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)

CP SD40-2 no. 5646 and mate arrive in CP's Coquitlam Yard on a transfer from Vancouver, BC with a cut of BC Rail cars on the front of the train. The eastbound train will be switched here with cont... (more)

The ballast train approaches the north-south mainline and will continue at a slow pace until the train is safely past the residences and bar. The north-south main is the center track, while the fo... (more)

The ballast train progresses over the crossing as the conductor has climbed back on board. Th interchange is CTC controlled so switches are handled by dispatchers.

With the highway flagged and the gates lowered, CN 2835 creeps across old Hwy 10 keeping the speed under 10 mph. Point Brewing is local favorite brewed in neighboring Stevens Point, location of th... (more)

The train paused for the conductor to jump off and flag old Hwy 10. Note the gates had not yet lowered. Chet and Irenes bar has no doubt witnessed 1000s of trains at this location over the years.

CN 2835 and its crew got underway at Junction City, WI, diverging from the mainline on a tight curve between residences and a tavern. Not much clearance for those satellite dishes.

Junction City, WI is a small hamlet in the middle of the state where old US 10 parallels CN's Chicago-Duluth mainline and crosses CN's line from northern Wisconsin to New Lisbon, WI. The former wa... (more)

UP Tier 4 no. 2632 rolls an empty coal train south along the Mississippi River after leaving Brownsville, MN. The train's next stop will be Marquette, IA. The pastural setting gives the crew a bre... (more)

The CP line from LaCrescent, MN south along the Mississippi is an entertaining line, and offers curves, bridges, street running, and close proximity to the neighbors. Here CP 8846 eases its train ... (more)

Time for a game of "chick-hen"? CP 8846 eases into Lansing, IA with a southbound freight appearing to be in for a face off with a formidable biker chick. Fortunately her need to quench h... (more)

UP 8829 eases a vehicle train through Lansing, IA, and the town would appear to be celebrating its arrival with a flag display along the Mississippi River. This train is operating on CP's main rou... (more)

BNSF 5132, rather weather worn, keeps a manifest rolling east at about 50 mph. at Glen Haven, WI. The train is approaching the site of a Z-train derailment that occurred on July 1 when the train h... (more)

BNSF 8376 slows its train to about 40 mph in order to cross over in front of engine 4051, parked on the point of a vehicle train at Bay City. The West Coast of Wisconsin provides some of the state... (more)

BNSF 9248 catches the last glimpse of sunlight of the day as its train winds along the North Platte River near Glendo, WY on its was northwest to the Powder River Basin.