A late winter blizzard greets travelers on US Presidents' Day weekend in the normally snow free Vancouver area. Airports will close as will some roads, but the Canadian will depart Vancouver on ti... (more)

VIA's Canadian is ready to load passengers at Vancouver, BC during a blizzard that will shut down the airport and close Hwy 1 in the Fraser Canyon. The train will run, leaving Vancouver on time. T... (more)

A northbound CN freight rolls through Atwood, WI with a surprise on the rear, albeit backwards. NP 390, a former North Coast Limited observation car named the Rainier Club, was heading north with ... (more)

On the rear of a northbound Amtrak train zipping through Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a pair of American European Express tour cars on May 21, 1993. Rear observation car “New York” is a former New Yo... (more)

The Royal Hudson Excursion train prepares to leave Golden, BC to head west to Kamloops on its return from a tour that took in across Canada from Vancouver, returning via the Soo Line through the u... (more)

After releasing passengers at Vancouver's waterfront station, the Canadian completes its transcontinental trip by heading into a tunnel under the city which takes it to the coach yards south of do... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian as the train rolls by a tower just east of the CP station.

The Canadian accelerates west away from Mission City on its last lap into Vancouver on a snowless February morning. Today's train is pulled by a pair of Geeps and is deadheading an official car ah... (more)

The eastbound Canadian is seen backing into Field, BC below Mt. Stephen for refueling.

The Canadian rolls east at Ottertail, BC near Field on its approach to the climb over Kicking Horse Pass into Alberta. A splendid view this morning from the dome.

Not in for the fuel. Morristown and Erie Railway car “Alexander Hamilton” was recently sold to the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad. On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, it was sitting at 91 B... (more)

The westbound Rio Grande Zephyr is making track speed as it approaches Newcastle, Colorado.

The calm before the highball. Observation NRMX 2955 awaits departure to Wishram, Washington on the rear of an excursion pulled by SP 4449.

BNSF 800875 is a former heavyweight class business/observation car that has been converted to a track measurement car. I could just imagine this car being on the end of a 1950's streamlined AT&SF... (more)

The American Orient Express passenger train climbs into the Rockies at Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande route to the Moffat Tunnel. On the rear is a f... (more)