With the abundance of lease units, and the blue and yellow units roaming the entire CP system, its becoming increasingly rare to find pure lashups like this. But today, I got lucky and found four ... (more)

A DM&E duet cross the Mississippi towards Savanna, Il. The last time I was here, I watched a trio of Milwaukee SD40-2's cross.

A pair of SD40-2's swing into Austin yard with four cars in tow.

A local man and his dogs seem unphased as a pair of blue and yellows cruise across the Shell Rock River just out of Oakland Minnesota.

Somedays you just wish the consist was turned around. Before the CP bought the DM&E, the DM&E was doing a good job of painting these beast. Now back in CP hands, these units will probably end thei... (more)

Over the last 7 years the DM&E and CP have done alot of track improvements on the Mason City Sub. Especially between MP 39 and MP 62. This section still had 90 pound jointed rail til 2005. It was ... (more)

Now making better than 40 MPH but still in notch 8, CP Feeder, KCS Train G-KCAD-10 rolls tops the knoll at CP North Grandview on the KCS Pittsburg Sub.

Climbing Blue Valley Hill on the KCS Pittsburg Sub. at 56th Street in notch 8 is a trio of SD40s on a KCS grain load off the CP at Kansas City, running as KCS Train G-KCAD-10. It's been a while s... (more)

Feeder train off the CP now has a KCS Crew in charge and is running as KCS Train G-KCAD-10. The hogger has the 3 SD40s throttled up as they roll across the diamonds at Air Line Jct. onto the KCS ... (more)

The sunset glints off the headend of this westbound Nahant, IA, to Mason City, IA, manifest train as it makes its way the last 10 miles to Mason City. The train has just left Nora Springs behind a... (more)

The daily Mason City, IA, to Nahant, IA, manifest train is about to stop at the east end of Ossian to wait a long time for #479. This train is due out of Mason City at noon, and normally meets its... (more)

The Spencer, IA, to Mason City, IA, local has just arrived Mason and has setout their 4 SD40-2's to the yard. Now the crew will go grab the decked out/washed CP SD60's at the roundhouse and put th... (more)

CP 450 rolls by the former D&H XO Tower. Historically this tower controlled the diamond where the B&M Main crossed the D&H Main at the east end of 2 large classification yards operated by each rai... (more)

272 arrives at Bensenville, behind a pair of SD40-2's.

#272 has short 3000 foot train today as they make their way towards Bensenville, IL.