4649 heads a train near the town of Whistler.

The Pacific Great Eastern Railway built along the banks of the Cheakamus River towards Whistler in 1912. The railroad was extremely expensive to build and by 1918 the Railroad was bankrupt, with ... (more)

The New Road and the Old. In the 1870's a trail through the British Columbia Wilderness was constructed to offer ranchers a way to move cattle from the interior near Lillooet and Pemberton... (more)

BC RAIL 4609 looks rite at home crossing the Cheakamus River. The Red-White-Blue C40-8M was built in 1990 to battle the mountains and weather of British Columbia. The GE cowls became as synonym... (more)

It is a wet muggy day near the coast of British Columbia. Mike Thomas is the Locomotive Engineer this day, as he brings train 571 north up the 2.2% grade in Cheakamus Canyon. A heavier rain can b... (more)

Rocky Mountain Railtours ("Rocky") decends the 2.2% grade thru the incredible Cheakamus Canyon. The moss covered cliffs, lush greenery and raging Cheakamus River make this section of ra... (more)

A northbound Canadian National 571 crosses the Cheakamus River on a rainy afternoon. The narrow defile is a popular location for rock climbers who love to scramble up the steep slippery moss cover... (more)

Paint so fresh you can smell it

West Coast Railway Association's immaculate ex-CP FP7 leads a short excursion train between Whistler and Pemberton on what was then the BC Railwa... (more)

Cheakamus Canyon in my opinion is one of the most spectacular railroad locations in Canada. The railroad drops on a steep 2.2% grade along side of the raging Cheakamus River cutting a narrow defi... (more)

Canadian National Manifest 570 is easing down the grade at Bridge 56.6, deep in the Cheakamus River Canyon. The heavy southbound is in full dynamics as the hill here is a steep 2.2% decent to the ... (more)

Canadian National Manifest 570 is easing down the 2.2% grade at Bridge 56.6. The whining dynamic brakes are hard to hear over the crashing Cheakamus River, still running high with spring run-off.

A few hours before a major winter storm batters the Squamish Sub, CN 2890 blasts through a rock cut south of Whistler with train 570 from Prince George.

British Columbia Railway's Caribou Dayliner head north near Whistler, BC on a sunny August day in 1985. The short consist indicates that is going only as far as Lillouett, BC on this day. Three da... (more)

A pretty conventional wedgie of a train in the snow. Perhaps it is the in your face contrast of the big bright engine nose against the gray background that appeals to me. And it IS BCRail, one o... (more)

I'm posting this in the hopes that Mother Nature will see it and it will remind her that Whistler could use some more snow. After detraining a bunch of skiers from Vancouver who didn't want to fi... (more)