12-16-24 - Holiday Train! A Day on the Elbow Lake and Morris Subdivisions

After a full year, we're back on CPKC's Elbow Lake Subdivision again. I came up here for the Holiday Train, but I got here in the morning to catch other trains in the area. As soon as I arrived, there was an intermodal pulling into Hankinson, so I beat them to Wyndmere, then spent the rest of the day on the Minnesota side. I also caught a couple trains on BNSF's Morris Subdivision as well, including a 25th Anniversary unit trailing behind an AC44C4M. After catching 5 trains, I went to the Elbow Lake area to wrap things up with the Holiday Train.

1, CPKC Elbow Lake Sub:
CP 8773, ES44AC
CP 8707, ES44AC, MID

2, BNSF Morris Sub:
BNSF 614, AC44C4M
BNSF 6078, ES44AC (25th Anniversary)
BNSF 6141, ES44AC, DPU

3, CPKC Elbow Lake Sub:
KCS 5018, ET44AC
BNSF 8570, SD70ACe
KCSM 4574, AC4400CW (KCS Grey)

4, BNSF Morris Sub:
BNSF 8167, ES44C4
BNSF 9359, SD70ACe
BNSF 8269, ES44C4, DPU

5, CPKC Elbow Lake Sub:
KCS 4682, ES44AC
CP 2251, GP20C-ECO
CP 9726, AC4400CW, MID

6, CPKC Elbow Lake Sub:
CP 2300, GP20C-ECO
CP 2246, GP20C-ECO

0:00 CPKC Intermodal Train headed West through Wyndmere, ND
3:07 BNSF G-CSNEAP headed South through Tintah, MN
6:00 CPKC Manifest headed East through BN Junction in Nashua, MN
12:07 BNSF G-MNSKAL headed North through BN Junction in Nashua, MN
15:11 CPKC Manifest headed West through Wendell, MN
18:44 CPKC Holiday Train headed West into Elbow Lake, MN