KCS AC4400CW 4614 shoves 9900' of 113's stacks thru Middleton along Lake Superior. Spring run off filled with silt from the Little Pic River empties into Lake Superior mixing with the clear water.
KCS 5011 leads its train east along the banks of the Bow river in Calgary. This is the second time I have seen 2 KCS locomotives in the lead on a CPKC train.
CP 9706 east leads mixed freight train 200 over a small bridge in the Thompson River Canyon in the mid-morning hours.
CP 8031 leads Canadian Pacific's Hotshot intermodal 101 westbound in the last moments of the sunlight on the approach to the east-end signal at Ashcroft, BC on the CP Thompson Subdivision.
CPKC weed spraying train climbs the Niagara Escarpment just east of Campbellville with an old wooden farm bridge in the background.
CP 8846 leads its train east near the banks of the Bow river in Calgary. There was a major flood here in June of 2013. Hence, the track bed along here is very new and clean looking.
GP38-2s 3094 and 4523 approach Townshipline Road as they head south on the Mission Sub with a short train for the SRY interchange at Huntingdon.
A Canpotex train holds the siding west of Calgary.
CP 8888 leads train 100 east along the Bow River near Exshaw, AB. I always make sure I bring my tall rubber boots when I go railfanning. On this particular day they definitely came in handy. To ge... (more)
A late CPKC 113 allows a rare opportunity to catch an afternoon westbound at Spicer East.
Canadian Pacific's 4-6-4 Hudson "The Empress" cruises through Midale, SK passing the classic Midale Elevator in charge of the "Final Spike Tour"
Canadian Pacific's 4-6-4 Hudson "The Empress" cruises through the Canadian countryside running 50 + mph passing the classic Milestone Grain Elevator in charge of the "Final Spike To... (more)
DPU on an eastbound potash train.
Again....getting more than two units on the head end of a mainline CPKC train is a bit of a coup.
Day 2 of the Final Spike Tour and we are at the TransCanada Highway between Hatton & Maple Creek.
