CNW's Return to Central Iowa
Plus, rare footage from St. Paul, and interesting lighting on the CP...

8729-overhead.jpg  CNW 8729 yards at short line yard      
 bn6234.jpg            An age old SD9 in St. Paul 
 cnw8729.jpg           South of the soccer fields, CNW 8729 rounds the corner 
 cnw8729b.jpg          CNW 8729 close up leading the MNLDM
 cnw8829-04.jpg     CNW 8829 leading eastbound at Nevada elevator      
 cnw8829-side.jpg   Pacing the CNW 8829    
 cnw8829.jpg           A look at CNW 8829 from above   
 cnw8829b.jpg         Another look at the AC4400 
 cp6036.jpg             Storms light up the night sky as CP 6036 yards at Short Line Yard.  Note the green classification light on top of the number boards  
 job63.jpg               In a freak march snow storm, Job 63 negotiates the Ankeny sub near Aurora Ave.
 mnldm.jpg               CNW 8729 pulling up to Market Street in Des Moines
 soo559.jpg              SOO 559 has been repainted into this classic SOO LINE scheme from the early 1940s
 sp2776.jpg             With the Principal building in the background, this SP patch leads MDMSS northbound at Broadway.
 st-paul.jpg              Look closely and you can see my office in this spectacular view of SSP yard from the bluff.
 sunset-patch.jpg      The CNW logo shines through on this late-sunset capture of a former CNW AC4400.
 up2971.jpg              Ex CNW power on a work train in Ames
 up3036.jpg              No doubt the ancestry of this SD40-2!  Wish we could peel of some of that patchage
 upy545.jpg              Mini-wings stir up dust in downtown Ames, IA.
work-train-2.jpg      More shots of the work train in Ames.  Nice ex CNW jordan plow to match the ex CNW power
 work-train.jpg         One more shot of the Ames work train