ECOtastic. La Crosse-St Paul road local H19 is large and in charge, with 107/51, 18367 tons, 8364’. Counterpart H20-02, with a single motor, is in the hole for this monster wayfreight.

Red, White, and SOO: After waiting for the track block to be lifted, the crew wastes no time getting the train moving towards Winona. No rest for the weary on July 4th! Taken while off duty... (more)

Westbound CP manifest on the scenic and busy River Sub at Minneiska along the mighty Mississippi

Westbound CP manifest on the scenic and busy River Sub near Minneiska along the mighty Mississippi

Sporting three former SOO motors and two GEs, H20 roars up river for a meet at Weaver.

Coal empties from the Columbia coal plant in Portage, WI head west on the CP River Sub.

Canadian Pacific 5651 wearing the St. L & H sheme cruises down the Mississippi River near Minneiska, Minnesota. The Dairyland Cooperative Power Plant can be seen across the river in Alma, Wisconsi... (more)

A trio of GP38-2s head east down CP's River Subdivision. Lock and Dam 5 can be seen behind, on the Mississippi River.

Passengers of the eastbound Empire Builder enjoy the fall colors of John Latsch State Park.

A pair of veteran SD40-2s leads a train past the fall colors of John Latsch state park.

A BNSF coal train runs down the wrong side of the river, headed for Columbia, WI on the CP. Shot from John Latsch State Park... it's a long walk to the top.

Matching clean paint has the attention of a number of railfans on Good Friday.

CP's long distance intermodal heads upstream against the current of both the river and prevailing train traffic, passing Lock & Dam #5 (aka Whitman Dam), one of the widest on the Upper Mississippi... (more)

DME 6370 leads ICE 6432 west on the CP River Sub.

An IC&E Trackage Rights train rolls west along the Mississippi River. CITX 2785 has obvious turbo problems, however it was still pulling its fair share of this 111 car freight.