The most accurate way to identify a train is to hear it call over the radio, but it's possible to make an educated guess based on direction and what it's carrying.
Canadian Pacific uses numbers as train symbols. Even numbered trains run east bound. Odd numbers go west.
| Symbol | Origin | Destination | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | Roberts Bank, BC (Vancouver) | Bensenville, IL (Chicago) | Daily intermodal |
| 199 | Bensenville, IL | Roberts Bank, BC | Daily intermodal. May have a cut of autoracks on the back. |
| 280 | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul, MN) | Bensenville, IL | Daily mixed freight. May work both LaCrosse and Milwaukee, WI yards |
| 281 | Bensenville, IL | Pig's Eye Yard | Daily mixed freight. May work both LaCrosse and Milwaukee, WI yards |
| 286 | Pig's Eye Yard | Bensenville, IL | Daily mixed freight. May work LaCrosse, WI yard |
| 287 | Bensenville, IL | Pig's Eye Yard | Daily mixed freight. May work Milwaukee, WI yard |
| 288 | Pig's Eye Yard | Clearing Yard (Chicago, IL) | Daily mixed freight. May work Milwaukee, WI yard. Interchanges with BRC. |
| 340 | Glenwood, MN | Windsor, ON | As needed grain loads. |
| 341 | Windsor, ON | Glenwood, MN | As needed grain empties |
| 377 | Bensenville, IL | Tracy, MN | As needed grain empties. Interchanges with the RCPE. |
| 380 | See Description | Bensenville, IL | As needed grain loads. Originates in one of: Enderlin,ND, Glenwood,MN, Minot,ND, Superior,WI, Thief River Falls,MN, Portage,WI, Swift Current,SK, Mason City,IA |
| 381 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | As needed grain empties. Terminates in one of: Thief River Falls,MN, Portal,ND, Minot,ND |
| 382 | See Description | Bensenville, IL | As needed grain loads. Originates in one of: Enderlin,ND, Glenwood,MN, Portage,WI |
| 383 | Bensenville, IL | Portal, ND | As needed grain empties |
| 384 | See Description | Bensenville, IL | As needed grain loads. Originates in one of: Thief River Falls,MN, Minot,ND, Portal,ND, Glenwood,MN, Enderlin,ND, Moose Jaw,SK, Brandon,MB, Winnipeg,MB |
| 385 | See Description | See Description | As needed grain empties. Originates in Bensenville,IL or Milwaukee,WI. Terminates in Portal,ND or Thief River Falls,MN |
| 386 | See Description | See Description | As needed grain loads. Originates in Tracy,MN (RCPE), Walnut Grove,MN, or Mason City,IA. Terminates in Bensenville,IL or Norpaul Yard (Chicago - interchange with IHB) |
| 387 | See Description | See Description | As needed grain empties. Originates in Bensenville,IL or Norpaul Yard. Terminates in Tracy,MN (RCPE) or Mason City,IA. |
| 470 | Tracy, MN | Bensenville, IL | Mixed freight. Interchanges with RCPE at Tracy. May work both LaCrosse and Milwaukee,WI. Runs Saturday-Monday, Wednesday-Thursday |
| 471 | Bensenville, IL | Tracy, MN | Mixed freight. Interchanges with RCPE at Tracy. May work both LaCrosse and Milwaukee,WI. Runs Tuesday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday |
| 580 | See Description | Rockwell Street Yard (Chicago) | As needed crude oil loads. Interchanges with NS at Chicago. Originates in one of: Max,ND, Stampede,ND, Wilkie,SK, Clover Bar Yard(Edmonton,AB), East Edmonton,AB, Rosyth,AB, or Winnipeg,MB |
| 581 | See Description | See Description | As needed crude oil empties. May run from Rockwell Street Yard, Chicago (NS) to Stampede,ND or from Bensenville, IL to one of Clover Bar Yard,Edmonton,AB, Wilkie,SK, Rosyth,AB, East Edmonton,AB, or Max,ND. |
| 582 | See Description | Rockwell Street Yard (Chicago) | As needed crude oil loads. Interchanges with NS at Chicago. Originates in one of: Wilkie,SK, Clover Bar Yard,Edmonton,AB, East Edmonton,AB, Rosyth,AB. |
| 583 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | As needed crude oil empties. Terminates in one of: Wilkie,SK, Clover Bar Yard,Edmonton,AB, East Edmonton,AB, Rosyth,AB. |
| 586 | See Description | Barr Yard (Chicago) | As needed crude oil loads. Interchanges with CSXT at Chicago. Originates in Max,ND or Stampede,ND |
| 587 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | As neeed crude oil empties. Terminates in on of: Stampede,ND, Clover Bar Yard,Edmonton,AB, or Max,ND. |
| 650 | See Description | Albany, NY | As needed ethanol loads. Originates in one of: Glenwood,MN, Minnesota City,MN, Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Waseca,MN, Gibson,IN (IHB), Marquette,IA, Mason City,IA. Not all origins would route a train through Milwaukee. |
| 651 | Albany, NY | See Description | As needed ethanol empties. Terminates in one of: Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Waseca,MN, Gibson,IN (IHB), Mason City,IA, or Enderlin,ND. Not all destinations route through Milwaukee. |
| 654 | See Description | Whitehall, NY | As needed ethanol loads. Originates in one of: Glenwood,MN, Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Waseca,MN, Marquette,IA, Mason City,IA, or Tracy,MN (RCPE). May not all be routed through Milwaukee. |
| 655 | Whitehall, NY | See Description | As needed ethanol empties. Terminates in one of: Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Waseca,MN, Mason City,IA, Enderlin,ND , or Tracy,MN (RCPE). |
| 680 | See Description | Rockwell Street Yard (Chicago) | Catch all train number for unit trains bound for the NS. May be ethanol, sand, or potash loads. Originates in one of: Glenwood,MN, Minnesota City,MN, Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Tracy,MN (RCPE), Waseca,MN, Portage,WI, Bredenbury,SK, Moosejaw,SK, Wynyard,SL, Dubuque,IA, Marquette,IA, Mason City,IA. Some trains may not be routed through Milwaukee. |
| 681 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | Various unit trains, probably coming off the NS. May be ethanol, sand, or potash empties. Terminates in on of: Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Enderlin,ND, Tracy,MN (RCPE), LaCrosse,WI, Mason City, IA, Bredenbury,SK, Dubuque,IA, Waseca,MN. Some trains may not be routed through Milwaukee. |
| 684 | See Description | Norpaul Yard (Chicago) | As needed potash loads. Interchanges with IHB. Originates in Wynyard,SK or Brandon,MB. |
| 685 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | As needed potash empties, probably coming off the IHB. Terminates in Wynyard,SK or Brandon,MB. |
| 686 | See Description | Barr Yard (Chicago) | Catch all rain number for unit trains bound for CSX. May be ethanol, sand, or potash loads, or phosphate empties. Originates in one of: Minnesota City,MN, Glenwood,MN, Portal,ND, Roseport,MN, Pig's Eye Yard-St. Paul,MN, Tracy,MN (RCPE), Waseca,MN, Portage,WI, Bredenbury,SK, Moose Jaw,SK, Sutherland,SK, Swift Current,SK, Medicine Hat,AB, Marquette,IA, Mason City,IA. Some trains may not be routed throug Milwaukee. |
| 687 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | Train number for most unit trains coming off the CSX. May be ethanol, potash, or sand empties. Terminates in one of: Enderlin,ND, Tracy,MN (RCPE), Bredenbury,SK, Moose Jaw,SK, LaCrosse,WI, Waseca,MN. |
| 689 | Bensenville, IL | See Description | Phosphate loads coming off the CSX. Terminates in Sutherland,SK, Roseport,MN, Portal,ND or Alyth Yard-Calgary,AB. |
| 800 | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | Rockwell Street Yard (Chicago) | As needed coke loads. Interchanges with the NS. |
| 801 | Bensenville, IL | Pig's Eye Yard (St.Paul) | As needed coke empties. |
| 802 | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | Milwaukee, WI | As needed coke loads. |
| 803 | Milwaukee, WI | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | As needed coke empties. |
| 804 | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | Barr Yard (Chicago) | As needed coke loads. Interchanges with the CSX. |
| 805 | Bensenville, IL | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | As needed coke empties. |
| 808 | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | See Description | As needed coke loads. Terminates in either Clearing Yard (Chicago-BRC) or Norpaul Yard (Chicago-IHB). |
| 809 | Bensenville, IL | Pig's Eye Yard (St. Paul) | As needed coke empties. |
| 814 | Columbia, WI | See Description | As needed coal empties. Terminates in either Barr Yard (Chicago-CSX) or Norpaul Yard (Chicago-IHB). The Columbia,WI power plant is scheduled to close by 2025. |
| 815 | Bensenville, IL | Columbia, WI | As needed coal loads. The Columbia,WI power plant is scheduled to close by 2025. |
| 852 | See Description | Rockwell Street Yard (Chicago) | As needed coal loads bound for the NS. Originates in one of: Elkview,BC, Fording,BC, Greenhills,BC (Teck Coal Ltd, Greenhills Operations), or Line Creek,BC (Teck Coal Ltd, Line Creek Mine) |
| 853 | Bensenville, IL | Sparwood, BC | As needed coal empties. |
| 856 | Sparwood, BC | Norpaul Yard (Chicago) | As needed coal loads for the IHB. |
| G61 | Milwaukee, WI | Rondout, IL | Sunday-Friday local turn. |
| G62 | Milwaukee, WI | Grand Avenue Street Yard (Milwaukee) | As needed local turn. |
| GM21 | Milwaukee, WI | Glendale, WI | Monday-Friday local turn |
| GM22 | Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee, WI | Monday-Saturday transfer job. |
Information retrieved from http://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/CP_Train_Symbols on 12 September 2021.