Rock Climbing Kicking Horse Pass Early Morning... a Westbound train of tanks climbs the 2.4% grade above Field BC. A rough trail used by rock climbers skirts the shed to the lofty height... (more)

A pair of CP SD40-2's guide an empty ballast train over the Ottertail River.

The Mount Stephen Route An eastbound stack train negoiates the last of the 2.2% on the climb thru Partridge above the Upper Spiral Tunnel. Mount Stephen pierces the blue sky at a lo... (more)

The Big Hill CPKC manifest with a mix of the the new merged railroads power climbs the mountain out of Field, BC. 7/24 The name originally given the "Big Hill" was the orig... (more)

Canadian Pacific's Kicking Horse Pass There were several passes considered for Canadian Pacific's railroad across the Rockies. At least 2 passes to the north and the Corwsnest to the s... (more)

Kicking Horse Pass In November of 1994 my friend Dave Gayer had a feature article in Pacific Rail News about Kicking Horse Pass. On page 29 is a photo of a CP SD40-2 poking its nose ou... (more)

Eastbound Grain empties work on splitting their train in the yard at Field, BC, with freshly painted KCS 4805, sporting the new CPKC paint scheme as leader.

CP 8040 leads its train west down the grade into Field, BC.

Two trains meet near the crew change point in Field, BC.

After a quick crew change at the east end of town, 31B-03's train passes the station of Field heading west onto the Mountain Sub.

BNSF ES44C4 4276 leads 31B-03's business train down "The Big Hill" between Cathedral and Field.

A BNSF business train pulls into Field, BC.

Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 number 5913 leads 9 cars near Field British Columbia in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Big Hill! The name originally given the "Big Hill" was the original 4.5% eastbound grade out of Field, BC, that directly assaulted the Continental Divide, while a better solu... (more)

Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours "First Passage to the West" rolls across the Ottertail River on the Mountain Subdivision