Late in the evening, after dumping ballast in Loretto, this rock train was seen here heading back to Humboldt, kicking up quite a storm.
At Hamel, CP 240 heads east on the Paynesville Sub with a heritage ACU on point, and three other locomotives, including SD40-2 #6011 3rd out. The old code line poles from the Soo Line days still l... (more)
A unit train heads west on the Paynesville late in the afternoon on this frigid January evening.
CP 5936 takes a rock train west on the Paynesville Sub.
NS 7717 leads a westbound on the CP Paynesville sub. The longs days of summer allow for some shots from the north side of the tracks. Power lines have been removed, no PPE required.
Empty oil cans headed west through Medina, MN.
A rare clean CP GE leads a one unit wonder empty oil train across the rolling hills of the CP Paynesville Sub.
Eastbound out of Loretto at mile post 19, CP 9824 (one of the CP Holiday Trains) pulls through one of the many sags on the CP Paynesville Sub.
On the CP Paynesville Sub even a BNSF GEVO is a welcome sight sometimes. Like most of CP trains in this neck of the woods lately, this was another one unit wonder. Unfortunately this photo is no... (more)
Just east of Loretto, a trio of BNSF power pulls through one of the numerous sags on the CP Paynesville Sub.
A Kansas City Southern Belle brings some color to a late February winter storm.
NS 1074 "Lackawanna" leads CP train 581 through Medina.
KCS 4707 leads an oil empty through the Medina sag.
Shiny clean and heading into the setting sun.