Steaming upgrade on a chilly summer morning west of Lake Louise, 2816 makes an incredible sight headed up the east slope of Kicking Horse Pass

Steaming up out of Lake Louise westbound on the original mainline, now the south track used by eastbounds, 2816 puts out a cloud of steam taking a run at the 1.8% east slope of Kicking Horse Pass

Westbound potash train #671 is beginning its descent of the Big Hill as it winds over Kicking Horse Pass - The tail end of the train is just leaving Alberta.

Last shot of westbound 564, coming up fast on Trail

Passing down the Columbia river on its way from Nelson to Trail

The westbound KVR train to Trail passes the Brilliant Dam on its way to Castlegar.

The westbound KVR train to Trail crosses the 'other' Stoney Creek Bridge with 3 SD40-2s leading it.

2816 steams through Banff, creating quite a show for whoever's watching! Of interest are the two snowplows on the left side of the frame, under the summit of Mount Inglismaldie

Starting out for Red Deer and Edmonton across the Bengal bridge, the weir in the foreground and the Calgary Tower in the background. Taken on Fuji Provia. To be noted is that this is what I was ta... (more)

With a mountain snowstorm brewing just over the next range in B.C., a westbound manifest travels over the fill at Muleshoe. Picture taken from the foreslopes of Mt. Cory, looking across the Bow va... (more)

A very spectacular sight, 4449 steams upgrade over the Flathead's middle fork on a beautiful summer day.

The eastbound Canadian makes a station stop at Jasper. There really is a ton of detail in the fluting of these cars, and nothing quite screams "CANADA!" like the side of this car being surrounded ... (more)

Westbound potash makes its way up the new grade west of Lake Louise, Mt. Richardson of the Slate mountains in the background

The rear end helper on 671 shoves up, while further up the line the head end pulls like mad to get the loaded potash train up the hill. It's not often everything lines up like this!

A westbound grain train makes its way through the hazy industrial region surrounding the hamlet of Exshaw