CN SD75IACC 8308 leads 197 grain loads west on CN's Albreda Sub. The train was operating in a 1x1x1 configuration.

Vancouver-Winnipeg train M356 crosses the Prairie Creek trestle west of Hinton behind CN ES44ACs 3873 and 2945. Along for the ride is WCEX F59PHI 901 heading towards Patterson, GA for a rebuild.

LPG loads for export at Prince Rupert split the signals at Mile 165 behind a pair of SD75s (one rebuilt, one not!).

Prince George-Winnipeg train M348 hustles east on the Edson Sub behind a pair of SD75s. The leader has recently been rebuilt, the trailer remains as built.

CN Pointe-Saint-Charles switcher L500 is switching some grain cars at the Ardent Mills factory, along the Lachine Canal.

CN train L570 acts as an Aldershot turn, and is typically a pig of a train when going to Mac Yard and returning. Here, the westbound land-barge kicks up a flurry as the train takes the east main a... (more)

A matching pair of SD40-2's lead the Wheeling & Lake Erie's 291 as it begins its trip west. The final rays of the setting sun shine on the trestle over the Ohio and Erie Canal in the Cascade Valle... (more)

Longdale Leap CN 8857 leads empty grain train CSX G228 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through Longdale Furnance, Virginia, as the train makes its final push into Clifton Forge, Virginia.

Mountain M2S: CN 8857 leads empty grain train CSX G228 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through North Mountain, Virginia.

CN 429 leaving Becancour towards Montreal with a few stops along the way (Aston-Jct, Sainte-Hyacinthe)

CN 429 leaving Becancour towards Montreal with a few stops along the way (Aston-Jct, Sainte-Hyacinthe)

CN 429 leaving Becancour towards Montreal with a few stops along the way (Aston-Jct, Sainte-Hyacinthe)

IC 9613, a GP38-2 that has traded its Illinois Central black for CN red, works a pulldown job with IC 3138, a GP40R which IS wearing the old IC black, second out.

It's no surprise, those trains must be easier to control when empty as they can weight up to 12 000 tons for a 3000 feet train. A real brick!

A friend told me; you'll see, the Rainier is like a train roller coaster. Well I could see that! CN 3266, helped by CN 3806, CN 8957 and another 8??? trash can, pull this manifest train out of ... (more)