A ballast train on CP's Tracy Sub at Judson MN.

A ballast train on CP's Tracy Sub slices thru the recently harvested fields in the Minnesota River valley.

A combo ballast empty is parked in the siding at Rutledge on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train will park til a 14:00 crew could take it to Nahant this afternoon. The train will spin power at Fruitland... (more)

A combo ballast empty rolls north on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train has just crossed the BNSF Ottumwa Sub and now will climb the steep 1.8% grade to Rutledge. This inbound crew is taking this train... (more)

A combo ballast empty rolls north on the CP Ottumwa Sub. The train has just crossed the BNSF Ottumwa Sub and now will climb the steep 1.8% grade to Rutledge. This inbound crew is taking this train... (more)

A Canadian Pacific SD60 leads a local job as it waits to head into Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa. A northbound manifest has just cleared the rear of the train from the crossing and will allow thi... (more)

After a 3 hour setback in Ottumwa, a combined Ballast train cruises over the Iowa River between Columbus Jct. & Fredonia with a 5 pack of standard cabs. These guys would then drop the leader in Na... (more)

A CP work train heads for Dubuque Yard to put away for the night. The CP continues to dump rock along the mainline the skirts the banks of the Mississippi River. Here the train works over the CN D... (more)

A nice looking consist rolls past the St. Paul Union depot and under the downtown St. Paul skyline along the Mississippi river on a nice Sunday morning. Note the folks "camping" along the river.

Back to back ex-SOO SD60's. After entering Montreal on CP 142, ex-SOO Line SD60's CP 6223 and CP 6256 are heading back west on 142's counterpart, CP 143 as they round a curve in Pointe-Clai... (more)

CP SD60 6223 and CEFX 1023 lead CSXT Q16630 (CP 142-30) east on the Willard Sub. This haulage train will be handed back to the CP at Buffalo, NY.

Q010-30 blasts by a stopped Q166-30 at Godsend, west of Fostoria on CSX's Willard Sub.

Q16630 holds west of Fostoria at Godsend for Q01030 to pass. CP 6223 and CEFX 1023 provide the power for this CP haulage train, which will return to home rails at Buffalo, NY.

April 12th, 2014 will go down as one of the better days on the Piedmont mainline in North and South Carolina. Two hours after 213 passed with the #8099 (Southern Heritage) leading, along came 119... (more)

April 12th, 2014 will go down as one of the better days on the Piedmont mainline in North and South Carolina. Two hours after 213 passed with the #8099 (Southern Heritage) leading, along came 119... (more)