Even back a few years ago when EMDs were more common on the A&S Line, getting a near solid lashup of "candy apple" SOO power was a rare and uncommon treat. CP #252 charges south for Binghamton ... (more)
SOO 6054, SOO 6038 and CN 8895 on 372 with 77 loads.
With frost on the tracks and the sun just coming up, four EMDs approach Glenwood with westbound train 491.
CP 282 rolls through Lake City behind a nice mix of power. The trains slowing to enter Lakeview siding and let Amtrak by. They also need to switch the power around to replace the lead unit which... (more)
DM&E 170 rumbles through Lansing on a beautiful summer Sunday morning!
This train headed south out of LaCrescent, MN before I could get into position to watch them leave. I thought I was playing catch-up to the DM&E 6054 but was suprised to find the SOO 6054 on the ... (more)
While I was biking to a friends house, I heard train 486 (which I had just seen), let a westbound know they were just starting into the siding at Homer. Little did I know that the westbound was go... (more)
I'm not sure what led to a Soo leader on a CP grain train on the the BNSF St. Croix Sub, but it sure looks fine. The former Milwaukee Road CP main line just across the river behind me would be a ... (more)
Q365-05 heads toward Collinwood Yard with two SOO Candy Apples.
An all-Soo, all-EMD consist pulls tonnage eastward past Wisconsin farms.
Interestingly, both these trains had a SOO widecab trailing in their consists. 280 meets it's counterpart, 281, on the doubletrack at Tamarack. 280 has just crossed over 2/1 in front of 281, an... (more)
Heat pours off the units as 138 finishes its lift at Galt
A candy-apple red SD60 awaits its next assignment.
Cresting the hill at Duplainville, #742 prepares to stop at the Interlocking signal