A special high-wide move from the Port of Duluth to Alberta rolls south on BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision over which CP has trackage rights.
DM&E's Belle Fourche to Rapid City train works hard up the 1.42% grade out of Sturgis with three EMD's pulling their guts out to maintain double digits in speed.
Northbound approaching mp 714.
DME and CP SD's combine to power a late running D&H 158 west along the ex PRR / CR high line.
The light rail typical of the old "Alco Line" across southern Minnsota stands in contrast to the large road power now used along this route. CP has upgraded quite a bit of the line in Minnesota bu... (more)
273's train waits for a new crew at Savanna while the sun begins to peak over the bluff and glint off the auto racks.
A CP westbound crosses Edgington Street before entering Bensenville Yard.
A light power movement of blue and gold holds at Cragin
Train 474-03 with the DME 6088 and ICE 6450 head south towards MacGregor, IA while a tug gets in some work during the last days of the season on the Mississippi.
