Led by SOO 4444, the wayfreight is shoving back into the siding to clear the main so other mainline traffic can pass. A water truck sits nearby, taking a break from the extensive street work goin... (more)
A westbound approaches a curve east of Brooten not long after sunrise.
With the sun nearly to the horizon, an eastbound CP train roars by the intermediate signals a few miles west of Brooten.
A westbound CP train blasts through Brooten, passing some of the extensive work that's going on in town to lay new water mains right down Central Ave.
A big SD9043MAC leads train 497 through Brooten. Confined to Canada because of emissions standards, this is perhaps only the second time in many years that one of these large EMDs has led a CP tr... (more)
An eastbound hustles through town behind a leased GE at sunset.
I remember when these SD70Ms were new back in 2000-2001 and UP's celebrated wings were making their return. After 11 years on the rails, this one is starting to show some wear, but it still makes... (more)
An ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" GP40 was left in Brooten earlier in the evening by train 497 so that it can be used tomorrow as additional power for the wayfreight.
The Paynesville Sub wayfreight often has a student conductor along for either route familiarization or to learn under the tutelage of this veteran crew. On a sunny spring morning, the engineer ke... (more)
In nearly the last light of the day, a westbound rushes by the wayfreight that's tied down on the siding in Brooten for the evening. The ex-Milwaukee Road "bandit" was left here by an earlier wes... (more)
A lengthy westbound blasts through Brooten behind a mix of GE and EMD power. The 8909 is one of CP's newer locomotives but is beginning to show some wear on its plow.
As strong storms move out of the area, a westbound breaks into bright sunlight between Belgrade and Brooten.
The trees are in bloom in Brooten as a mixed bag of power marches through town with the second of a three train evening parade.
One of Loram's J-10 switch and crossing grinders makes a pass over the West Siding Switch in Brooten on a clear November morning.
Clouds and rain have given way to glorious sunshine on a perfect spring evening as a westbound CP train rounds a curve east of Brooten, Minnesota.