A beautiful spring morning in the Columbia Valley. CP 5952 is sporting a less that stock replacement number board.

CP 8760 West blast through the corridor of forests and mountains 15 miles west of Golden.

The "Gold Leaf Service" cars still sport 2010 Olympic train colours on the Rocky Mountaineer's first run of the season. The Alberta Government sponsored the RMR train service from Vancouver to W... (more)

A variety of SD40-2s head head south in the early morning sun.

An amazingly clean and bright AC4400 is bringing up the rear of an empty southbound coal train. [Edit] A re-paint after being used in the movie "Unstoppable" (Thanks Ivan.)

Parked outside the yard-master's office awaiting the next assignment. Fresh snow and sunshine on the ski hill is calling my name ;-)

The bad news, the ice messed up the reflection. The good news, the ice is melting. Train CP 565 heads north to Golden.

Stuff happens! You've heard the news, here is the visual. CP 8628 was the mid-unit on the westbound, and CP 8874 was the lead unit on the eastbound.

The joys of winter railroading? The crew finishes off clearing out the switch of snow and ice in order to set off a helper unit after traversing the Rogers Pass. The temperature was -18C (0'F).

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." A blanket of fresh fallen snow covers the Holiday Train after an overnight stay in Golden B.C. (Taken with permission.)

With no artificial light but its own, the CP Holiday Train approaches Golden Yard.

The Westbound CANADIAN rolls through the lower canyon of the Kicking Horse River

A detoured eastbound CN freight sits in the siding at Golden waiting for a westbound CP on the main to clear.

CP 8874 rounds another sweeping curve through the Columbia Valley wetlands.

Heading south past MP.128 with coal empties.