Passenger service for Montreal's new REM is not far in the future, though this train set was out for a simulated service run and is stopped just short of Montreal's Central station, waiting for an... (more)

Seeing one of the last GP9RM in active duties is always a special treat, plus the right conditions for a good portrait. 4115 was originally built as CN 4322 by GMD in 1959, remanufactured in 1984 ... (more)

The Pointe St-Charles Switcher's power is stopped as a crewmember closes the gate leading to Ardent Mills, where they had just dropped off seven grain loads.

The Pointe St-Charles Switcher is heading back to the main line with seven grain empties from Ardent Mills.

The return of unit fuel trains. CN 714 with 82 ethanol loads from Iowa for Valero near Quebec City has just departed St-Henri with a new crew and CN 3814, CN 3190 & CN 2326 for power. This ... (more)

CN 4774 & CN 4115 are heading east along the East Side Canal Bank Spur to pick up seven grain empties at Ardent Mills. After bringing those cars to Pointe St-Charles Yard, they will return here wi... (more)

Paired with a very typical 4-car LRC set, P42DC no. 904 is on a Corridor train assignment with destination Quebec, just moments before reaching Montreal's Central station.

VIA Rail's corridor train no. 37 from Quebec to Ottawa is a regular assignment for one of the two British-built Renaissance sets, the remainder of that fleet being used on the Ocean to Halifax. F4... (more)

Paired with GP38-2 no. 4774, CN's 4115 is returning light to Pointe-Saint-Charles yard after leaving loaded grain hoppers at nearby Ardent Mills. The track alongside Montreal's Lachine canal passe... (more)

Spring is visibily on its way in Montreal, with the ice on the canal gone and the last patches of snow melting away under the sun - the first Spring for VIA Rail's new Siemens Venture train set, w... (more)

With CN 4115, a GP9RM makes an appearance on CN's Pointe-Saint-Charles switcher, in charge of delivering grain to Ardent Mills, last freight customer on Montreal's (still partly frozen) Lachine ca... (more)

F59PH no. 1340 has EXO 1204 from Mascouche almost at its destination, Montreal's Gare Centrale, well concealed by the concrete cube of Place Bonaventure.

CN 321 is passing Turcot Ouest with a pair of EMD units for power. At left are cars set off earlier that day by CN 527. CN X309 was supposed to pick them up, but it would fall to the next edition ... (more)

A Siemens consist that had served on VIA 22 between Ottawa and Montreal is deadheading back to the Maintenance Centre. An LRC consist replaced it for the rest of the run to Quebec City.

Winter was still young and snow piles not that high when F40PH no. 6432 pulled corridor train no. 62 from Toronto into Montreal, crossing the Lachine canal just a few miles short of Central statio... (more)