LTS82 eases down the hill towards the Chippewa River with an SD40N and SD70M for power. Thankfully the 1819 was on the north end of this consist.
LTB85 heads south out of South St. Paul with an interesting SD40N-GP15AC-SD40N consist for power.
An SD60 and SD60M bring the UP - BN transfer towards Northtown. Two generations of SD60's!
The clouds and fog briefly open up for the Proctor arrival of U713 pellet loads from Minntac.
One of the neater GE units still running on the Commercial is this ex-SLSF/BN B30-7. On this day, the 54 was assigned to the Hugo Job, and is seen here preparing to work Pallet Service Corporation... (more)
CN 5423 leads L517 into Downing Jct.
Job 82 crosses the Eau Claire River Bridge on the return trip from Bayport. This was a gauntlet bridge for most of the 20th century.
ORPTS leans into a curve between Merrillan and Black River Falls with CSXT 4011-5392-8350-UP 7280 for power. I had seen about 2 minutes of sun the entire morning, so it was miraculous when the sun... (more)
A Tier IV EMD leads an empty coke train across the Altoona Sub.
CN L574 heads back east towards Chippewa Falls after servicing the Countryside Cooperative elevator in Cylon.
LTS83 tackles the stiff grade out of the Chippewa River Valley. This job usually uses regular road power, so the GP40-2 leader is a rare sight.
UP 1825 and 1990 lead LTS82B back east with a couple of empty plastic pellet hoppers from Andersen Windows in tow. These units were built as the CNW 6871 and 6857 respectively.
L574 rolls through a cut west of Downing Jct on the return trip to CF Yard.
LTS81 rolls west towards Menards and the Co-op with a trio of SD40Ns for power.
A South St. Paul based helper set shoves a large MSSBU into Sono Jct.
