There's something about sitting by the tranquil fields outside Calgary at sunrise after a long week of work. Hearing a horn eching in the distance and patiently waiting longer than you'd expect.
CP 8874 leads its train east near Indus, AB. If you look closely, you can see the downtown Calgary skyline, which is about 20 miles away.
CP 8909 leads its train east between Calgary and Carseland.
CP 8955 leads its train west near Indus, AB. I captured this photo just a few minutes before the sun appeared over the horizon.
A mixed freight train heads west as the sun begins to rise on a beautiful summer morning.
An early morning train heads west near Indus, AB.
CP 8708 leads its train east just outside of Calgary.
CP 8835 leads its train east just outside of Calgary. This train was most certainly over powered with 6 locomotives up front and one more on the tail. It only had about 20 cars too.
CP 8931 leads it train east near the rural community of Indus. Recent rain and warm temperatures have made the area very green.
The sun peaks through for a brief moment as this mixed freight heads west towards Calgary. This would be pretty much the only sunlight seen all day on this the shortest day of the year. How glorio... (more)
CP 4107 and 4106 lead 41B's train back to Calgary, returning empty from Toronto.
CPR 2816 Empress Hudson H1b teamed with CPR FP9A 1401 about to go under the 22x highway overpass just East of Indus.
Storm colours for this westbound intermodal
