CP 8516, a steam generator equipped GP9 waits for its next assignment in CP's Vancouver roundhouse. At this time it could be expected to be part of a "Canadian" consist, which was still being serv... (more)

A 24mm wide-angle lens (35mm) certainly accentuates the angles and perspectives of locomotives at CN Rail's Thornton yard in surburban Vancouver, BC. Two newer SD40-2W's share the scene with a pai... (more)

CP's outbound Canadian shares tracks with VIA's Super Continental at CN's Vancouver station. CP moved to CN facilities to accommodate Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit and construction of Expo '8... (more)

Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 Class H-1e 2862 was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1940, one of five locomotives in the final order of Canadian Pacific Hudsons. They were built as oil burners fo... (more)

A WCEX loco waits in front of "the Canadian" trainset in Vancouver Pacific Central Station

A new year begins as VIA Train No 4, The Super Continental is serviced overnight at the former Canadian National depot in downtown Vancouver, BC. The following afternoon the "Super" will depart f... (more)

On a pleasant evening VIA Train No 3, The Super Continental sits on track # 6 at the former Canadian National depot in downtown Vancouver, BC waiting to be serviced and turned for its next eastwar... (more)

Still utilized as a shop switcher when required for VIA Rail's Vancouver Maintenance Centre, VIA FP9Au 6300 sits silently while extra F40PH-3 6417 prepares to switch out the arriving train #2.

An eastbound Millennium Line train.

A flock of seagulls! On a warm summer evening, the NB freight from Seattle rolls towards Vancouver on the ex-GN coast line while beach-goers at White Rock Beach mill about, oblivious to the... (more)

Canadian Pacific "Waterfront Belt Pack"/RCO yard job brings empties across Victoria Drive into Williston Yard. Power is a pair of rebuilt GP9us. In the back sits the power for RS-1 (road switcher)... (more)

English import Hunslet DH 4w #C switches the Pacific Elevators Terminal at Vancouver Harbour [sic]. Pacific Elevators has a storage capacity of 200,000 tonnes of grain. Located at 1803 Stewart Str... (more)

A small diesel-hydraulic 0-4-0 awaits work at the Pacific Elevators facility. The engine is a Hunslet DH 4w, which was delivered new in September 1968 (as #1). Hunslet was founded in 1864 at Jack ... (more)

It's early evening as the BCR's late lamented Budd cars return to North Vancouver along beautiful Howe Sound.