CN B730 with 205 potash loads as it prepares to tie down on the Freight Track. It will be refueled and will not leave Montreal until about eighteen hours later.

Tiny boards. CN 323 is returning from Vermont light power. Leader CN 3940 has unusually tiny numbeboards.

An F59PH powers the last train of the morning from Mont-Saint-Hilaire.

Heritage unit CN 3008 and rebuild CN 3318 power CN X121, about to pass Turcot Ouest.

CN 2768 (originally CREX 1323) leads CN 401 as it approaches Turcot Ouest.

VIA 6438 is about to duck under a large signal bridge at Turcot Ouest.

VIA 69 passes Turcot Ouest on a sweltering afternoon.

CN 500 passes some paddleboats as it shoves one grain car towards Ardent Mills.

CN 500's power has just passed Atwater Market, on its way to couple on to two grain empties nearby.

CN 500's power is heading west along the Lachine Canal, on its way to couple on to two grain empties.

I was lucky enough to be invited (along with some other railfans and members of the press) to an unveiling of of one VIA Rail’s new trains and a tour of their shops. Here we see a Siemens set an... (more)

Trying to get a bite. A couple of fishermen try their luck on the Lachine Canal as CN 500 shoves towards the main line with two grain empties from Ardent Mills. The CN Montreal sub crosses ... (more)

After shoving off of the East Side Canal Bank Spur, CN 500 is back on the main line and heading to Pointe St-Charles Yard with two grain empties from Ardent Mills.

After work at Taschereau Yard, CN 322 is heading to its terminus of Southwark Yard.

CN 500 is stopped as a crewmember prepares to flag the Charlevoix crossing. They have a single car for Ardent Mills.