A westbound grain train slowly climbs the hill, passing some snowclearing equipment on the south main
It's spring in Canada. Can you tell?
A westbound grain train tips over the great divide, head end in BC and tail end in Alberta
Light power, the end of a story which will be told in other photos, passes by the Lake Louise station as it rushes up the south track. Taken with a graduated ND filter.
An eastbound double stack train descends the South Track into Lake Louise. The newer North Track can be seen in the background.
An eastbound stack train approaches Morant's Curve.
Momma bear and a cub race away from CP westbound 8812 as it climbs the North Track out of Lake Louise.
CP 8720 heads east towards Calgary. A late winter snow happened over night giving the area a fresh blanket of snow.
A heavy westbound climbs the North Track out of Lake Louise. I was amazed that this type of scenery could be photographed from the shoulder of the Trans Canadian Highway!
Might be wrong about the train ID, but really, who could tell?
An eastbound stack train pulls towards a stop at the Lake Louise station on the South Track.
402-14 is just cresting the summit with 2 inches of fresh snow above the railhead and more falling. It took them hours to get up the hill, slipping down to as little as 2MPH along the way! The tra... (more)