Waiting on the shop tracks back when stripes ruled the railroad. Last of the SD40's with the brake cylinders between the wheels instead of above where they all are now.

The North Bay deadline with several classic tucked away. RS18's, RS3'3, GM aA and B units and two QNS&L GP9's.

Elephant stle is a good look

Eastbound just after dawn.

Waiting to go to work

138 charges hard for Toronto and then Montreal

A painfully slow climb up the escarpment and about to be scooped by a passenger train.

Symetry in an uphill race to Copetown

There is no doubt who will win this race up the Niagara Escarpment

Back in the days when CP still ran traditional TOFC. They still run the "Iron Highway" service between Toronto and Montreal but that is the last of the TOFC business. Containers, however, are a hu... (more)

A rare clean MLW on CN

An interesting mix of heat and cold as the London Pickup builds its own whiteout. Windchill is around -20C, but the engines are throwing lots of heat.

A wonderful trip down memory lane. VIA paint has started to show up, but the CN worm logo showing ownership is still on the nose. ALCO S13's and S2's, Budd cars, RS 10's and RS 18's GP9's and a fe... (more)

It's late afternoon as 9020 drops down through Yoho with a unit grain train. The tail end is still winding out of the upper spiral tunnel ata steady 20 mph. When the GE's first came on stream, the... (more)

CN's first unit with a desktop control stand, and the first of the "Draper Taper's". It was so popular, it was often a trailing unit, as it's matschalled here. Still, it would be a nice change to ... (more)