Due to a landslide in North Dakota, some trains have been re-routed up the less used Detroit Lakes Sub toward Winnipeg. So, after meeting the 293(an Elbow Lake Sub train) at Carlos, MN, the H98 w... (more)

Like the saying goes, "what goes around....usually gets turned around in Winnipeg and set back south." As is the case with these SOO units. They brought the 491 north on Sunday, and are now makin... (more)

Three EMDs head up todays 490. A CP SD40-2 a SOO SD60 and SD60M.

All it takes is two EMD's to power this 8100 ft long 291 train north out of Alex. The fall colors are in full effect, but because CP used some sort of vegetation destroying chemical, it looks lik... (more)

A couple GE's bring their train through Alexandria. The steel girder is the bridge over Minnesota Highway 27. From ground level, a person wouldn't think this is a 25 mph curve, but with some ele... (more)

Since this train was at Detroit Lakes some two hours prior, i believed that this train was led by the SOO 6045, as this was the callsign they used. But i can't complain with the actual leader on ... (more)

Six! Count 'em. Six SD40's lead this mornings 291 north (railroad west) through Alexandria. Awesome sight and sound.

For some unknown reason, the wait for this one was a lot longer than usual. But it paid off, as we found out the 290 was led by two SOO SD60's. Standing in a knee-high poison ivy patch wasn't so... (more)

When i got word of the 291 the night before, the SOO 6027 had been leading, so to wake up and find that it had been pulled off and the 6062 was now leading, it was quite surprising.

Since the termination of the CP 599 train from St. Paul to Glenwood, UP power rarely makes its way west of the cities on the CP. And even rarer still, is UP power going north from Glenwood. But s... (more)

The way the geeps sounded, you would swear they were pulling 200 cars, not the nine they have here.

What looks great in front of 8,000 feet of train. Well, this.

Three SOO units give off quite a bit of heat as they near the top of the hill just north of Alexandria. The 490 departed Thief River Falls yard this morning at 0555 behind a stellar lashup.

A lengthy 490 heads east through Alex just before sunset on another beautiful late March day.

With upgrades to the track hampering "normal" traffic on the Detroit Lakes sub most of last year, this is the first time i've caught the actual wayfreight since. Something different also, the way... (more)