What a difference a year makes. A bit over a year ago I shot CP 118 splitting this set of signals on CP's Vaudreuil Sub in Pointe-Clair... (more)

Under an endangered interchange. Loaded potash train CN B730 has the usual complement of 4 AC units (CN 2841 & CN 2850 up front and DPU's CN 2958 & CN 2966) and 205 cars as it passes undern... (more)

Lots of gons up front. CN X321 has IC 1026 & CN 2509 for power as it slowly heads west on CN's Montreal Sub; carmen will inspect it a bit further west at Ballantyne. At the head end is a ve... (more)

VIA 6435 is pushing VIA 37 over the Lachine Canal, leaving Central Station on its way to Ottawa.

VIA 22 is running a few minutes early as it crosses the Lachine Canal on its way to Central Station in Montreal with wrapped VIA 6437 leading.

A two-car Union Pearson Express shuttle leaves the flyunder west of Toronto's Union Station, on its way to the airport.

VIA 633 with VIA 6452 leading, VIA 902 mid-train and VIA 920 on the rear heads west underneath a signal gantry on CN's Montreal Sub.

CP 1608, donated to Exporail in 2013, rests near the shop on a scorching afternoon.

CN 2877, CN 2267 & CN 8860 (with CN 2843 mid-train) lead CN 120 on the Montreal Sub with a long string of containers bound for Halifax.

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)

VIA 905 leads VIA 64 over the Lachine Canal as it approaches Wellington Tower. The train is running just a bit late, as always seems to be the case with this train.

CN 3039 & CN 5435 & IC 2700 lead CN 149 which is leaving the Port of Montreal with 194 platforms destined for Toronto and Chicago.

VIA 22 is led by VIA 6452 as it crosses the Lachine Canal with a mixed consist.

GP9 vs. FP9. GP9 CP 1608 (built in 1956 as CP 8611) and FP9 VIA 6309 (built in 1957 as CN 6528) are seen outside Exporail's two-track shop a sunny Sunday afternoon.

A black eye? It almost looks as if CP 2252 has a black eye, with one of its numberboards missing or blanked out. It is parked on a wye track at Delson that used to connect to the CN Massena... (more)