Matched Multimark SD40-2s lead ballast loads 3BAL out of St. Paul.

CSX Waycross to Birmingham manifest L650, a second section of Q650 is at Clanton, Alabama in May of 2003. (Slide Scan)

Grinding westbound up the Niagara Escarpment grade toward Guelph Junction, CP 501 is lead by SD40-2 5848 with three M-636's in numerical sequence 4712, 4713 and 4714. They have just received by r... (more)

3GPS at Red Rock with an unlikely trio of Multimark SD40-2s. Unsurprisingly, the 6067 went belly up, so they had to pick up the 5040 in La Crosse. This train was loaded in Waterloo WI, and will be... (more)

A CP Dresser Turn is stalled out at Dresser Trap Rock after losing the CP 5922 to mechanical failure. Unfortunately, CP hasn't loaded any trains here in 2020, and has instead been sourcing all of ... (more)

A pair of Multimark SD40-2s and an SD60 interloper lead 3GPS through Red Rock after a crew change at St. Paul. This train spent the morning dumping ballast on the west end of the Paynesville Sub, ... (more)

A pair of veteran GMDs approach Hastings with H19, after meeting the SD40-2 lead GPS train at Blackbird.

Empty ballast train 3GPS crosses the Hastings Bridge with a matched elephant style trio of action red SD40-2s. The train is enroute to Waterloo WI for another load of ballast.

With a huge crowd of railfans, CP 6068 leads CP 198 past Norma on the UP Milwaukee Sub. No one expected CP's SD40-2s to ever end up on an intermodal train again in this area- until today.

CP 198 dives under Interstate 90 with a pair of CP SD40-2s up front. After everyone raced out of Norma, many stopped at nearby Mount Prospect Road to catch the train again before heading towards... (more)

Suckerhole With just enough sunlight before the next set of clouds roll past, CP 6080 West shoots through the countryside west of Puslinch towards Galt and then Preston to drop the final st... (more)

The Lone Multi After dropping rail on the south track between Obico and Cooksville, CP 5922 West provides the horsepower for this ribbon rail train passing many rural country side homes lik... (more)

CP 3GPS comes into Hastings with another load of Dresser Trap Rock ballast destined for a major undercutting project on the Marquette Sub in Iowa.

CP 3GPS departs St. Paul with another load of Dresser Trap Rock ballast destined for a major undercutting project on the Marquette Sub in Iowa.

CP 5866 and 6080 shove CP rock train 3HDR under the tipple at Dresser Trap Rock.