VIA Rail Canada's Malahat approaches Union Bay, B.C., on Vancouver Island, as fall colour starts to show. This line between Victoria and Courtenay is the antithesis of "high iron"; in fact, one is... (more)
CP 199 is hot out of River Junction as it heads towards Homer and a meet with Amtrak's Empire Builder. Lead unit 9678, from the CP's second order of AC4400s, is looking a little long in the tooth... (more)
The first of three west bounds stacked up waiting to head into the sunset. An equipment problem with the eastbound 198 allowed things to get backed up. No complaints with 3 trains in 30 minutes.