CP SD70ACUs 7002 and 7000 struggle climbing the stiff grade at Notch Hill with 172 grain loads in tow. Assisting in the middle and on the tailend were AC4400CWMs 8178 and 8033.

CP SD70ACUs 7002 and 7000 struggle up grade on the north track of the Shuswap at Notch Hill with a loaded 172 car grain train.

Vancouver Olympic CP8876 muscles a coal train into the setting sun at Notch Hill, BC. The Huge 10 degree Horseshoe at Notch hill was part a massive 1970s-80s grade relocation project that lowered... (more)

CP SD70ACU 7018 rounds the loop at Notch Hill with train 101-07.

Looking great, CP SD70ACU 7018 approaches the top of the hill at Notch Hill with 101's freight.

101-07's train slogs up the stiff grade and is about to knock down the signal at Notch Hill on the north track of CP's Shuswap Sub.

101's train wraps around the horseshoe curve on the north track of CP's Shuswap, approaching Notch Hill, BC with heritage painted SD70ACU 7018 leading.

Climbing at a snail's pace (maybe 6-7mph), Toronto-Vancouver (not so in this picture!) hotshot train 101-07 passes the church at Notch Hill with some heritage paint leading the way.

As a rancher cuts hay inside the Canadian Pacific’s horseshoe curve between Carlin and Notch Hill, British Columbia, a westbound freight (mostly grain loads) climbs the grade through the big cur... (more)

RMRX #8013 and RMRX #8012 (EMD GP40-2LW) with the westbound Rocky Mountaineer Tourtrain No. 101 Calgary - Banff - Kamloops.

Canadian Pacific SD90MAC No. 9127 and an AC4400CW slowly drifting down the east slope of Notch Hill on the steeper south track with a 124 car unit train of empty Canpotex (PTEX) hoppers.

Notch Hill, BC once presented a mighty challenge to westbound bulk trains on CP Rail's mainline. The 1.8% grade required helpers and was a hectic bottleneck. The new line eliminated the use of he... (more)

A rail train, lead by a pair of SD 40-2's, sits in the siding at Notch Hill.