At the entrance to Exporail. After photographing the CP Holiday train nearby, I figured I would try a night shot of this unique steam engine as it has a small amount of Christmas lights. Th... (more)

Feasting on spilled grain. A pair of GP38-2's switch in the distance at right in CP's massive Weston Yard in Winnipeg. In the foreground pigeons feast on spilled grain.

A repainted coach halfway back. GOT 635 pushes a 10-car train westbound past the Bathurst avenue overpass during a brief sunny period during the tail end of the morning rush hour. Five cars... (more)

Between two passenger yards. Cab car GOT 302 leads a westbound on the Oakville Sub. At left is is GO Transit's Willowbrook maintenance facility, at right is VIA Rail's Toronto Maintenance C... (more)

CP 253 has 7 units (CP 8941, CP 8751, CEFX 1031, CP 8705, CP 9840, CP 2253 & CP 2260) as it crosses the St. Lawrence River, its journey from Saratoga Springs nearly over. Three of these units had ... (more)

Really downgrade! CN 369 heads south on the scenic and up and down CN Lac St-Jean sub, led by CN 8834, CN 8851 & IC 2719. Operating mid-train was CN 5650 & CN 8893. This train weighed sligh... (more)

A new (but short-lived) angle. CN 401 rounds a curve at Turcot West with CN 5759 & CN 2826 for power and loaded autoracks on the head end as always. This angle opened up just recently, as u... (more)

Passing CP power. Exporail's Christmas Train (with a rare all-AMT consist of GP9 AMT 1311, generator car AMT 603 and coach AMT 827) approaches Hays Station to pick up another round of passe... (more)

Heading to Ottawa for testing. Part of VIA Rail's new Siemens Charger set is heading towards Ottawa for testing at the National Research Council Canada facilities, giving a rare chance to s... (more)

With this year's winter, maybe CN wishes they had never retired this snowplow.....CN 55361 is a rotary snowplow built by MLW in 1928 and is now preserved at Exporail. To the right is one of a kind... (more)

An unused crossing. When this photo was taken this past June, this crossing at Ste-Sabine had not seen a train pass in about eleven months. The reason for that is a derailment about half a ... (more)

The CP holiday train, 365 days ago. A year ago today was the first night that CP's holiday train ran during 2014, and it is seen here at Delson, Quebec. Tomorrow night this same train will ... (more)

CN B730 is leaving Turcot West after getting a new crew to take it to Joffre Yard. This heavy and lengthy 205-car train has four GE units for power, with CN 3070 & CN 3112 up front, CN 3062 mid-tr... (more)

Employee owned - and stranded in Bedford. AEX 19052 (an ex-C&NW car) and 7 other cars have been stuck at the end of MMA's Stanbridge sub for about a year. They were for the Graymont ... (more)

CN 6734 is an MU built by Canadian Car & Foundry in Montreal in 1952 and which saw commuter service on the Deux-Montagnes line. Behind it is trailer CN 6742, with identical builder info and servic... (more)