Cloudy day at Morant's Curve.
Eastbound CP freight at Mile 113.0 on CP's Laggan Subdivision.
Mixed frieght load heading westbound crossing Divide on the Laggan sub.
CP freight at mileage 113.0 on the Laggan Sub more commonly referred to as Morant's Curve for noted CP photographer Nicolas Morant.
3 SD40-2's lead empty sulphur cars east at Stephen B.C.
You get an idea of the grade as 5933 and SD40 5525 climb the 1 % "new" track to Stephen B.C.
Is there a better place on earth to grab a coffee and wait for a meet?
Winding past Sink Lake, 2 SD40-2F's and a new AC44 work grain empties back to Calgary
Double stacks winding westward
Waiting at the station with side dump hoppers as 2 AC44's lead a grain train up the 1 % line to the summit of Kicking Horse Pass
It was a 25 mile chase to overtake and just barely get pictures as this hotshot headed west. It's the only train I've ever seen go up the old main line with its 2 % grade. It overtook 2 trains be... (more)
Grain empties at Morants Curve. You could make a day of sitting here and just taking it all in.
2 nearly new AC44's are westbound with a unit Methane train
Unit Potash train
4 SD40-2's lean into the beginning of Morants Curve with an eastbound