The daily St. Paul to Kansas City freight for CP is on their way down Rutledge Hill into Ottumwa. The train will cross the BNSF Ottumwa Sub, then cross the Des Moines River, before a crew change i... (more)

The daily stack train out of Chicago for western Canada swings thru the curves west of Kensal on the CP Carrington Sub. The train has around 10,000 feet of stacks and autos and is 1x1 DP-ed. The t... (more)

CP 8831 leads a loaded coal train west out of the shadows as the morning fog lifts out of the Thompson River Canyon west of Spences Bridge, BC. The train is on CN trackage which is used for westbo... (more)

CP 8831 leads a westbound coal train out of the "edge of night" into low morning sunlight in the Thompson River Canyon west of Spences Bridge, BC.

A trio of CP GP9s idle at Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island in May 1975. This was my first 35mm photo of Canadian Pacific, and it captured the classic gray and maroon scheme sandwiched by CP Rail Ac... (more)

Memorial Day Weekend 1975 gave me the opportunity to visit Vancouver Island for the first time. Our ferry landed in Nanaimo, and presented me with an opportunity to see CP Rail colors for the firs... (more)

CP 8831 provides rear power on departure eastbound towards Spiral Tunnels from Field, British Columbia.

CP 8831 and mate head into a short curved tunnel at Black Canyon along the Thompson River just south (west) of Ashcroft, BC. The foreground track in Canadian National.

CP 8831 leads a westbound coal train along the Thompson river west of Spences Bridge, BC as low morning clouds burn off. The train is using CN trackage west through the canyon, while CN shares CP'... (more)

Coal empties depart the Winnipeg area for points west.

CP 490 exits the Noyes subdivision passing CP 298 with former Vancouver 2010 Olympic sponsor locomotive #8876 on point waiting to enter onto the Noyes subdivision.

Erie fresh CP8831 leads a westbound coal train up Mullan Pass. The winter/spring of 2010/2011 dropped massive amounts of moisture on Montana. It was almost July and things were perhaps as green ... (more)

609 breaks the evening silence at Cherrywood with some empty CWR equipment in tow. The cars were likely picked up in Smith Falls after being used on the Chalk River sub.

CP 609 glides over the Cherrywood trestle at sundown. Note the CWR equipment headend.

Early on a summer morning, a train of export coal bound for Prince Rupert, B.C. begins its ascent of Mullan Pass behind a pair of big CP GEs, with a four-pack of MRL SD70ACes tucked in two-thirds ... (more)