Steaming up out of Lake Louise westbound on the original mainline, now the south track used by eastbounds, 2816 puts out a cloud of steam taking a run at the 1.8% east slope of Kicking Horse Pass
The Empress is working hard coming out of Lake Louise to the Kicking Horse summit at Divide. Even the weather couldn't diminish the beautiful sight and sound of a steam locomotive climbing a grad... (more)
R761 hauls T356 (dead attached or off-line) and a set of wooden 'E' type cars up the 1 in 50 grades of 'The Haunted Hills' near Moe, on Steamrail's annual 'Snow Train' to Traralgon.
Pre-dawn view of CPR 2816 storming out of Lake Loiuse. Excursion passengers had overnighted there with train departing long before the sun came over the mountains.
C&O #490: One of my all time favorite engines - built by ALCO in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as a streamlined Hudson in 1946 for "Chessie" service, the C&O’s hope for... (more)