CP 491 departs Pigseye Yard eventually headed for Winnipeg behind a pair of SOO SD60.

A Soo Line vet faces yet another snow shower as it leads a Winnipeg bound train toward Glenwood, MN. Perhaps when I've seen as many Minnesota winters and springs as this warrior has, I'll be used... (more)

Dusk was settling over Paynesville, but I had to try to capture this unique consist on an eastbound that was sitting in the siding, having just received a relief crew to bring it the rest of the w... (more)

A SOO SD60 and a leased SD40-2 lead a westbound across the prairie between Paynesville and Regal. The conductor is letting us have a look at his copy of "The Milwaukee Road" by Tom Murray.

A pair of EMDs head up the 491 as it flies west out of Brooten, MN.

A westbound rushes through Brooten, kicking up some of the close to 10 inches of snow that fell last night. And here I was thinking winter was over.

Two EMD 645s fill the air with heat and sound as they blast westward out of the siding in Paynesville, passing under the ongoing MN-23 bypass construction.

The same power that brought train 490 into St Paul yesterday brings the 491 back west today, this time with large multimark CP 5911 leading the way. Here, they power up the grade between Kimball a... (more)

A parting pacing shot as these two workhorses are almost done with another trip across the Paynesville Sub, nearing the east yard limits at Glenwood.

Train 491 has paused briefly on the siding in Paynesville to wait for a relief crew out of Glenwood, giving me plenty of time to admire this classic EMD power on a bright winter afternoon.

Two SD40-2s lead train 491 across the trestle east of Paynesville. My footprints from the previous day's journey across the frozen marsh and onto the river to get more)

Just another snow storm here in Minnesota but not a normal consist on the 491. Its too bad that CP had to put the 40-2 on this train. I would have prefered an all SOO consist but I will take what ... (more)

Minnesota's first snow storm of the year and an awesome EMD consist takes the siding at South Haven led by SOO 6052, with SOO 1532, SOO 6047, and CP 5966.

This lone GE struggles to pull over a 100 cars into the siding to meet a couple of eastbounds.