running around their train, CP SD40-2 6017 and SD30C-ECO 5031 head up the Levack Spur with 46 empties.

It's a beautiful evening in Wisconsin Dells as a quad of Canadian Pacific SD40-2's thunder west through town. The streets of the Dells are usually packed around this time, but COVID-19 has taken i... (more)

On a rainy evening and with darkness closing in, the classic pair of CP SD40-2's continue their northbound journey as they roll down the streets of Bellevue, Iowa. A couple local residents step ou... (more)

Led by a pair of SD40-2's, a northbound empty ballast train crosses the Elk River near Hauntown, IA.