RS-1 pulls and spots one of their customers along the Marpole Spur, with an unfamiliar unit leading the train back to Port Coquitlam. If the hydro polls didn’t give it away already, the Marpole ... (more)

1886 built 4-4-0 CP 374 was the steam engine which pulled the first transcontinental train to arrive in Vancouver, arriving on May 23, 1887. This was a year after its sister Engine CP 371 brought ... (more)

After switching Univar in Richmond, RS-1 has returned to the O Yard and tied up with a taxi returning the crew to Port Coquitlam. Typically a crew will bring the train to the O Yard the previous n... (more)

On the return trip back to Vancouver, RS-1 returns with just as many cars as they came with and soon will tie up at the O Yard since their hours are about to run up. Note the airplane in the top l... (more)

Four passengertrains, a few cranes, a landing place for helicopters and many many containers at the harbour, taken from the Harbour Centre (130m over the tracks)

CP 8516, a steam generator equipped GP9 waits for its next assignment in CP's Vancouver roundhouse. At this time it could be expected to be part of a "Canadian" consist, which was still being serv... (more)

CP's outbound Canadian shares tracks with VIA's Super Continental at CN's Vancouver station. CP moved to CN facilities to accommodate Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit and construction of Expo '8... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Class H-1e 2862 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1940, one of five locomotives in the final order of Canadian Pacific Hudsons. They were built as oil burners fo... (more)

A WCEX loco waits in front of "the Canadian" trainset in Vancouver Pacific Central Station

A new year begins as VIA Train No 4, The Super Continental is serviced overnight at the former Canadian National depot in downtown Vancouver, BC. The following afternoon the "Super" will depart f... (more)

On a pleasant evening VIA Train No 3, The Super Continental sits on track # 6 at the former Canadian National depot in downtown Vancouver, BC waiting to be serviced and turned for its next eastwar... (more)

Still utilized as a shop switcher when required for VIA Rail's Vancouver Maintenance Centre, VIA FP9Au 6300 sits silently while extra F40PH-3 6417 prepares to switch out the arriving train #2.

An eastbound Millennium Line train.

A flock of seagulls! On a warm summer evening, the NB freight from Seattle rolls towards Vancouver on the ex-GN coast line while beach-goers at White Rock Beach mill about, oblivious to the... (more)