Cheakamus Canyon in my opinion is one of the most spectacular railroad locations in Canada. The railroad drops on a steep 2.2% grade along side of the raging Cheakamus River cutting a narrow defi... (more)

The first unit to be completed at GE-Fort Worth as part of CP's first group of AC4400CW modifications undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX. This unit was mod... (more)

The first unit of CN's 200 unit order from GE Transportation undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX.

A handful of 4-axle GP units idle outside of the shops at Walker Yard.

M302 holds tight at the approach signal to Hargwen waiting for traffic ahead to clear. An interesting motive power consist of BCOL C40-8M 4624, GECX C40-8W 9129 and CN C40-8 2134 are on the point.

Creating quite the contrast between each other, still quite new and clean CN ES44AC 3804 idles on the shop track with an absolute filthy BCOL C40-8M 4614.

BCOL C40-8M 4612 leads 182 grain empties east on the Edson Sub.

CP GP7 8418 and a pair of GP9s are smoking up the valley with their train brakes as the westbound rail train finishes its descent into Field, BC along the Kicking Horse River.

A CP transfer run from Duluth to Superior passes CN ore dock 6 as the classic laker Michipicoten arrives to load ore for Essar Soo.

This Savanna to Mason City local has new and old for power as they make their way west on the Mason City Sub. The train is about 30 miles west of Marquette in northern Iowa. The new rebuilds CP is... (more)

A Proctor Roadswitch crew lifts 48 cars of Minorca limestone up Proctor Hill as a major fire rages at the Husky oil refinery in Superior. Fortunately there were no fatalities and the fire was exti... (more)

CP 8950 leads its train west late in the evening near Glenmore. This vantage point became available late last year when the Glenmore Trail bridge over the tracks was completed. The bridge not only... (more)

Canadian Pacific train No. 177 descends Kicking Horse Pass exiting the west portal of upper Spiral Tunnel at Yoho, British Columbia, on September 16, 2002. The westbound train is pulled by three m... (more)

CN 120 approaches Turcot West with CN 3072 and CN 8875 up front and CN 3059 mid-train.