Spring flowers give way to ICE showers as a Canadian Pacific oil train heads south to Chicago.
Passing KCS West Wye Tower at the east end of Joint Agency Yard is CP Train 271 with the sole remaining IMRL painted unit left on the CP Roster at the helm. I'd seen this engine a handful of time... (more)
The last IMRL painted locomotive pulls a loaded ethanol train southbound through Des Plaines.
A trio of SD40-2's, the leader being one of a kind, hold just short of Rondout.
Waiting for traffic ahead to clear, CP 632 cools its heels just north of Rondout with the last ICE SD40-2 in IMRL paint. With Hunter Harrison's plans for CP, it's anyone's guess as to how long the... (more)
A rare train on the Waseca Sub, corn mash #367 swings into Owatonna, MN doing every bit of track speed. The leader is the last remaining locomotive wearing IMRL dress.
3 relics of times past Depot, Elevator and old IMRL paint job Pass thru Grafton a relic in it's own right.
The Waseca, MN, to Mason City, IA, freight blast thru the small town of Grafton with 66 cars for Mason City. This ex-IMRL unit is looking pretty tattered now days. Grafton is located 15 miles nort... (more)
ICE 6102 Ex IMRL, NEE MRL sits in the west end of Lambton after being set off the previous day from 667 and will taken back to Toronto Yard because something went wrong with the unit and will be r... (more)
Eastward train no 276 skims across Lake Preston behind an assortment of SD40-types on a fine Columbus Day 2010.
This sure got me out of bed today! Last IMRL painted SD40-3 heads 276 out of Winona right into the morning sun. IC&E 6102, CP 5957, and CITX 2794 have it easy today, with just over 60 cars of trai... (more)
The last IMRL painted locomotive prepares to depart BRC Clearing right behind the outbound WSOR.
With the one-of-a-kind 6102 leading, DM&E train 170 slowly rolls through Lansing, IA.
DM&E 170 with the one-of-a-kind ex-IMRL 6102 in the lead on a beautiful July morning warranted a chase down the river.
The last IMRL painted engine on the IC&E, SD40-3 6102, sits at Nahant Yard. Hopefully CP will leave this gem intact for a while.
