Stuff happens! You've heard the news, here is the visual. CP 8628 was the mid-unit on the westbound, and CP 8874 was the lead unit on the eastbound.
The sun burns off the morning cloud as CP 8720 pulls up the grade at Notch Hill loop.
Two SD70M-2s head eastward over the Yellowhead Pass 18 miles east of Jasper. Note how skinny the trees are in this mountain region.
CP 9596 throttles up to head eastward on to single track after meeting a westbound in beautiful Lake Louise.
The joys of winter railroading? The crew finishes off clearing out the switch of snow and ice in order to set off a helper unit after traversing the Rogers Pass. The temperature was -18C (0'F).
CN 2671 and CN 2627 head toward the CP Cascade Sub to run eastward.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." A blanket of fresh fallen snow covers the Holiday Train after an overnight stay in Golden B.C. (Taken with permission.)
With no artificial light but its own, the CP Holiday Train approaches Golden Yard.
Morant's Curve in early September.
Dwarfed by the Rocky Mountains, the Rocky Mountaineer passes through the Mount Stephen Tunnel approaching the concrete snowshed and avalanche diversion channel.
CP 8874 rounds another sweeping curve through the Columbia Valley wetlands.
Heading south past MP.128 with coal empties.
A private family charter stops at Golden north yard for fuel.
Coming out of the morning shadows over the bridge at Ottertail East.
The Royal Canadian Pacific arrives at Field for the Spiral Tunnel centennial celebrations.