Colorful lash-ups like this 276 are all over the CP system. One just needs to know where to look. The burly SOO 6059 lead the August 18th edition of 276 across Wisconsin.

It's a special time for EMD fans all across the Upper Midwest. in 2010 CP brought out of storage their SOO SD60s, and also placed in numerous EMDs into the general pool. The former DM&E and IC&E l... (more)

277 has a mixed bag consist today as it lifts it's train from the Mississippi River Valley. In a few short miles the train would be on their knees trying to lug their tonnage up the grade.

Three years later I find myself shooting 4446 in Winona again. Glimmering in the evening sun she has taken on a new look very different from the last time I saw her. However the new paint and name... (more)

Most people hate the red bombs and it is understandably so. After the DM&E acquired these units it took them a long time to paint them, making a solid set of Blue and Golds very difficult to catch... (more)

What a way to end a great day of rail fanning. A pair of Candy Apples, a bridge, some cows, and clear skies. It doesn't get much better than this!

I woke up at 2:00 am expecting another train, but instead I got this...you will not see me complaining at all! A late running 182 does it's thing making good time on the hill east of Wyocena.

Lansing Iowa; a small quaint river town with a railroad running right through the middle of it. This once thriving town is now clinging for life on the tourist and boating industry on the Mississi... (more)

Consist includes SOO 6049, DME 6097, ICE 6217, CP 6045, CP 8275, and DME 6069.

Not looking like February at all, CP 8780 leads a soild train of racks west near Reeseville.

EJ&E 665 has given up its' helper duties, and is now working out of Stevens Point.

DME 6068 leads a rock train past the old Waseca Depot.

BLE 909 leads the T-Bird to Forbes. A classic Missabe shot, who's power has changed so much.

CN 2430 pulls ahead to clear a crossing nearly a mile away at the North End of the Yard.

CP 8738 pulls into the yard at Portage to switch crews.