CN 519 blocks the traffic on the Transcanadian highway as it heads back to Saint-Hyacinthe yard with about 20 loaded grain cars.

The Saint-Hyacinthe local heads light across Highway 20 to pickup some loaded grain cars.

CN 519, the Saint-Hyacinthe local, rumbles north across Laframbroise boulevard. Here, the traffic lights are used to protect train movements.

The quiet solitude all around the playground in the town of Burketon is broken by the sound of GP38-2's hauling train T08 east at a slow pace.

Six months ago today the Northlander passenger train service was terminated. Definitely not one of the prouder moments in the history of Ontario. Four days prior to the last revenue runs I ... (more)

Well into the climb up Maryanne's Hill, CP 3114, 3103, and 3134 lead T07's 33 cars through the narrow cut at Tapley. 1602hrs.

Sunlight streams through a gap in the otherwise heavy tree line, illuminating CP 3114, 3103, and 3134 as they lift T07's 33 cars up Maryanne's Hill. There are at least 29 cars from Unimin on this ... (more)

The Polar Bear Express creeps over the Store Creek Bridge as it departs for Cochrane on a blackfly-season (err... summer) day in Moosonee.

KLR T08 slowly rolls by on there way to Havelock with a trio of GP38-2's.

In Better Days: With just a month remaining before the discontinuation of the Northlander passenger rail service, 1809 passes along the eastern shore of the appropriately-named Siding Lake,... (more)

CN 514 shuffles cars in the Bécancour industrial park. On the left is part of Rio Tinto Alcan's smelter facilities in Bécancour.

CN 514 rumbles across Raoul-Duchesne boulevard in the Bécancour industrial park.

CN 514 goes about its switching duties in the Bécancour industrial park.

To the far right RP contributor Mike Danneman heads back to his vehicle after another fine capture of CP's Childrens Wish Foundation special. Sorry CP 2816 wasn't able to make this run Mike, but ... (more)

It's been over a month since the Last Ride of the Northlander. Having left one car in Gravenhurst that morning we rode the last northbound to Huntsville and returned in the afternoon on thi... (more)