Getting an SD40-2 in the lead is becoming increasingly harder to do as time moves on, so it was a nice treat to see 6048 leading a second 241 through Port Hope.
CP 6048 has just went on duty and is beginning its first pull on yard duty at Huron, SD.
4 different units, 3 paint schemes. SD60 6255, AC44 9606, and ES44 8737 trail.
CP 6048 has the honors of switching duty in Huron as it crosses Lincoln Ave. on a cloudless afternoon.
As CP 6048 takes on switching duties in the late afternoon at Lincoln St, the CP paint next to a DME grain car with a Wheat Growers elevator towering above shows the progress of railroading in the... (more)
A nice all EMD lashup leads an eastbound through Belgrade, seen from the overpass on the east side of town.
After meeting train 299 at Paynesville, an eastbound continues toward St Paul behind four EMDs. The fourth unit is CP 6228, one of their recently rebuilt and repainted SD60s.
A quartet of EMDs leading eastbound train 490 on a nice sunny afternoon calls for a few pacing shots along highway 55 between Brooten and Belgrade. CP 6048, CP 6034, SOO 6032, CP 6228.
An "old school", 3/83, duce leads the freshly repainted SD60 number 6240 and a bandit south on the Milwaukee sub.
Despite the absence of posted notices, or any definite sign this access road is railroad property, the CP police told me to leave. Strangely, this is the first time I've seen CP cops on this part ... (more)
An eastbound off the Detroit Lakes Sub waits without a crew on the west side of Glenwood.
A weed sprayer is tied up on the Vermillion Stub Track.
CP 6048 and 9752 accelerate westbound from the siding at CP Pewaukee.
Early morning southbound local on it's way to Cranbrook.
Making the grade to cross Northtown.