Smoky GE framed by an old cow poop conveyer; which one has the most value? And to make matters worst, the trailing unit is a very tired GP40-2w (CN 9525) running very clean.

CN 324 is picking up the MMA interchange and will park them at the St-Jean new siding. It will then recouple itself to it's own cars left there and continue it's trip to St. Albans, Vt.

" Bless all those railfans " The rising sun peeks through the dissipating clouds as MM&A 5078 South crosses the Richelieu River with four old warriors on the head end

St-Albans Vt- Montreal CN 323 slices through the flatlands of the Montérégie région of Quebec

552 axles across a desolated, cold and windy field.

Two IC units are pushing the MMA-CN interchange in place. MMA 8541 & 8525 where already waiting at the other end in order not to block traffic with this cut of 50 cars.

As scene common in the 80's when the BN owned these. Catching a trio in 2009 is a real treat!

Rising sun & rising steam. The image speaks for itself. A zoom shot on MM&A 3614 South as it crosses the Richelieu river on a bittery cold morning

Wide angle shot of MMA 5017 & 5018 parked on the mainline while MMA 2005 is doing all the switching (visible on the right). 4 axle unit is needed because of some tight spots on siding switches.

Framed by street lights adorning a park in St-Jean, the switchers are heading back to Iberville to pick up their cars.

BANG! CLICK HERE to see a "Railvideo" of an Amtrak at the same spot hitting the snow bank last year... Piece... (more)

Did I mention SNOW? If you look carefully, you can see one of the flashes on a tripod on the left...

Dwarfed signal 231B sits silent as it guards the passing track at the CN/CP diamond

First snowstorm of the season... Rudolf's red nose is poking out of the falling snow...