The Winona Job is working the Froedert Spur with a new CP "ECO" unit and an old SOO GP38-2. The new power is fast displacing the old Geeps.

The new GP20Cs are fast replacing the long serving Soo Line GP38s. The Winona job features one of each as it switches a large mill near downtown Winona.

CNW 402 poses under the sand tower at the small Winona engine facility. The high point of my day railfanning around Winona was chasing the CNW freight West to Rochester with the CNW 404 - BU40 - 4... (more)

BN gained access to Winona via the Green Bay & Western bridge over the Mississippi River from Wisconsin. They operated a small yard and switched some industries. BN 94 is former CBQ 9150 and was r... (more)

The Winona Roadswitcher's powers lays overnight at the Amtrak depot in Winona. Still alot of Soo Line geeps that roam the CP in local service.

Parked for the Night. Lighting by Craig Williams

A loaded ethanol train off the DM&E terrritory, has a new CP crew onboard and now pulls down to Tower CK to get on the River Sub for the trip towards Chicago. The train swaps crew at Goodview betw... (more)

Shooting GBW train #1 crossing into Minnesota at Winona was normally a non-event. It usually landed around daybreak and it would be coming right out of the sun. A late running train plus a cloudy ... (more)

Street running at its finest! The Wall Street job, worked by a pair of GP38-2's, shoves north towards industries it will service along the Mississippi River on a gloomy mid November day. While t... (more)

The sun sets on May Day 2010 and Amtrak's Empire Builder is recrewing and getting a new set of passengers before proceeding north towards Red Wing and destinations beyond.

A five pack of SD40-2s rolls through the Winona State University campus in Winona, MN. A portion of the long abandoned C&NW bridge across the Mississippi River can be seen just to the right of th... (more)

Coal for the Columbia Power Station travels south of Winona, MN along the banks of the Mississippi River on a cold and frosty day.

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)

Scalehouse doesn't appear to be level

G77 does its first venture back up Wall Street after the start of the new year. This crews new years treat was having the Soo 4451 die on them over the weekend, leaving them with the solo Soo 4512... (more)