A tired looking FP7A leads a short "Atlantic Limited" across the St. Lawrence River for the final miles into Montreal from Saint John, NB.

CN Turbo set 129 enters Montreal Central Station trainshed for a late-afternoon departure for Toronto on August 19, 1970

A single unit is enough power for a short, four car "Rapido" from Montreal to Quebec City as it crosses the Yamaska River. The 1800 H.P. MLW FPA-4 was sold only to CN, with 34 A-units a... (more)

Fifty years ago tonight I was at New Haven, CT, to record the final hours of the New Haven Railroad before it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. On that rainy New Year's eve the final NH-... (more)

Fifty years ago tonight saw the end of the New Haven Railroad as it was absorbed into Penn Central at midnight. The final NH-operated westbound edition of Boston-New York train 27, the Merchants L... (more)

Behind a pair of SDP40Fs, Amtrak No. 5 glides downhill toward whee it will pass under the uphill track. Like SP's FP7s, the SDPs have icicle breakers on their roofs to snap off ice hanging from th... (more)

A westbound passenger train destined for Toronto comes off the Lachine Canal swing bridge and crosses St. Ambroise Street. The swing bridge would no longer be needed as the Lachine Canal was clos... (more)

This last southbound run of The Laurentian is being fuelled and watered by shop crews at the station. It would be another three years before passenger service returned to the D&H with The Adirond... (more)

The holiday rush is on. Carrying green flags, this is the third section of Train 15, "The Ocean" from Halifax to Montreal. The train is crossing the Richelieu River. This was the site... (more)

CN's premier non-stop Montreal to Toronto train, "The Rapido" races up Vaudreuil Hill on a hot summer afternoon. The FPA-2/FPB-2/F9B/FPA-2 lashup should have no trouble getting the 15 c... (more)

The operator and the fireman confer after the train was delayed while the sectionmen cleaned the switches. It will now proceed onto the Napierville Junction to Rouses Point, NY and then on to New... (more)

CP's flagship train The Canadian has only seven cars as it begins its 2,881 mile journey to Vancouver. The passenger equipped GP-9 is a rare sight as the normal lashup out of Montreal was GMD A a... (more)

CP's first passenger diesel is descending the grade into Windsor Station. CP had three E-8A's, the only ones in Canada. They were delivered in 1949 for use on The Alouette and The Redwing, train... (more)

My father was present for the electric to diesel locomotive change at NK tower in Newark, NJ of the final westbound Black Diamond. Here, the PRR GG1, which pulled the train from New York Penn Sta... (more)