This 20 ton diesel locomotive was built by Davenport Locomotive Works for Winnipeg Hydro in 1927. It was originally powered by two 125 horsepower Continental gasoline engines, replaced by two 160 ... (more)

A pioneer steam engine. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for Northern Pacific in 1872, this 4-4-0 steam engine was the first one to ever operate in the province of Manitoba, after it had b... (more)

A Packard on rails. Preserved at the Winnipeg Railway Musuem (housed in Winnipeg Union Station) is this 1946 Packard which was purchased by the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway in 19... (more)

A trio of SD40U's working the hump. A trio of SD40U's, along with a slug (CN 6015, CN 6005, CN 6012 and CN 225) pause from their hump yard duties at the east end of Symington Yard. At left ... (more)

A hump set consisting of two hump 'mother' units sandwiching two hump booster units (CN 7522, CN 523, CN 515 & CN 7511) is seen on the busy hump at Symington Yard at left. At right is another set ... (more)

Something seems to be missing. GP38AC CP 3014 seems to be missing part of its nose as it sits in the deadline in Weston Yard. Interestingly enough an online roster says this unit was retire... (more)

Glacier Park is the 23rd and last car on the VIA Rail Canadian as it leaves Winnipeg en route to Vancouver across the prairie.

PDC 864 is seen at Prairie Dog Central Railway's base of operations at Inkster Junction. It is a GE 35-tonner that was built for Manitoba Hydro.

Feasting on spilled grain. A pair of GP38-2's switch in the distance at right in CP's massive Weston Yard in Winnipeg. In the foreground pigeons feast on spilled grain.

A freshly repainted SD40. VLSX 5232 may be the only 'straight' ex-CN SD40 still in service. It was repainted out of its faded zebra stripes during the past couple of months and sports a pai... (more)

A faded SOO survivor heads for points West during a stormy blue hour in Winnipeg.

Missing parts already. SD40-2's CP 5994 & CP 6072 are in the deadline at Weston Yard and both are already missing parts (a headlight on the former, numberboards on the latter).

4, count 'em 4 beavers. With a good portion of CP's AC4400CW fleet in storage (and most CP AC4400CW's sporting the beaver on the long hood) it is getting rarer and rarer to see beaver AC440... (more)

An ex-Lehigh Valley unit far from the Northeast. CP 7306 is a GP38-2 built for the Lehigh Valley in 1972 as LV 319, later it would be acquired by the D&H and later CP when they took over th... (more)

Ex-Holiday train unit leading. A southbound is leaving Winnipeg on CP's Emerson Sub with CP 9773 at the head end and CP 8519 on the rear. CP 9773 was used as a unit on the holiday train in... (more)