It's a good day when Canadian Pacific heritage paint leads a train into Atlanta in sweet morning light. It's one of the few positives I'm finding in the CP/KCS merger.

Heritage unit 7018 arrived at Wylie TX on Wednesday evening leading the 169. Will depart tonight on the 166 to Shreveport.

Although there has been a good bit of CP power on the run-through Dallas,TX - Atlanta,GA KCS trains since the CP/KCS merger, I had been waiting for one of CP's heritage SD70ACu's to make it on the... (more)

CP heritage unit #7018 leads loaded sand train 646 through Des Plaines, IL, headed for CSX interchange.

Resting in between potash dumping duties, heritage 7018 shows off some Canadian wildlife between the golden rodent painted on her face, and the Canada Goose taking a break on her rear cooling fans... (more)

CSX I166 racing into Buffalo

A medley of Canadian power crosses the McIntryre River yarding grain loads in Thunder Bay.

CP heritage SD70ACu #7018, painted in the "Block" paint scheme, leads patched SP unit #6310 on CP 286 through Des Plaines, IL.

CP 470 ducks under I-90 in Des Plaines, IL with CP heritage #7018 in the lead. The DPU of this train was UP 6310, a patched Southern Pacific unit. At the time, the duo had been together for almost... (more)

CP 248 navigates a curve east of Frontenac.

CP 248 rolls through Frontenac with a heritage SD70ACu on the point.

CP 236 heads for Hamilton under storm light.

The start of summer is in the air all throughout Northwest Illinois and it's kicked off with a lengthy CP 473 using every bit of notch 8 to lug the train through Monroe Center. The Heritage ACU le... (more)

A pair of heritage SD70’s and the last GE wearing the 2010 Olympic Stamp lead a late 119 into the Lakehead.

118 rolls east on the last leg of its trip to Cartier with 7018 in its classic Maroon and Grey livery leading the charge. After nervously crossing our fingers all day for an arrival in daylight, t... (more)