A nearly 9000 foot long 107 rushes onto the bridges with 3 matching GEVos on the head end and 1 about 2/3 of the way back - Just in front of somewhere around 2000 feet of baretables!
Putting a little sunshine into my photos, a shot of westbound 199-11 topping the summit with the monument to James Hector warm under the summer sun
Westbound into Field, with Mt. Stephen towering above
A DPU pushes a grain train through morant's curve with stormy weather approaching
A westbound grain train slowly climbs the hill, passing some snowclearing equipment on the south main
It's spring in Canada. Can you tell?
Westbound intermodal hits the bottom of the grade in spectacular, bright winter light
DPU of a westbound grain train hits the switch to the siding at Canmore while going track speed, a while after sunset.
A westbound grain train tips over the great divide, head end in BC and tail end in Alberta
Light power, the end of a story which will be told in other photos, passes by the Lake Louise station as it rushes up the south track. Taken with a graduated ND filter.
DPU on an unidentified loaded grain train heads over a channel of the Bow and west up the valley, Mt. Borgeau in the background
Coming off the 2.4% grade into Field and taking the main at the equilateral switch with Mt. Ogden in the background. Drilled through the foot of Mt. Ogden are the Spiral Tunnels.
The Skeena is getting ready to head west for Prince Rupert
Rolling down the Cascade valley with Cascade Mountain in the background, I think this grab shot turned out pretty good!
Rolling off the 2.4% grade into Field