Priority intermodal traffic moves east through Elm Grove, WI on CP's former MILW mainline from St. Paul to Chicago. The double track mainline separates here for a few miles due to this having been... (more)
Three SD40-2's struggle to haul 81 loads of ethanol up the SB grade into CPF-477 which is the crest of this short grade off the Canadian Sub. Trailing units are CP SD40-2's #6018 and #5775. Loads ... (more)
While on my way home to plow out my driveway I made a quick stop down in the Village to see if anything was happening. I happened upon this guy backing off the Albany Main. He tucked in there for ... (more)
An eastbound CP train heads through Franklin Park on its way to the Belt Ry of Chicago.
A CP work train ready to unload ballast near the BNSF crossing on a wet overcast morning in Minot.
CP 5787,5701, Soo 6615 climb away from the Mississippi departing La Crosse with train 212 on a hot August morning in 99.
A variety of CP and SOO power made for an interesting 283.
Blasting through the Belleville Sub and over CN 149 on the York Sub, CP 138 makes good times east with Oshawa traffic to set off at the GM plant in Oshawa.
CP SD40-2 5787 goes out solo on a work train eastbound dropping ties trackside, an hour after they will wait while crews ahead clear out a tree that fell onto the tracks.
I think b-and-w really gives freight trains character!