BCOL 4642 is seen leading train #581 the 'Mackenzie Switcher' north into the northern wilds of British Columbia between Odell and Summit Lake. Despite CN taking over BC Rail in 2004 it is still po... (more)

BCOL 4617 is seen leading train 578 Dawson Creek-Chetwynd out of Dawson Creek, BC - 14/07/2010

Northbound V-P(Vancouver-PrinceGeorge) rounds the point at the upper end of the Pavilion loop as it makes the 30 mile 2percent plus climb out of the Fraser canyon at Lillooet.

Southbound train 570 switches at the south end of Quesnel yard. Forest Products, pulp paper and lumber, make Quesnel a major revenue producing point.

501 takes orders from West Tower and keeps her rolling on One West through the yard.

501 pulls in to the East end of CN yard in Battle Creek with this colorful lash-up.

A pretty conventional wedgie of a train in the snow. Perhaps it is the in your face contrast of the big bright engine nose against the gray background that appeals to me. And it IS BCRail, one o... (more)

M337 blast west towards Waterloo with a heavy train out of Chicago, IL. A BC Rail Dash 9 heads up a IC SD 70 and a CN SD 75 as this train works over the hogbacks between Raymond and Jesup. One thi... (more)

Crossing a ratty looking trestle.

M 377 passing M338 with two CN GE's

399, headed up by BCOL 4653, gets the OK to pull down to Michigan Ave. as GTW 4623 works a cut for train 711 in the yard.

CRS-20 621 and Slug S402 switch the former BC Rail classification yard in Prince George. This would be the last year both units would serve as they would be retired by years end.

Northbound daily Chetwynd to Fort St.John freight crosses the Peace River and will then make a large loop out of the valley.

I'm posting this in the hopes that Mother Nature will see it and it will remind her that Whistler could use some more snow. After detraining a bunch of skiers from Vancouver who didn't want to fi... (more)