Northbound 516 pulls into Portland beside the famous "GO BY TRAIN" tower

Hoping for a better version of the people's choice shot I set out with a ladder to get a better angle over that bush, but the weather forecast lead me amiss..

A vain attempt to get that perfect shot. Low clouds, windy river, but the Canadian Rockies all the same.

DPU on the end of a long potash train headed west at the former location of Misko, west of Field.

Heading up the west slope of Marias Pass in the early morning sunlight

A westbound intermodal chugs out of Exshaw with Pigeon Mountain and Mt. McGillivray in the background, the bow river as calm as ever

The eastbound Builder makes its usual run over the middle fork of the Flathead

Just a pair of rails, two strips of steel that bound our country together

Eastbound 402 (Might have been 400, don't quote me) flies over the fill at Muleshoe

3 geeps fly eastbound across the Morley Flats

Chugging up the Bow River on a crisp March morning

Running at track speed through the Bow Valley

Rolling slowly over the small bridge at Kootenay Landing

Pulling around the curve into Creston with the west Kootenays in the background

Remarks: Might not be entirely right about the lead loco number, it was pretty worn. This train is just transitioning into dynamics for the fall into Revelstoke as it passes the log filled yet pri... (more)