A VRS employee performs the difficult task of sanding a loco by hand. The 60 lb bags had to be lifted from the truck to the running board, from there to the nose and then poured into the sand fil... (more)

Despite the recent takeover of Ottawa Central by Canadian National MLW RS-18 units are still in use. Their days are numbered.

Forced to cross over to the south track at the foot of St. Lazare Hill a westbound CPR merchandise train crawls up the the grade at 15 m.p.h.

A trio of ex-CP RS-18s prepare to take 40 cars of steel north from the CN connection at Coteau Junction.

Climbing the grade with northbound empties.

Spring brings white geese back to Quebec. The approaching train will soon set the geese in flight.

CN 309 drifts to a stop on the freight track as a westbound VIA Toronto shoots by on the south track. Congestion ahead will delay 309 for over an hour.

Due to a snowstorm CN had trains parked in almost every siding between Montreal and Quebec City. 310 sat for 20 hours before proceeding.

Just after dawn CN 394 departs Montreal for its connection with the St. Lawrence & Atlantic in Richmond, Quebec. Eventually its cars may travel as far as Portland, ME.