The Trainmasters normally worked the transfers to Hochelaga due to the steep grade on Hochelaga Hill. Occasionally they would get other assignments, in this case a transfer to Lasalle. As the so... (more)

The Trainmasters normally worked the transfers to Hochelaga due to the steep grade on Hochelaga Hill. Here, the 8901 makes a very rare appearance on "The Peanut", the transfer between S... (more)

The Trainmaster normally assigned to Hochelaga transfers is heading to Lasalle. It is leaving St. Luc Yard and is on the Farnham Connection moving through the Wentworth Golf Course, which was own... (more)

A Trainmaster heads into the roundhouse for minor cosmetic surgery to repair some handrails and sheet metal that got rearranged in a sideswipe incident.

The Trainmasters were assigned to the Hochelaga transfers and for unexplained reasons often were paired with a 1000 HP MLW RS-23. The three stock cars on the headend will be set off at one of the... (more)

When the Norfolk & Western took over the Wabash, it inherited a group of eight FM Train Masters that had been rebuilt with Alco 16-251B engines. N&W 3594 posed at Bellevue, OH, beneath the smokest... (more)

An impressive late-1960s sight at the Norfolk & Western's big yard at Bellevue, OH, was the trios of ex-Wabash FM Train Masters that worked the hump. These massive locomotives had been re-engined ... (more)

Commute plug at South San Francisco

The Jordan spreader crew is spending the day clearing snow in St. Luc Yard. The 2400 H.P. of the Trainmaster is more than enough to get the job done. The Trainmasters usually were assigned to tr... (more)

This was a rare appearance of a Trainmaster on a Lasalle Transfer, as it moves from the Farnham Connection to the Southward Track of the Adirondack Sub.

This Trainmaster has just brought a transfer from St. Luc Yard down the Hochelaga Hill and is doing some yard work.

CP had 21 Trainmasters, the majority of which spent their lives in the West. In the late 1960's and early 1970's there was always at least one in Montreal, dedicated to transfers between Hochelag... (more)