ES44DC 2331 and Dash 9-44CW 2505 lead CN 520 through Ranfurly.
CN 2969 heads west on the Wainwirght Sub.
The Final Spike Tour has started and Day One is about to wrap up with the train between Medicine Hat and Dunmore. Interesting set up between yards here plus the landscape is an escape from the ot... (more)
Sitting out the festivities in 2024. It once served as back-up power for #2816 as well as making a complete A-B-A set for the Royal Canadian Pacific sets. With the merger, CPKC now has a rather ... (more)
CP 8063 leads train 100 east through Edworthy Park in Calgary.
Impressed by the Empress. The Final Spike Tour: Day One has passed thru Medicine Hat and is going towards the yard in Dunmore for the night. The Hydrogen unit #1001 will be pulled off the consis... (more)
The pre-Final Spike Tour prep. My last visit to this exact spot was in 2013, as the former Ogden Shops were being transformed into the Ogden Campus. This very same unit, #1401 was sitting right ... (more)
Victory lap. For both the Empress and the photographer. In 2011, my last visit to see her in action was met with "diesel substitute" as she went down with repair. She was repaired, tes... (more)
Ex-CMQ nee-CP SD40-2F #9024. It actually glows in the dark....well, no, but after making headlines for being in tow with #2816 eastward, it was dropped off here for crew familiarization well into... (more)
The Moon Rises Over The Prairies As CP SD40-2 6030 Speeds East On The Taber Sub.
BRR SD40-2 5951 approaches Main St in Rosalind as it heads east on the Alliance Sub with the Shake off Winter excursion.
F40PH-3s 6412 and 6457 have just crossed the Saskatchewan/Alberta provincial boundary as they head west on the Wainwright Sub with VIA 1.
The Final Spike Tour Train At Dunmore AB.
CP 9838 leads an empty grain train east through Bearspaw. This locomotive is 20 years old and could use a new coat of paint. Thankfully, the afternoon sky is providing a beautiful contrast.
CP 8123 leads a loaded grain train west near milepost 99 in Banff National Park.
