The 290 works across the countryside west of Brooten, with a friendly wave from the engineer.
The 290 rolls by the station sign in Alexandria on a windy and cold day. Several of the stack cars are plowing a little snow that drifted in along the tracks.
Mixed freight from Winnipeg snakes through a big sag as its Soo Line leader kicks out all kinds of heat.
A SOO geep leads an ailing GE south out of Plummer, MN
More interesting power on the Paynesville Sub today as MP15 1447 and SD60 6023 trail on the 290.
Most SOO SD60's have found their way back into service. Unfortunately for us railfans, most of them find their way to the back of the consist.
After a brief stop a mile back to check a "hot axle", the CP 8839 is underway once again.
The days of shooting a good old fashioned dash-2 leading a train may not be gone, but seeing them daily certainly is, so once in a while its good to look back and remember the days when you could ... (more)
CP 8511 & 8555, the 290, heads through downtown Thief River Falls south onto the Detroit Lakes Subdivision with a new crew after another CP train cleared the yard and headed north on the Noyes Sub... (more)
I'm wondering if whoever replaced the number boards on the 8888 thought that nobody would notice if two of the 8's on the engineer side are upside down.
Its a good sign when, in late 2009, you can still find a good ol' dash-2 helping in consist.
A lengthy 290 train rounds a curve east of Sedan.
The eastbound 290 train blasts across the farmland east of Eden Valley.
