Canadian Pacific's eastbound Canadian prepares for its four-day journey to Toronto and Montreal from CP's downtown station in Vancouver, BC. A pair of candy-striped FP7s are up front. This facilit... (more)

Three BNSF locomotives lead a southbound mixed train along the scenic Whiterock waterfront.

Photographed during our latest trip out West on VIA's Canadian: Canadian Pacific 4-4-0 type steam locomotive #374 sits on display at the Drake Street Roundhouse in Vancouver. This was the f... (more)

Train 2, "The Canadian," has just left Vancouver's Pacific Central Station on its way to Toronto on a windy summer evening. The VIA slips past a CN freight waiting for its turn to leave the yard t... (more)

At 0830 on a spectacular Vancouver morning, CP was hard at work getting a twelve car Royal Canadian Pacific train—the first cruise of the season—prepped for the party of lucky travellers who w... (more)

CN 5743 and an SD40-2W bring an intermodal transfer from Waterfront Yard into Glen Yard, shortly after CN began handling their own container traffic out of the Port of Vancouver. CN has contracted... (more)

Backing into Vancouver's Pacific Central Station at the culmination of its 2,775 mile journey across the country, VIA's "Canadian" carries an unusual consist at the headend, including tw... (more)

Reportedly unhappy with CP's handling of their Centerm container traffic, CN has begun running boxes over the Burrard Inlet line and New West Sub as of January. Here's 2277 leading the midday Wate... (more)

Amid a rare Vancouver snowstorm, CP 5016 and a sister shunt grain hoppers on the waterfront.

Vancouver rarely sees serious snow, and CN's Burrard Inlet line rarely sees a train, but today's the exception. As a blizzard wreaks havoc on the Downtown East Side, West Coast Express 904 backs h... (more)

Smoke fills the morning air as engineer Fred Robson notches up his old GMDs, starting the Royal Canadian Pacific train back to home base in Calgary right on time, at 0945 on a gloomy Wednesday.

CP 7075 was built by Baldwin in 1948 and was retired by CP in October 1979. Here, a year prior to retirement, it would appear the mechanic has his work cut out for him getting the switcher put bac... (more)

A carload of brass, including the Premier of the Province of British Columbia and high-ranking railroad officials, near the end of their Vancouver-Mission-Vancouver inspection jaunt. The purpose ... (more)

A cold wintry rain greets the Canadian upon its arrival at Vancouver, BC. The grayness of the day is accentuated by the missing drumhead on the observation car. By this time, VIA has taken over th... (more)

Workmen prepare CP power for tomorrow's "Canadian" at the railroad's engine terminal in downtown Vancouver.