A very heavy Canadian Pacific manifest/stack train charges up the 2.2% Kicking Horse Pass. The train has just exited the Lower Spiral Tunnel. The CP mainline is passing thru YOHO National Park. I... (more)

Canadian National local train No. 513 passes a mountain lake at Henry House, Alberta, at 8:29 p.m. on July 11, 2014. The Hinton to Jasper (and return) local is powered by vintage pair of aging GMD... (more)

Canadian National train No. 102 casts soft reflections in Brule Lake passing through “Robertson’s Curve” at Swan Landing, Alberta, on July 7, 2014.

CP 9640 leads a westbound loaded grain train at the east end of Banff. Alberta has been having a warmer than usual winter this year. As you can see, there isn't much snow on the ground. I am hopin... (more)

Canadian National southbound #570 descends the steep grade through the Cheakamus Canyon along the former BC Rail Squamish Subdivision. This area is well worth the hike as you're treated to an asso... (more)

Moments before the sun tucks itself behind the mountains for the night, rays of light shine down onto Canadian National northbound #571 as it climbs the grade through Cheakamus Canyon.

CN SD75I 5700 leads train Q106 east on CN's Albreda Sub, approaching Grant Brook.

CN's new ET44AC units are finally starting to make it out west on a somewhat regular basis. Here, CN 3008 leads the mighty Q111 through a snowy scene, west of Geikie on CN's Albreda Sub.

Passing through scenic Jasper National Park, eastbound Canadian National train No. 112 rumbles toward Devona, Alberta, near Windy Point on a beautiful July 16, 2013.

A westbound Canadian National container train drops down into Jaws of Death gorge, so named for the steep and narrow banks and turbulent stretch of the Thompson river.

CP 8776 leads its train east near Moberly. The morning started out cloudy and raining but, it cleared up for a while just in time for this shot. Here's a video from my trip as well: https://www.yo... (more)

Prince George to Edmonton train M348 cruises eastward, 11.8 miles west of Jasper as a storm brews in the distance.

Prince Rupert to Memphis train Q196 soars high above the Prairie Creek, just west of Hinton, AB.

Canadian National train No. 347, led by GE C40-8M “cowl” No. 2403, curves through Brule Tunnel and along the Athabasca River toward Park Gate, Alberta, on the afternoon of July 12, 2014. Roche... (more)

VIA train 2, The Canadian, led by a trio of F40PHs (rebuilt), descends eastbound at Geikie, AB 10 miles west of its station stop at Jasper.