Our model railroad convention in Calgary, AB in August of 1971 featured an excursion with CPR C-Liner 4081 from Calgary to Field, BC. Here it is stopped at Banff, AB for a photo opportunity. CLC... (more)

CPR C-Liner 4104 is dead in consist as it heads east on the Laggan Sub for repairs in Calgary. The other 4 units are working hard up the 2.2% grade past Wapta Lake to the Great Divide at Stephen ... (more)

CPR Dayliner 9105 is on its last trip south on train 312 from Calgary to Lethbridge to Medicine Hat, AB. It is meeting an extra north at Aldersyde with an H16-44 on the point.

An A-B-A set of CLC C-Liners are turning on the wye at Tadanac, BC next to the Cominco plant which produces lead and zinc. They will assemble their train for the return trip to Nelson, BC later i... (more)

Train 262 is eastbound with Joe E20 on the point. They are approaching Alberton, MT for a crew change.

A pair of Little Joe's E79 and E72 are arriving Deer Lodge with an eastbound freight. This was the only train we saw with exclusive electrics on the train. All other trains had a mix of electric... (more)

A matching set of Milwaukee box cabs E47B, C and A are switching Missoula, MT. In 3 trips down there these were the only box cabs we saw in operation. Everything else was Little Joes or diesels.... (more)

Little Joe E20 is westbound over high steel at Cyr, MT in early spring of 1971.

Three CPR CLC H Liners in 3 different paint schemes are southbound in Calgary on the Macleod Sub headed to either Fort Macleod or Lethbridge, Alberta..

Two CPR CLC H Liners and a lone geep are westbound on the Mountain Sub with a work train near Ottertail, BC.

Early morning light greets a westbound Milwaukee freight with a Little Joe leading a couple of U Boats at Silver Bow, MT.

Milwaukee had an interesting critter that was used as a shop switcher in Deer Lodge, MT. It operated by means of an extension cord connected to the roundhouse. During operation, they occasionall... (more)

Northern Pacific U boats and an SD45 are westbound at Marshall, WA with 3 sets of semaphores controlled by Marshall Tower overlooking the scene.

In late afternoon light a set of 4 CPR CLC H Liners are working the branch from Cranbrook, BC to Kimberley, BC with lead zinc ore for processing at the Kimberley smelter. This shot at Wyecliffe i... (more)

A pair of GE electrics bring up the rear of the coal train shown on my previous shot at Covel, WV. Note the size of the caboose compared to the locomotives.