It's a beautiful afternoon along the Upper Mississippi River, as a CP train heads West near Lake View, MN. This train is slowing to take the siding for a meet with an EB stack train.
BNSF 8232 looks pretty good yet as it sails overhead, down Canadian Pacific's track at 55 mph. I shot this photo while pacing the train as somebody else in a hurry passed me. Pacing shot camera se... (more)
Milwaukee 261 bends into the setting sun heading home.
The Empire Builder is right on time as it skirts along the Mississippi River for it's next stop in Winona.
CP6068, CSXT8210, & SOO4512 lead a westbound toward St. Paul.
CP 486 runs at high speed on a very steeply banked super elevated curve.
CP 588 runs along Lake Pepin's shoreline (a wide section of the Mississippi River), carrying three prefabricated switches in addition to the normal freight cars. Across the river and to the left,... (more)
A westbound freight passes by a backyard garden in Lake City, MN.
Minus the P42DC and 50 years and this becomes an everyday sight along these former MILW tracks.
Really leaning into a curve...