CPKC C87100212 heads from Port Arthur to Corpus Christie with 98 loads of export petroleum coke. This run is much better than the prior shuttle within Port Arthur.

Foreign Power in Cincy. Morning sun lights up the massive midsection of Gest Street Yard.

ES44AC 8702 and AC4400CWM 8016 approach Range Road 220 as the head west on the Scotford Sub with CP B81.

An empty oil train interchanged from the KCS in Kansas City heads west into Maple Lake with a pair of GEVOs from CP and BNSF on point. A KCS ACe was DPUing. The final destination of this train wou... (more)

Eastbound #100-30 eases into Marathon with just shy of 12000ft of stacks and racks. East.

After meeting an eastbound at Austin, CP 8844 West begins the assault upon Mullan Pass in earnest. Power appears sparse for a loaded grain train on 2.2% grade, however, there are four MRL SD-70ACe... (more)

An eastbound grain train with two NS units trailing the usual suspects climbs the hill out of Eden Valley on a nice spring morning. I've been to this bridge numerous times now and never tire of i... (more)

Crude oil empties; well back there somewhere... make time along the Nipigon Sub

It was worth the wait, after hiking nearly the length of Berne Siding scouting locations on a day of scant rail traffic I settled on this spot above the Berne signal bridge. The last train to pas... (more)

Some excellent evening light shines on a Twin Cities bound Canadian Pacific train at Minnesota City, putting an exclamation point to a summer-like day in October.

Bathed in nice winter evening light, a westbound is several miles into its trip on the Elbow Lake Subdivision from Glenwood, MN to Enderlin, ND.

A Bensenville to St. Paul freight flies through the small town of Weaver in the last rays of light. Afterwards, we ate at Slippery's in Wabasha and quaffed a few Oktoberfests to cap off a great 3... (more)

CP 283 rolls to a stop as it comes into Homer where it will meet CP 580 before getting on the move again.

CP AC4400CW 8844 pulls out the east end of Bensenville Yard for headroom with 182.