CN 5347 and 5318 idle in the snow at Hope, BC as a February blizzard shuts down Highway 1 and slows down both CN and CP. The only moving train on CN spotted this day was a work train.

CN 5314 leads a pair of standard SD40s on an eastbound freight headed east from Vancouver, BC to Kamloops. The train is just arriving at Hope, BC ducking under Trans-Canada Hwy 1.

As the snow comes down on the northern Minnesota landscape the taconite pellets continue to come down as well from the Iron Range to Proctor to Duluth to a steel mill. Here CN 5244 charges southb... (more)

Spring is in the air deep in the Fraser Canyon as an eastbound CN mixed freight snakes along the Fraser across from Yale, BC. Alas, the zebra scheme has mostly disappeared, and even this shot is n... (more)

Thirty years ago on President's Day weekend, the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia received a road closing blizzard. Trains were affected as well with delays in freight movements. This work train ... (more)

A taconite train from U.S. Steel Minntac for Proctor, MN on a snowy Sunday afternoon

Taconite pellets from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant are being hustled through the very small community of Skibo, MN along the CN Iron Range Sub on a great summer morning led by CN 5337 on the way to ... (more)

Taconite pellets from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant are sailing down the CN Iron Range Sub on a great summer morning led by CN 5337. The pellets will be brought to Fairbanks, MN for a crew change an... (more)

An aerial view of CN's former DM&IR roundhouse at Proctor.

A loaded limestone train for Minntac passes by an ore train waiting to dump on the dock in West Duluth.

The last hour of sunlight brings a golden hue over the Missabe Sub as this northbound ore empty heads west through the tiny town of Munger.

While the Proctor Road Switch crew spot loaded ore cars above, the dock crew works on dumping and filling the James R. Barker with taconite pellets down below.

A machinist works to repair a wiper during a heavy snow storm at the Proctor Diesel House.

CN 5264 leads train U896, an empty sulfur hopper train, east through the Honeymoon Tunnels at MP 93.9 west of Spences Bridge, BC. Engineer Jerry Olson went on duty at Boston Bar, BC and will tie u... (more)

A CN wide cab veteran leads a train of steaming Minntac pellets south towards Two Harbors. The snow is finally starting to melt.