The Strathcona brings up the rear of the US Holiday Train.

For my first time being to Portal, I hit jackpot! I stumbled into an old SOO steam era turntable during my search for an escape route from the States (just kidding!) and managed to work the CP 937... (more)

A long 298 sits in the yard in Portal as two locomotives inch their way closer on an adjacent track. The locomotives, fetched from the North Portal Yard about half a mile away in Canada, will soon... (more)

Two CP Freights await departure as a coal train for BNSF at Minot clears the VACIS machine. The coal train had four units, including a 'red barn' and BNSF SD60M 9206 in the 'new image' scheme.