After adding two more Dash-2's in Goodview, train #277 has changed crews and is now beginning its journey over the Waseca Sub with 9,000 foot of train.

After leaving Minnesota City around 10:45, this train has not been stopped since. One westbound was tucked away at Homer, and two more at Donehower helping compensate for this trains 3 hour wait a... (more)

To conclude my "A Day in North America" I was rewarded with Soo 6048 and CP 5926 making great time up the River with a rather shot 499.

Skirting the hillside, train #277 avoids the late evening shadows of the Mississippi River Valley, as it grinds up the 2.0% grade on Stockton Hill.

Third westbound of the parade cruises in the the setting westward sun, as it nips at the heels of another WB manifest. Nice to see a ACe/90Mac pair in such great light.

A great looking Soo SD60 heads freight from Kansas City on train 171. Sure is a different sight from 2 years ago, when this train ran with 2 ICE/DME SD40-2's.

Now this is a sight! A pair of BN painted trip-clops SD60M's head a FRA inspection train up the River Sub! Never thought I'd see a BNSF SD60M on the River Sub again, let alone a pair!

Train #636 pulls for Tower CK, behind IC&E 6427, DM&E 6096, DM&E 6084, and 67 cars of train.

Looks as if CP never took over. 2 IC&E SD40-2's head 171 for Saint Paul on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

IC&E 6413, NREX 7931, and IC&E 6420 get their 99-car train rolling, after a meet with westbound #283 at Tower CK.

CP 291 rumbles past the Winona mile board on the last day of March. An AC44 thats obviously seen better days and a CEFX blue bird are in charge of this train.

DMIR 401 and 409 motor south through Iron Junction on a loaded T-Bird. This was just 3 months before the 401 was totaled in a head-on-collision near Two Harbors.

After spending over 4 hours waiting for 636 to leave town, 487 was finally able to get on the DM&E connection at Tower CK. Today DM&E 6081, 6359, and IC&E 6100 have the honors of leading 487. I wi... (more)

660 winds past Bass Camp with a classic pair of Soo SD60's.

A thick fog begins to lift at the exact moment 486 reaches Tower CK with a classic blue and yellow trio. Somedays it all comes down to timing.