I believe everything in this photos is now gone: CN 5232 - the last active SD40 on the roster was retired next year, going on the short line circuit, to Athabasca Northern, then Central Manitoba, now Prairie Rail Solutions. Area railfans believe it to be the last non-upgraded CN SD40 left with...
IC 1021 runs through a sweeping left-hand curve surrounded by trees still covered in snow from the blizzard two days earlier. You wouldn't know that I am standing in the middle of Slinger, WI surrounded by businesses.
One day after the winter solstice and two days after the first storm of the season dumped over 15" of snow in the area; the sun rises as CN 8929 pulls it's train uphill at Rugby Junction.
With a fresh blanket of snow this picturesque scene of a Wisconsin dairy farm surrounded by fields is suddenly interrupted by the sound produced by the products manufactured by EMD as they pull their train up Byron Hill.
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