Manifest freight in an intermodal yard. CP 112 is slowly entering Lachine IMS yard with CP 8780 at the head end. While it is primarily an intermodal train, CP 112 usually is filled out with... (more)

A short transfer with lots of power. CN 527 is a Montreal area Southwark Yard-Taschereau Yard transfer that often runs over 100 cars, but not today. Today's CN 527 into Taschereau had 5 uni... (more)

On the move again. VIA 67 is on the move again after having to stop a few minutes for a red signal. Also westbound is CN 401 at left, with a string of loaded rail cars.

Ex-UP SD90 leading. CN 529 is approaching Taschereau Yard with ex-UP NS 7240 & NS 9508 on an intermittently sunny afternoon. Normally this train would have passed through here earlier in th... (more)

Big and small EMD. Two generations of EMD power (SD60 CN 5457 & GP9 CN 4129) lead CN 527 towards nearby Taschereau Yard on a very humid afternoon.

CN 527 and a Sperry truck, both westbound. CN 527 and a Sperry truck (SRS 945) are both westbound on the Montreal sub near Taschereau yard. CN 527 has an all-GMD lashup of CN 8004, CN 4771 ... (more)

Two westbounds. At left is the rear of CN X321 and at right is VIA 59 with VIA 6458. Both are westbound through Lachine on CN's Montreal sub.

A decent sized one-unit wonder. CN 323 has a solo CN 2102 as it heads west on the transfer track towards nearby Taschereau yard with a decent iszed train. This train left Montreal yesterday... (more)

Another shiny GE leading. Forty minutes after shooting CN 704 with brand new CN 2926 leading I shot CN 120 eastbound... (more)

Sun and storm clouds. CP 133 heads through Lachine with a pair of ex-SOO Line SD60's back to back (CP 6252 & CP 6228) not too long after the sun broke through some storm clouds.

Lachine IMS yard. CP 3024, CP 3048 & CP 3130 switch Lachine IMS, one of CP's two intermodal yards on the island of Montreal yesterday afternoon. The other is Hochelaga yard in Montreal's Ea... (more)

Three zebra cowls and a Dash8. CN 120 has three SD60F's and an ex-ATSF Dash8 (CN 5521, CN 2162, CN 5558 & CN 5508) as it heads east through the Ville St-Pierre neighbourhood of Montreal jus... (more)

LNG test unit leading an insane lashup. A late CN X324 has a pair of SD40-2W's leading a Dash8 cowl (CN 5258, CN 5287 & CN 2417) as it heads east on CN's Montreal Sub. The lead unit had bee... (more)

Solo ex-ATSF Dash8 in charge. CN X400 with tonnage for Joffre Yard near Quebece City is powered by CN 2149, a Dash8-40CW built for ATSF as ATSF 828 in 1992.

A mostly still yard during a short-lived strike. CP 9659 is idle and there is not much movement in CP's Lachine intermodal yard this past Sunday, when CP enginemen were on strike.