On a rather bitter cold Friday February morning, CN M340 (Winnipeg, MB - Elkhart, IN) is seen snaking through Neenah, WI, with the EJ&E Heritage Unit on the point. The orange really pops in the mo... (more)
M340 with a neat lash up consisting of a CN 100th Anniversary scheme and a Union Pacific SD70ACe contrast nicely in the early fall morning golden sunlight.
A pair of IC helpers help pull M340 up Byron Hill.
A pair of CN SD70M-2s leads M340 south.
BNSF power leads M340 south out of Shops Yard past the abandoned Wisconsin Central lattice-through-truss bridge over the Fond du Lac River.
Converging Diverging- Sunrises over the convoluted South Chicago Junction, known as Hayford. A bazaar glow rises up into the atmosphere, as clouds move in to make this spectacular light, morning g... (more)
One of CN's core trains heads down the Rainy Sub towards Duluth. The train consisted of four units, two of which were mid train DPU.
Comfortable Man - "A comfortable man in comfortable surroundings..", quoting an old trains article. The throttle is in the corner as 12000 horses do work on as many tons. Down to 15mph, the amp m... (more)
CN M340 waits out the inevitable sunrise bringing an onslaught of auto and CTA traffic that will engulf the Eisenhower expressway in mere minutes.
M340 rolls south on the Missabe Sub bound for the Belt Railway Yard in Chicgao, IL. Here the train passes the old depot at Saginaw, just north of the siding at Coons. Between Sheldon Junction and ... (more)
CN 8844 heads a freight down Steelton Hill off the DM&IR track.
Spliting the signals at the north end of Hawthorne Siding. The train is just about to the top of the grade.
CN trains running on Missabe Sub. today. CN 8006 South at MP 57.3.
CN manifest trains wait for fresh crews and clear tracks to open up before heading south.