CP 9824 heads west at the east end of Shepard. This vantage point was not available until recently. This photo was taken from an embankment where Stoney Trail goes over the tracks.

Hoar Frost With a puff of snow coming from every support as the tall containers pass under around 40MPH, a westbound intermodal is 7.9 miles out of the Calgary terminal headed for Vancouve... (more)

A westbound grain train heads through Bowness on a clear, warm afternoon. It's weird to think it was snowing this time last week. It looks as though we're going to get a nice autumn afterall. I... (more)

The locomotive now lettered as CPR 2024 was originally built for the US Army during World War II. After the war, it ended up in use in British Columbia, and then found its way to Heritage Park Hi... (more)

The CANADIAN sits in Calgary prior to departing for Banff and the west. A GP9 has been cut in behind the A-B F units for the climb through the Rockies.

A mixed freight heads north between Calgary and Balzac.

A mixed freight heads north between Calgary and Balzac.

A ballast train sits in the small yard near Highfield Rd.

CP 8643 leads an empty grain train east in northwest Calgary. This train is on the mainline at Brickburn siding. The siding is out of commission at the moment. The flood of June 2013 caused a sink... (more)

Two intermodal trains meet between Glenmore and Shepard.

Two intermodal trains meet between Glenmore and Shepard.

Eleven 40-ft. CP box cars were modified for ice breaker service and ballasted to weigh 66-tons.

CP 9373 leads its train west in the early morning light.

ES44AC CP 8939 carrying a crest honoring the Lord Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadian Armoured Regiment of the Canadian Forces heads east away from CP Alyth Yard in Calgary. The second loco is AC44... (more)

CP 9623 leads its IMS train west near CP's Foothills Intermodal Facility. It will then stop and back some of its cars into the yard. Interesting note: UP 5548 was the mid-train helper on this trai... (more)