Two trains, two GE's. All hopes of interesting power were dashed when a one unit wonder met another at Hoffman. This one, the 498, is just starting to slow for the meet.

A trademark one unit wonder CP manifest rounds the sweeping curve east of Barrett on a bright Sunday.

Two GE's bring a lengthy 498 through Brooten at sunrise.

It's great to see some old EMD lease power back in service, unfortunately this CITX leaser was dead in tow.

CP 5790,5720 skirt the shore of Lake Geneva near Cartier with train 498.

Another morning of hoarfrost and sunshine greets the 498 as it works east across Minnesota.

A lone AC4400 pulls the 498 up the hill into Sedan on a day full of in-and-out clouds and sun.

CP 5619 goes it alone on train #498. This train and its counterpart #499 handled lots of auto traffic on the CPR Toronto-Vancouver corridor during the 90's. Note the open racks of new cars, not no... (more)

Close on the tail of 298, 498 heads toward Hoffman to wait for 497 to leave Glenwood.

An hour wait for CP 486 to pull out of the yard netted a nice suprise - a GP40 leading a CP road train in 2009! I never did get 486 in sunshine (except in the background of this photo) after a wa... (more)

A pair of CP veterans head downriver with a mile of mixed freight behind them.

Plenty of power leads this manifest down river after picking up a relief crew in Minnesota City.

The CP 498 negotiates the wall of the Sheyenne River Valley as it passes around Valley City. This train spent about 45 minutes in Valley City after losing its air due to a broken hose.

General Freight Train from Glenwood - Chicago with wide loads of pipe rolls south through the Dakota, MN S-curve.