Rolling on a river... a CEFX leaser bring metalurgical coal empties back from the steel mills of Chicago for another load of Alberta coal from the Crowsnest Pass region.
4449 is doing some FAST running along the CPR's River Sub heading towards St. Paul.
Stacks head East along the Upper Mississippi River.
The knowledge that a crew would be on duty for this train around 1230 was all the incentive I needed to skip out of work for the afternoon. The CP crew parked the train earlier in the morning at ... (more)
After meeting two eastbounds in the siding at Homer, MN CP 283 heads towards St. Paul with two classic SOO engines leading.
This manifest is parked waiting for the CP crew to show up and take it to Chicago. This becomes train #486 on the CP.
They put the right engine in the lead.
This westbound DM&E train came west out of Chicago on the CP. A DM&E crew climbed on board at Minnesota City and added some cars off the siding. In this photo the train is leaving Minnesota City... (more)
Regular Manifest Train from Winona - Huron crossing a new bridge put in place late last year after a flood in August took out the existing structure. I waited all day for this train to leave - th... (more)
On a frosty Sunday morning SOO 772 pulls out onto the main at Minnesota City.
The flood damage from August is still evident along the DM&E line into Minnesota City.
MILW 261 rounding a curve into Minnesota City with some nicely colored trees on the bluff behind it.
The 2816+261 doubleheader heads west through Minnesota City on the return trip to Minneapolis.
The 2816+261 doubleheader special rolls eastbound through Minnesota City towards Winona and La Crosse.
A westbound DME train starts its trip out of Minnesota City and take it to Waseca.
