After a brief stop in Mactier, the Royal Canadian Pacific in its classic Tuscan maroon and grey is back to passenger speed, cutting through the Canadian Shield and cruising around Spiers Lake in b... (more)

113 rumbles through the north siding switch at Bala bathing in the rich evening sun on the banks of Spiers Lake while 420 is tucked away waiting for its departure. 8872 was formerly painted in liv... (more)

Amid a nice display of fall colours, CP 41B is in the hole for two at Bala, the first being CP 8503 South on train 118.

Striking BC Rail heritage unit 3115 leads 106 south along the shores of Barrett Lake approaching Bala on a beautiful late spring morning. After getting held up for hours at Boyne waiting on over-s... (more)

Colourful northbound stacks reflect off of the calm waters of Barrett Lake passing the “What Wake Park”. The cables in the photo allow wake-boarders to practice their craft without a boat maki... (more)

An early morning stack train exits the siding at Medora, winding around the calm waters of Barrett lake just north of Bala in the Muskoka Lakes township.

A pair of Progress Rail “bananas” lean into the curve around Spiers Lake and the rock cuts in beautiful Bala, ON underneath the watchful eye of the windswept, tall, eastern white pines the Mus... (more)

CP's Canada 150 Train crosses Bala Falls on the Muskoka River after overnighting in MacTier. They had a performance in Sudbury the previous night and are on their way to Hamilton for another tonig... (more)

8948 is at the headend of a Southbound intermodal train, outlawed in the siding awaiting a new crew in Bala, ON

Southbound Intermodal 110 rips through Bala, ON with one of the first CP GE's to feature high numberboards. Not visible in the picture, parked on the siding track is an outlawed CP 114, which woul... (more)

On a beautiful Saturday morning in Bala, Ontario, CP ES44AC 8727 is seen on the point of a southbound 114 bound for Montréal. This train sat without a crew for sixteen hours.

Mismatched number boards on the lead unit as a CP freight speeds through Bala. I'm always amazed there's no speed reduction through the grade crossing and across the bridges; watch out when you co... (more)

Northbound freight past frozen Spiers Lake after a meet with CP 222 at Buckskin; two on the lead, elephant style, and one DPU.

The crew just left and this train awaits a re-crew in the Bala siding. I entered the location incorrectly, CP Mactier Sub not the Bala!

A pair of shiny SD90's cruise on past a frozen lake.