The CP Clinton local, with Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway 657 sandwiched between two CP engines, heads north along the Mississippi River after just meeting a southbound at LeClaire.
Northbound ballast train for the old Nitrin subdivision rolls at a good 10mph over the recently resurfaced and upgraded track.
CP 2202 brings up the rear on an empty ballast train. The day before, this train went north dropping ballast along the Nitrin subdivision for a major track rehab project.
An empty Herzog ballast train brings up the 2nd half of the Nitrin Job back to Nahant with CP 6248 and CP 2202 along for the ride on the rear. The ballast train operated the night before, dumping... (more)
A GP20C-ECO and an ex-Milwaukee Road GP40 head eastbound along Minnesota State Highway 55 toward Brooten.
CP 2202 sits in the roundhouse track in Minot awaiting to go West on tonight's Kenmare Roadswitcher.