The sound of roaring 567-series EMD's fill the canyon east of Ashcroft as a short work train heads east of Kamloops, led by two GP9's, the lead locomotive still wearing colors of Northern Alberta ... (more)

Sure, this is a scene on CN Rail, and technically, these are all CN locomotives, but show some respect on here to poor little Northern Alberta Railway, with no name in the database and scant few p... (more)

I love the subtle colors and geologic shapes in this photograph of an eastbound empty sulfur train along the Thompson River at sunrise, an SD50F and C40 leading the way.

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)

Stil wearing the original "black brow" version of the CN "wet noodle" cab unit scheme with the window area painted in black, GM F7A 9158 idles at the Prince George Roundhouse. Note also its unusua... (more)

Late night at the CN yard in Kamloops, and a pair of SW1200RS, the flexi-coil Canadian version of the SW1200, idle outside the yard office. The beautiful lights of Kamloops shine in the background... (more)

Late night at the CN yard in Kamloops, SW1200RS, 1287, the flexi-coil Canadian version of the SW1200, idles outside the yard office.

West end of the Kamloops yard reveals three trains and a yard switcher.

A railroader gives a westbound grain train a careful roll by at Lytton.

Looks like someone's had a case of the Mondays!

Concrete ties await installation.

For photographers who love wide-angle lenses with big sky views and boldly painted locomotives, one could do a whole lot worse than CN Rail's bold red-orange nose and high-visibility carbody strip... (more)

Though not moving too fast to begin with, a 95-car empty coal train slows to enter the siding at Martel, west of Ashcroft, to meet a westbound coal load, winding along the steel-reinforced banks o... (more)

The Canadian Cascade Mountains certainly present an impressive, jagged wall as one approaches entering the Fraser River canyon nearing Hope, BC. Most impressive is Mount Cheam, a Matterhorn-like d... (more)

When an errant river vessel struck the BN/CN bridge over the Fraser River at New Westminster in the early summer of 1982, CN and BN trains bound for the north side of the River began operating tem... (more)