West Coast Express F59PHI 905 parked at VIA Rail's Vancouver Maintenance Center.

Passengers have left the CN station waiting room and await the opening of the gate to begin loading on The Canadian as blizzard conditions blow through Vancouver shutting down the airport and maki... (more)

Passengers load onto the VIA Canadian at Vancouver's CN station in blizzard conditions. These folks picked the one form of transport that would reliably get them out of town under these conditions... (more)

It's the day after Valentine's Day, and a blizzard is blowing through Vancouver, BC, not an everyday occurrence. The weather has stopped air travel and slowed highway traffic, but VIA's Canadian w... (more)

VIA's Canadian is ready to load passengers at Vancouver, BC during a blizzard that will shut down the airport and close Hwy 1 in the Fraser Canyon. The train will run, leaving Vancouver on time. T... (more)

The lift bridge between Vancouver and North Vancouver is one of the choke points of traffic moving to the ports of the Vancouver Metro Area. The bridge is slow and after exiting to the south the ... (more)

VIA 6512 on the point of the Super Continental gets the blur flag treatment at Vancouver, BC prior to passenger boarding and beginning its long trip to eastern Canada. It is reflecting off the sid... (more)

A baby Canadian is parked at Vancouver's CN station, which VIA chose to use when consolidating service here. This mini-Canadian is all former CP Rail equipment, and is parked here apparently as ba... (more)

VIA Rail no. 6311, former CN FP9 no. 6529, built in May 1957, reflects on itself at Vancouver's former CN station, now used by VIA and Amtrak. The CN SW1200RS in the background was used for switch... (more)

Amid the bustle of the Vancouver waterfront, Canadian Pacific S4 7109 works the carferry lead serving the boats that convey freight to and from Vancouver Island.

CP Baldwin switcher no. 7069 idles on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver, BC between switching assignments.

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)

The new and the old. CP wide vision caboose no. 434493 gets shoved around Pt. Coquitlam by a vintage Baldwin DS 4-4-1000 updated to CP's candy cane scheme. The caboose has a longer life ahead than... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian along the waterfront of the city. At this time CP was pretty frugal about train size. Winter consists were only 7 cars, and this June tr... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian as the train rolls by a tower just east of the CP station.