Swoosh trailing, ducks on the river. CN 120 crosses the Richelieu River with a BNSF fourth out, something not very common on CN intermodal trains in eastern Canada. Lashup is IC 2724, CN 22... (more)

Whole lotta unit trains. CN 120 (Toronto-Halifax stack train) is eastbound through Southwark Yard on the south shot of Montreal, with Montreal's downtown skyline and Mount-Royal in the back... (more)

45 minutes before sunset. VIA 69 is five minutes out of Montreal's Central Station as it crosses the Lachine Canal with VIA 914 leading. At left is the abandoned CN Wellington tower. After ... (more)

The famous Club Arlau curve at ground level. CN 369, heavily loaded with woodchips, lumber, aluminum and other products from northern Quebec heads south past the famous Club Arlau curve wit... (more)

Off the beaten path. A rarely photographed but very scenic line which has almost no daytime traffic is CN's La Tuque Sub in northern Quebec. Here we see VIA 6440 leading VIA 604, the train ... (more)

Hammerhead! CN 527, a local transfer in Montreal that goes from Southwark Yard to Taschereau Yard and back has CN 2599 (fresh from Canadian Allied Diesel) running long hood forward, with fo... (more)

Tail end of a freight extra and some steam. CN 7470 is passing North Conway Station at right while caboose MEC 674 is stopped and bringing up the rear of Freight Extra 1751, which will depa... (more)

IC SD70 leading a combined oil train. CN 711 is heading west through Pointe-Claire on CN's Kingston sub. At the head end is a block of loaded TankTrain cars. They will be dropped off at Co... (more)

Big Game engine passing Montreal's skyline. AMTK 189, the 'Big Game' engine is in Montreal for the second time in five days. Here is it 5 minutes out of Central Station as it heads south wi... (more)

Union Pacific leading in Montreal. CP 608 (loaded oil train destined for Albany, NY) is passing CP's Lasalle yard with UP 5507 leading and another UP GEVO as the rear DPU (UP 5516). Visible... (more)

CN 377 passing a hi-railer. CN 2205 and IC 1029 head west through Point-Claire, Quebec with CN 377. At left is a CN foreman and his hi-railer.

Two CN relics. VIA 39 is deadheading to Central Station with VIA 905 visible through an old CN swing bridge which has been locked in place and out of use for about twenty years. CN freight ... (more)

Blue and red cross the mighty St-Lawrence. CEFX 1034 and CP 9841 head over the mighty St-Lawrence river, just a few hundred metres away from Lasalle on the island of Montreal and solid land... (more)

CN 711, with empty tankers bound for interchange to BNSF at Chicago, heads west through Montreal with CN 2687, CN 5456 & CN 2036 (still in UP paint).

Green and orange. In this shot we see the green mountains which gave the state of Vermont its name in the background and a number of Genesee & Wyoming engines at the St. Albans yard, where ... (more)