Westbound 411 exits a tunnel and crosses the high bridge over Ainslie Creek in the Fraser Canyon

BN's southbound Nelson local has just crossed the international border along the Columbia River and is heading to its home terminal at Kettle Falls Wash.

Westbound grain empties in the Assiniboine Valley on CP's north main from Winnipeg to Edmonton, The train is going to start the 1.6% grade out of the valley to Harrowby. There was once a grain e... (more)

Heading home to Manitoba I stopped at Rugby, which had a manned station at the time, and was told a westbound was coming within minutes. I took the photo and headed on my way not realizing at the ... (more)

Eastbound out of Asheville NC starts the assault over the Blue Ridge Mountains via a massive loop between Ridgecrest and Old Fort

K-28 2-8-2 no. 478 just in off a passenger run to Silverton rides the table after servicing

Southbound Grangeville local passes Fenn elevator, last station before end of line at Grangeville, on the undulating Camas Prairie

Train 303,Toronto to Prince George, high above the Fraser River on the former GTP Prince Rupert line. Above is the CNor built Albreda Sub to Vancouver. A connector from the Rupert line to the main... (more)

Eastbound train 984, Trail BC to Calgary -Alyth AB, curves around the loop at McGillivray before the final assualt on Crowsnest Pass. Today a coal mine spur branches off a wye and a small yard exi... (more)

Trailing DPU on a loaded coal train shoves over the junction switch from the Cranbrook to the Windermere Sub. Building between tracks was the former train order office, now used as mtce of way lu... (more)

BNSF's Lewistown Local on the return trip to Great Falls heads north in the rolling hills of the Judith Basin, after making a side trip to Judith Gap to pick up ballast empties

Metallurgical coal from Canada's Crowsnest Pass bound for Chicago area steel mills heads eastward on the HiLine, seen here following the Missouri River near its confluence with the Yellowstone. Th... (more)

GP9 8808 wades in Slocan Lake as it adjusts the barge slip by poling it. The train,Loco 1 car and caboose will eventually load onto the barge and travel 30 miles up Slocan Lake to Rosebery to serv... (more)

Coal empties climb the 2% plus grade up to the Cardinal River Mine loadout near the village of Cadomin on a branch running south from a mainline connection near Edson Alta.

Loaded coal train approaches the badlands as it travels eastward over the former NP main across North Dakota