Montreal bound; taken atop Mont St-Hilaire @ 400 m (1300 ft) elevation, Richelieu river behind.

Combined Chaleur and Ocean heading to Montreal; taken atop Mont St-Hilaire @1300 ft (400 m) elevation

Ultramar Tank train crossing the Richelieu River. Boats and kayak in the background.

Smoker or non-smoker? MMA 8536 in the back of 8525 obviously having engine problems at idle...

About to pass under Highway 35 and heading to Montreal. Crew can clearly be seen and is blinded by the setting sun.

After leaving Cantic, CN 324 headed for Vermont (NECR) on the Swanton sub. is seen here crossing the Noyan turning bridge, over the Richelieu river where Lake Champlain ends. This one's for Darren... (more)

Crossing the CN-CP St-Jean diamond.

Switch on siding north of St-Jean about to be lined and locked in normal position

Lighting on the front of engine made the nose glow

Brand new paint job on the first production MLW.

Contradictions: green light to go, red lights at crossing to stop... Old St-Jean and cathedral in the background (everything is in french!)

Framed by the NovaGrain silos and empty corn field.

Brakeman walking back to it's train to head back to Montreal. The GP9rm was built in 1959... on her right are the St-Jean diamond lights.

Northbound Adirondack is stopping at the beautiful Plattsburgh train station for a few minutes before heading to Rouses point then Montreal