Stained glass depicting key founders of Montreal adorns the entrance of the STM subway station.

Did I mention SNOW? If you look carefully, you can see one of the flashes on a tripod on the left...

First snowstorm of the season... Rudolf's red nose is poking out of the falling snow...

First snowstorm of the season... Much easier to travel by rail than by road.

At the turn of the century, this part of Montreal played a major role; this was where trains and ships converged. Only a single CN transfer line leading to the newer port survives...

Backing up to pull cars from the CN-MMA interchange and bring them on the main line.

Eric is turning the switch to enter Portec while Tom is at the "wheel" of the MMA St-Jean switcher.

To see how this scene looked like a mere three weeks before, click HERE

2673 and 2674 pulling the Ultratrain over highway 30 en route to Montréal.

Fall colors are at their peak in southern Quebec as the St-Jean turn is pushing a heafty 40 cars or so with a single engine over the Chambly canal and onto the CN-MMA interchange.

Third unit is RPRX 5401. While the ground is frozen and still unlit by the rising sun, CP 251 is crossing the Lachine canal on the turning bridge. While it's almost mechanicaly intact, it has been... (more)

For a few minutes, a third light has appeared on the signal mast guarding the St-Jean CN-CP diamond... as a full moon was rising at the right place.

Look 'Ma, a man with four arms! Two crew members where walking one behind the other up to the St-Jean diamond to make sure there where no train coming. They could not get a green light because the... (more)