CN GP9 no. 4115 was on duty on the Pointe-Saint-Charles switcher assignment, serving Ardent Mills on Montreal's Lachine Canal bank, with all the grain cars in tow that the mill had on its tracks.

CN 4115 & CN 4774 are heading to Ardent Mills to lift grain empties.

VIA 22 from Ottawa is passing a pair of signals at MP 3 of CN's Montreal Sub.

Passenger service for Montreal's new REM is not far in the future, though this train set was out for a simulated service run and is stopped just short of Montreal's Central station, waiting for an... (more)

Seeing one of the last GP9RM in active duties is always a special treat, plus the right conditions for a good portrait. 4115 was originally built as CN 4322 by GMD in 1959, remanufactured in 1984 ... (more)

The Pointe St-Charles Switcher's power is stopped as a crewmember closes the gate leading to Ardent Mills, where they had just dropped off seven grain loads.

The Pointe St-Charles Switcher is heading back to the main line with seven grain empties from Ardent Mills.

The return of unit fuel trains. CN 714 with 82 ethanol loads from Iowa for Valero near Quebec City has just departed St-Henri with a new crew and CN 3814, CN 3190 & CN 2326 for power. This ... (more)

CN 4774 & CN 4115 are heading east along the East Side Canal Bank Spur to pick up seven grain empties at Ardent Mills. After bringing those cars to Pointe St-Charles Yard, they will return here wi... (more)

Paired with a very typical 4-car LRC set, P42DC no. 904 is on a Corridor train assignment with destination Quebec, just moments before reaching Montreal's Central station.

VIA Rail's corridor train no. 37 from Quebec to Ottawa is a regular assignment for one of the two British-built Renaissance sets, the remainder of that fleet being used on the Ocean to Halifax. F4... (more)

Paired with GP38-2 no. 4774, CN's 4115 is returning light to Pointe-Saint-Charles yard after leaving loaded grain hoppers at nearby Ardent Mills. The track alongside Montreal's Lachine canal passe... (more)

Spring is visibily on its way in Montreal, with the ice on the canal gone and the last patches of snow melting away under the sun - the first Spring for VIA Rail's new Siemens Venture train set, w... (more)

With CN 4115, a GP9RM makes an appearance on CN's Pointe-Saint-Charles switcher, in charge of delivering grain to Ardent Mills, last freight customer on Montreal's (still partly frozen) Lachine ca... (more)

F59PH no. 1340 has EXO 1204 from Mascouche almost at its destination, Montreal's Gare Centrale, well concealed by the concrete cube of Place Bonaventure.