Rounding the curve and approaching Nashotah, Wisconsin the morning of November 7th, 2014 - and only an NS SD70M in the consist broke up a matched set of five Rapid City Pierre & Eastern SD40-2s - this is westbound Canadian Pacific train 471 and the crew is short on time so the CP dispatcher will be doing everything possible to get this train up to Portage quickly. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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At Tracy, Minnesota the morning of May 13th, 2019 – A Rapid City Pierre & Eastern freight is tied down at Lyon Redwood Road after arriving during the night from Huron.
At this location the bright, clean RCP&E EMD power will be swapped for dingy, dirty and uninspiring Canadian Pacific GEs which will forward the train further east. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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On Sunday afternoon April 3rd, 2016 Rapid City Pierre & Eastern EMD SD40-2s are bringing Canadian Pacific train 470 eastward out of Reeseville, Wisconsin.
I have heard various opinions on these RCP&E units, some prefer it when the blue units are leading while others like to see the orange re-paints, but it makes no difference to me.
In this time of such abundant modern wide-nose power on most trains, I will take an SD40-2 leader no matter what color it is. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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The same train that I featured in my last post where a crew change was taking place at Whitewood, South Dakota is now passing through Rapid City and will soon arrive at the RCP&E yard complex located on the east side. – May 15th, 2019 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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One more shot of eastbound Canadian Pacific train 470, this time curving alongside the deep blue waters of the Mississippi River about seven miles south of Homer near Donehower, Minnesota.
When I first saw this clean leader I thought for sure that it must have been painted recently, turns out it came out of the paint shop over a year before - Its nice to see that the Rapid City Pierre & Eastern mechanical department has been taking the time to make sure that these SD40-2 beauties are kept looking great. – October 14th, 2015 ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
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