As an all renaissance engine lashup is backing up at the central station, cyclists are enjoying summers finest weather on the Lachine canal bike path. The CN control tower on the laft has been sol... (more)

Built by the MLW in 1929, this Confederation (Northern) type loco now rests at the entrance of one of Exporail's sheds. Hybrid lighting setup was as follows: 3 remote controled flashes lit up the ... (more)

Crew is seen reboarding its train after making its obligatory stop and check. CN 525 heads for the mainline with an old zebra 5507.. errr... 4707 leading.

View from the newly opened second floor of the Hays station @ Exporail wich mimics a yard tower POV. In the foreground is CN 6734, born 1952 and retired in 1995 when the Deux-Montagnes line was co... (more)

The Wellington control tower was shut down in 2000 after 57 years of service, its control panel was saved by Exporail and mounted on a display this year for all to see. The single console used to ... (more)

Built in 2003 from CP 8139 (SW1200RS) : Green Kid now rests at Exporail in one of the sheds among other "hidden" treasures...

Coming in from Blainville, this train has 7 Bombardier multi-levels along with one engine at each end.

On NS lease, I wouldn't be surprised if this old warrior was put to rest in the near future... While the (female) engineer is sitting in the NS black loco, a conductor is standing on the porch of... (more)

Foreign power on the Rouses Point sub., couldn't resist flashing them on the Seminaire Blvd viaduct! Special thanks goes to Sandrine, my youngest daughter for helping me out for the swift flash se... (more)

Two American locomotives on the CN 324; NEVER have I witnessed this before! See here passing the CN train station.

Notice the CN wet noodle poking thru the faded paint on the leader as two VERY ratty zebras are galloping in St-Jean by night: CN 4722 and 9450. 4722 was very tired, smoking and smelling unburnt d... (more)

Montreal railfans met everywhere this morning as Amtrak Bloody Nose made it's first appearance in Canada. Heritage I #156 left the island of Montreal (in background) 17 minutes ago.

Eighty??? Km/h that is, while Red Nosed Amtrak is allowed 60 mph on this section of track is memory serves well....

Being the first train to roll on this line most of the time after snowstorms, Amtrak 68 is forced to hit the snowbanks, much to the pleasure of fans like me and Railfan60! ;)