Clear blue skies, snow banks and a train; what a nice mix don't you think?

Under a 5 mph speed restriction, Amtrak 694 is about to roll on a newly welded section of rail visible in front of loco. Temperature was below -26c (-15f)

Second night snow shot... Seems falling snow fades away as soon as I appear! Nonetheless, some is visible thanks to the flashes.

In the middle: rainbow colored MMA 2003 and 8569 , on the left, agonising Singer sewing machine plant, on the right, cars to be brought to Bourassa transport...

Freshly fallen snow aided for a more uniform lighting of the two subjects the old CN train station and old GP9rm.

By the time I was able to photograph this lone soldier, the snow had tapered off to a few flakes visible in the picture; oh well, maybe next time... CN 525 "B" is shunting a cut of 15 cars on the ... (more)

Yet another funky MMA lashup... MMA 810 ran around it's train and is changing lane to couple on the other end. A three unit lashup is very rare on the 810, usually two are enough. Unit # are 2002 ... (more)

While VIA 910 is leaving for the "Gare Centrale", 914 is getting prepared for it's trip in a few hours. Ex- Pointe St-Charles CN shops and Montreal skyline in background.

Mother-Calf-Mother set uncoupled from SW1001 Port de Montreal PDM 7601. With the arrival of a Genset Switcher, 7601 was purged from the port's roster, sublettered ATMX, destination unknown...

While the colors are less brilliant, the brown, yellow and gold are still quite a sight.

Intermodals about to enter the Victoria bridge. BC 4654 pushing them in DPU mode. Montreal in background.

At the back of the pack, a forlorn SW1001 is being towed. Port de Montreal #7601 sublettered ATMX. A direct consequence of a genset switcher arriving at the PdM roster this week. As for the GP9's,... (more)

A couple of well placed flashes bring out the finer details of this Baltic tank locomotive used on the Montreal-Rigaud commuter line. When built, loco # was GTR 1544.

Action red suits the king of Alcos well.

351 of these were produced; this one entered the museum in 1992 and is still functionnal. It was repainted to it's original livery. While most units were later changed to AAR Type-B trucks this on... (more)