A consist of 6 SD40-2s bring a freight westbound into Huron, SD at the James River

2 SD40-2's in CP red paint lead empty ethanol loads back west out of the tunnels at CP 9 in Cleveland.

This trio of EMDs is keeping a healthy DME manifest at a 10mph pace as they head west toward the small town of Midland, SD.

The daily westbound out of Pierre on the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern makes its slow trek through the wide open South Dakota landscape.

The light rail typical of the old "Alco Line" across southern Minnsota stands in contrast to the large road power now used along this route. CP has upgraded quite a bit of the line in Minnesota bu... (more)

A trio of blue 'n yellow SD40-2s take a 632 ethanol over the Fox River bridge in Elgin.

Eastbound ethanol loads head through Genoa.

Eastbound Nahant - Bensenville road freight cruises across northeastern Illinois just after sunrise.

With two leased ex-CP SD40-2s, CP 6077 in the lead, a westbound DM&E freight crosses the Missouri River at capitol city Pierre, S.D. on Oct. 4, 1999, headed for Rapid City.

Barn Bluff in Red Wing offers up a good view of a pair of DM&E SD40-2s leading a train up the Mississippi River.

Running thought Bellevue with a long train.

DM&E 6050 leads an early and lengthy train 270 through the middle of Bellevue, Iowa. The hills of the Mississippi River valley are alive with color and the blue and gold of today's leader just ad... (more)

The Bensenville - Spaulding transfer heads westbound through Bartlett with an interesting consist today.

With Canadian Pacific's new management team, train 270 usually makes it to Bellevue, Iowa in the night hours; however, today it got an early start out of La Crescent, Minnesota and got into town a... (more)

276 hustles south with a trio of SD40's from DM&E, IC&E and CITX. I kept getting lucky with the sun on this mostly cloudy afternoon.