Vancouver-Edmonton grain empties cross over the Thompson River between Ashcroft and McAbee on CN's Ashcroft Sub. The headend lumber empties would be setout at Vavenby, BC.

A pair of CN C40-8s lead train G834 over the Thompson River just east of Ashcroft, BC.

CN C40-8s 2125 and 2134 slam over the west switch at Ashcroft with train G834 in tow.

The race is on!! With both trains speeding towards a crew change at Kamloops, CP's Vancouver-Toronto hotshot 100-22 is seen at left while CN's Vancouver-Edmonton M31051 21 is seen at right. They'r... (more)

If Black Canyon is amazing in daylight, then it becomes downright dramatic during the blue hour. In this minute exposure an eastbound train on CN line runs along the Thompson River, their headligh... (more)

CP ES44AC 9367 leads CP's hotshot Toronto-Vancouver train 101-19 westbound on the Thompson Sub, approaching the small town of Ashcroft.

Canadian Pacific’s Ashcroft wayfreight switches the tie plant east of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on a hot July 15, 2014. Powering the local this day is venerable SD40-2 No. 5749.

Led by a pair of EMDs—SD60F No. 5546 and SD40-2W No. 5358— a westbound Canadian National freight crosses the Thompson River in scenic Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 2... (more)

As low sun dances off craggy cliffs on a windy, almost stormy afternoon in British Columbia, a westbound Canadian Pacific coal train makes an appearance through Black Canyon along the Thompson Riv... (more)

Canadian National manifest freight No. 355 passes through the rugged depths of Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the afternoon of September 28, 2015. In the heart of the spectacu... (more)

CP 8831 and mate head into a short curved tunnel at Black Canyon along the Thompson River just south (west) of Ashcroft, BC. The foreground track in Canadian National.

Meet in Black Canyon: As we stood under the nearly-full moon on the bluff overhead the CP (background) and CN (foreground) mainlines through British Columbia, radio transmissions made it readil... (more)

CN 2686 leads a westbound stack train out of Black Canyon and across the Thompson River several miles south of Ashcroft, BC. CP's mainline is hiding in a tunnel just behind the locomotives of the ... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train curves out of the tunnel in Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the morning of June 24, 2006.

As a Canadian Pacific coal train rumbles westbound on the CP’s main line in the foreground, an eastbound Canadian National freight enters Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June... (more)