CP train 471 heads west through Genoa with a trio of blue 'n yellows.
A pair of good lookin' EMD's howl through the large valley just south and west of Lake Benton, MN. After a few sharp curves, the tracks head west-northwest into South Dakota.
A pair of ICE units throttle up as they crawl out of the yard at Tracy and onto the Huron Subdivision. Temps are rising into the 50's on this beautiful December day. Temps should be well below f... (more)
Ethanol empties are only a few hunderd feet into their short, but time consuming trip just across the MN/SD border.
A total of 81 empties finally get underway after a long wait in the siding at Elkton, SD for crews to repair a broken rail, and an eastbound to pass. Its December 18th and the temperature is 55 de... (more)
Two SD's and a rare extended cab Geep fly west with the daily 277 train to Huron.
With poor track conditions, all trains are subject to a 10 mph speed restriction. That may come to an end as this rail is slated to be replaced in the near future.
CP 589's trio of SD40-2's breeze through the small town of Kirkland, headed west towards their destination of Savanna.
With a trio of blue and yellows in charge, it's almost safe to assume that this is still the IC&E days, not CP.
With welded rail put down on most of the Chicago Subdivision, it doesn't take much for this trio of SD40's to maintain 40 MPH. 589 roars into Kingston, headed west.
Headed west down its former namesake mainline, IC&E 6436 has honors on 589 today. It's nearing the town of Genoa.
Looking good, CP 589 (Bensenville to Savanna) is westbound at Wood Dale, behind a pair of ICE SD40-2's sandwiching a DME.
CP 589 hits the diamond at Davis Junction, behind a trio of blue and golds.
On a nice fall morning, two EMDs lead an empty continuously welded rail (CWR) train around a curve west of Belgrade.
I just love shooting coke! But seriously it was a great treat to see an ICE unit leading a coke train to Duluth! I have never heard of a DME/ICE unit in Duluth before. Here they are pulling past R... (more)
