CP 5821 is crossing the Fraser River and is about to enter the CN mainline for a short run to the connecting line to Roberts Bank and the coal export facility. By the time it reaches Roberts Bank ... (more)

CP GP9s no. 8514 & 8529 lead The Canadian west out of Mission City on the last lap into Vancouver, BC. Today this CP mainline sees commuter trains between Mission City and Vancouver as well as CP ... (more)

CP GP9 no. 8612 caboose CP 437271 have finished work at the lumber loading shed at Ruskin, BC and will head west back to Coquitlam Yard with a very short Mission City Turn. The script lettering ve... (more)

CP GP9 no. 8612 has a good roll on the eastbound Mission City Turn out of Coquitlam Yard as it crosses Kanaka Creek at Albion, BC en route to Mission City. The train has a nice mix of old and new ... (more)

CN 5090 has its new crew on board and will get underway momentarily. Its hotshot freight is holding up the arrival of the Super Continental, whose headlight is visible behind this train. No matter... (more)

BNSF 9307 hustles a loaded coal train west in the grassy hills near Fishtrap siding located between Cheney and Sprague, WA on the former NP mainline to Pasco. This is in the transition area betwee... (more)

CP GP7 8418 and a pair of GP9s are smoking up the valley with their train brakes as the westbound rail train finishes its descent into Field, BC along the Kicking Horse River.

The Canadian makes its climb out of Field, BC headed up Kicking Horse Pass exiting snow sheds and a tunnel and about to traverse a slide area. Soon passengers will enjoy the Spiral Tunnels as the ... (more)

CP 8612 assigned to the Mission Turn out of Coquitlam Yard waits to put its return train together while a detouring CN freight out of Vancouver, BC diverts off the CP main to cross the Fraser Rive... (more)

BNSF 6414 eases coal empties eastbound through orchards near Peshastin, WA about a half hour west of its next crew change at Wenatchee. Blossoms were in peak bloom on April 28 this spring.

BNSF 9202 exits the Cascade Tunnel with two sisters and a C44-9W on an eastbound Z train. It was a treat to see the EMDs outnumbering GEs on this type of train in the Stevens Pass area.

I sometimes think BNSF Heritage II is for the birds. Here is proof. The crow holds the main at Scenic while a stack train waits in the siding for the tunnel to clear and for a Z train to over take... (more)

A C&NW freight featuring a block of wood chip loads behind the power, rolls east through Eau Claire just minutes away from arriving at Altoona Yard. this stretch of track, part of UP's mainline be... (more)

A C&NW freight arrives at their Itasca, Wisconsin yard on the east end of Superior, Wis. with empties returning to DWP/CN for interchange in Duluth, MN. CNW 6926 and 6925 lead a third SD40-2, once... (more)

A BNSF vehicle train heads west along a pear orchard near Dryden, WA crossing the Wenatchee River twice in less than a mile.