Westbound pauses for crew change. Canon EOS; Kodachrome
Easstbound Rocky Mountaineer has just ascended the spiral tunnels and is en route to Banff and Calgary
Kicking it up a notch as she is starting up the grade through Kicking Horse Pass... cropped as requested
Left hand running as it moves past the tunnels and snow sheds toward spiral tunnels Speed is limited to 20mph
East Bound Sulpher Empty parked at station waiting for crew
CP 6000 and a van waiting an assignment early in the morning at Field BC.
Waiting for its next movement out of Field BC.
A CP SD-90 and CEFX AC4400 Just coming up to a stop for a crew change after coming down the "Big Hill".
A CP AC4400 awaiting the next crew to head up the hill eastbound towards Lake Louise.
How CP ever built through these mountains in the 1880's is a mystery. 5966 west with a unit methane train climbs a short hill in the mostly downgrade trip to Golden
At the summit of Kicking Horse Pass, 9014 and a brand new AC4400 are about to start descent to Field
In lengthening shadows, 3 SD40-2's crawl up Kicking Horse Pass with sulphur empties. The train is crossing over itself but the trees have grown too much around the lower spiral tunnel to show it.
Grain empties go east at mile 14.9 Mountain Sub.
3 SD40's lead grain empties easat towards Stephen B.C., the end of the Rockies and the long downhill trip to Calgary.
2 nearly new AC44's lug sulphur empties out of the "sink" at Wapta Lake; just west of the summit of Kicking Horse Pass