NVRR 72 soaks up some sun after a California shower in Napa.

The Canadian's split at Sudbury. Here #12 leaves first with #12 while 6405 awaits departure with #2.

Former CN/VIA 6789 (a 1959 product of the Montreal Locomotive Works) passes Stair Tower, a demonstration interlocking tower on the grounds of the Monticello Railway Museum, as it leads one of the ... (more)

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RR is sprucing up the fleet, both cars and locomotives. This is an early, fresh look at the new paint scheme, intentionally reminiscent of its CN roots long ago. This entire... (more)

ex-VIA 6776, nee CNR 6776

A westbound VIA train from Montreal has backed onto the CP to pick up connecting cars from Ottawa. After the Ottawa cars have their air, the train will pull forward to make its Brockville, Ontari... (more)

A VIA westbound train from Montreal has roughly doubled its train size, adding the consist of a connecting train from Ottawa in Brockville, Ontario. Here the combined train accelerates toward Toro... (more)

Putting the tourist in tourist railroad! The Napa Valley wine train passes by one of the Napa Valley signs while a handful of tourists take their own photos.

Another of VIA’s venerable FPA4’s makes a station stop with a westbound train at Brockville, Ontario on a crisp March morning in 1985.

The Napa Valley Railroad continues its journey south as it passes the Yountville train station.

The Napa Valley Wine Train departs south from St. Helena on its way back to Napa. As it leaves St. Helena, the train passes by the Merryvale Vineyards.

VIA’s service between Ottawa and the west was (and still is) accomplished by the time-honored practice combining trains from Ottawa over the CP with trains from Montreal over the CN in Brockvill... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph.

At the end of the day, unloading passengers, before heading back to the barn ...

In the late 1970's, a published article about VIA Rail operations around Brockville, Ontario included a photo of a train with flowers prominent in the foreground. Several of my railfan friends and... (more)