VIA 6553 departs lake Louise with the westbound Canadian. A scene not to be repeated today, not only is the power different and the consist all stainless steel but in 1990 the Candian was reschedu... (more)

The westbound Canadian crosses over the Little Saskatchewan River just east of Rivers.

I can still hear the sound of the locomotives echoing in the canyon.

VIA Rail FP7A 1432 leads the westbound Canadian at Banff, Alberta in 1980.

CP Rail 1404 leads "The Canadian" through downtown Calgary.

Eastbound "Canadian" No.2 heads up the Kicking Horse valley west of Field B.C.

CP #2, the Montreal section of the Canadian, awaits MLW FPA-2 4096 and GMD FP9 1411 to be tied on at Sudbury, ON. To the left, MLW S-2 7092 finishes putting the final touches on the Toronto secti... (more)

The Westbound CANADIAN rolls through the lower canyon of the Kicking Horse River

VIA 6408 + VIA 6429 head up a 18 car Canadian out of Hornepayne. Train Via 2 will cross over and spot at the station once #1 clears. The sign of the "new CN NOZ" is seen here; the fueling pad has ... (more)

VIA 6401 leads the eastbound "Canadian" over the Snaring river, just east of Henry House.

A very unusual sight – a freight engine on VIA Rail’s Canadian passenger train. CP5734/6412/6625 (SD40-2/F40PH-2/FP9B) and #2 Canadian pauses for a crew change at Field. I rode the cab of 57... (more)

VIA #1 heads into Jasper behind Q111's train. Q111 left Toronto at 0200 on the 5th, while #1 left Toronto at 2200 on the 4th. It's kind of embarrassing that a freight train makes better time acros... (more)

In a rare scene, a very late number 2 arrives in Toronto as Number 1 is about to depart for Vancouver. CN GP9's and an 2 ALCO S13's are also about to head west in this never to be repeated scene.

The most remarkable thing about this photograph is that it was taken only two weeks ago. The last "heritage" Budd stainless steel dome equipped "streamliner" approaches Capreol during the final a... (more)

While in Winnipeg with my father for the NMRA convention we ventured west to spend a day in downtown Portage la Prairie to catch the action on the parallel CN and CP main lines. At 1450 Via #1, be... (more)