A couple of thunderstorms continue to build east of Jasper, Alberta, on the afternoon of August 7, 2016. Just west of the station, VIA Rail EMD F40PH-3 No. 6455 rests on a spur track and is being ... (more)
F40PH-3 #175 makes her first run west on the Rock Island, with recently overhauled repainted MP36PH-3C #423 in tow. 175 is the first F40 to receive Metra's new F40 paint scheme.
An outbound express kicks up dust as it flies through Arlington Heights.
Metra 137 flies through Arlington Heights with a center track express train.
VIA F40PH-3 6427 holds on the south main with Toronto to Ottawa train #40 while CP ES44ACs 8928 and 9352 arrive at the west end of Smith Falls Yard.
The Canadian departs Armstrong somewhat on schedule
VIA 1 sits in the Toronto Maintenance Center yard awaiting its evening move to Toronto's Union Station (approximately where the CN Tower is in the background) to board passengers. A GO F59PH shuff... (more)
METX 123 meets 185. 113 and AMTK 127 at CP Taylor on a busy Friday afternoon rush hour.
Storm light over Jasper VIA Rail No. 1, the westbound Canadian, makes its station and service stop under angry skies at Jasper, Alberta, on the afternoon of August 9, 2016. In a few min... (more)
Outpacing thunderstorms moving in from the northeast, VIA Rail’s westbound Canadian passes a pristine mountain lake at Henry House, Alberta, on August 9, 2016. The train will finally get a drenc... (more)
After stopping to pick up two campers, the Canadian departs across the Pikitigushi River
VIA 6459 travels west on the Smiths Falls Subdivision with Ottawa to Toronto train #647.
VIA F40PH-3s 6434 and 6442 hustle 25 cars of the eastbound "Canadian" east towards Henry House on CN's Edson Subdivision.
VIA 6420 leads Toronto to Ottawa train #44 through Jasper.
The Canadian at Wagaming
