Before the influx of SD40s on the Galt Sub, this was typical of the lash-ups one could encounter - first generation, four-axle power. To quote Jackie Gleason at the time, how sweet it is!

Three GP7s accelerate past TH&B's Hunter Street Station with a unit train of sulfuric acid bound for a fertilizer plant in Port Maitland, Ontario. Hauled from Northern Ontario to Toronto by Canad... (more)

For a period of time CP ran a dedicated train of truck frames from the manufacturer in St. Thomas, east to the assembly plants in Oshawa, Ontario. It ran on a schedule, daily except Sundays, passi... (more)

Highballing west on the Water Level Route.

Basking in the sunlight on a lazy and quiet Sunday afternoon are RS3 1308 and FP7 1501, in the era before one needed to sign a release to wander the grounds. As explained to me by security, on my... (more)

This was the first time I'd ever seen the Empress of Agincourt escape its usual assignment as a transfer engine in Toronto. It had made its way to Hamilton on an extra, via CN's Oakville Sub, and... (more)

Nice and clean.

YR-1 (St Johnsbury, VT to Portland, ME) is pictured at Fabyan, New Hampshire. U18B #408 (Battle of the Bagaduce), is in the company of GP38-2s 256 & 251. The tracks crossing in front of YR-1 are t... (more)

The Northland, when it was a combined overnight train operating with a Cochrane section and a Timmins section, is pictured southbound at Pottery Road with FP7s 1508 & 1502. In about 10 minutes, pa... (more)

Coming off the North Toronto Sub on a deliciously warm autumn afternoon, an A-B of Fs head up four other units on this westbound as they continue north up the Mactier. The power is FP7 4030, F7B ... (more)

A westbound unit train of sulfuric acid, headed up by M636 4739 and leased N&W SD40-2 6167, will top the grade shortly at Guelph Jct. Rare were the times it seems that CP didn't have some other r... (more)

CN 4017 and an FPA4 lead an eastbound VIA train across the Grand River at Paris. The 4017 was one of two GP40s in passenger service - the other being 4016, neither of which were conveyed to VIA. ... (more)

It would have been interesting to see these geeps in blue and yellow, had CN sold them to VIA. The only example of a "hood" unit in VIA paint was former CP RS10 8558.

FPA4 6790 leads an F9B and another FPA4 on #75 as it negotiates the curves at Paris. Despite outward appearances, this train is now operating under the VIA banner.

A westbound threesome of MLWs attack the grade to Orrs Lake, just west of Galt. FA2 4086, an RS3 and an FA1 have their work cut out for them if they're to get their train to the top. At times, w... (more)