Thornton-bound manifest in afternoon sun at Matsqui Station

Morant's Curve, the most famous corner in the Rockies hosts an eastbound grain train at 1417, with a pair of AC4400s leading 112 empties.

Under threatening skies, a CN caboose is shoved east on the point of a work train, 14 ballast loads headed for the back track at Popkum.

My 500mm Opteka lens turns into 800mm on my EOS D30, and that's what's used on this westbound coal train near Matsqui on a rare sunny day in winter

The barren, lightly snowed terrain of the Thompson Canyon hosts CP 9587 and a westbound coal train

As the latest rain storm clears, a CP potash train rolls west towards CN's Thornton yard, with Olympic-painted 8858 leading CEFX 1058 and 124 loads

A monster westbound train 355, 171 cars behind the 5339, 5247 and 9437 at Arnold, west of Chilliwack

A CP hotshot by CN's siding of Arnold, beneath the watchful eye of Mt Cheam with 9126 leading 9640

The second of 2 back to back 301s rolls up to the crossing at the east end of the platform at Via's Matsqui station. The rest of the consist is CP 8704, CN 5520 and 149 cars of mixed freight

Coal loads westbound on Matsqui prairie, the northern edge of the city of Abbotsford

Another day, another CP grain train at Matsqui station. CP 8822 leads 113 grain loads west, with 8728 on the tail end

Late day sun staring straight in the face of the crew on this CP grain train, westbound at Matsqui station

Best seats in the house are on the Park car bringing up the rear of the Canadian on a beautiful late summer evening

Last light of the day bathes the side of VIA 6425 approaching the Mission bridge enroute to the CP Cascade Sub and points east

At the diamond at Matsqui, CP 8718 leads potash loads west towards Thornton yard on the CN