Eastbound Canadian Nation Long distance train departs Montreal

CN 545 leaves the Old Port with a 5 400-ft trains made of hoppers cars to Taschereau yard.

Time for me to enter in "modernity". Here is the first photo taken with my very first drone, local YRP003 at Longue-Pointe yard in eastern Montreal.

After almost one hour of switching at Oil-Dri, QG local 503 is now running backwards to enter on Trois-Rivières Subdivision via Saint-Martin JCT, to serves two more customers.

A pair of ex-Missouri Pacific GP38-2 (QGRY 3539, nee MP 900 and QGRY 3538, nee MP 943) are switching at Oil-Dri, in Laval, on the CPKC Parc Subdivision. QG 503 runs every Sunday morning and serves... (more)

CN train from Riviere a Piere arrives at Montreal Central Station

The Ocean arrives Montreal Central Station

VIA Rail's Ocean (no 14) is leaving Montreal on a sunny evening in early June, passing underneath the recently constructed REM elevated tracks, with substation infrastructure visible in the foregr... (more)

A pair of CN GP38-2 is pulling empty grain hoppers from Ardent Mill on the Canal Bank spur. They will soon go on the Montreal sub to push them the short stretch to the Pointe-St-Charles yard.

CN YRP003 is out on a Sunday evening, delivering a cut of seven box cars to the sole client on the tip of the Longue Pointe spur. Assigned power was a trio of GP9RM and one Iowa Northern GP40-2

Leaving Montreal, Amtrak's Adirondack uses the Victoria bridge to cross the Saint Lawrence, which includes this unique feature, a junction allowing traffic to diverge around the lock on the seaway... (more)

Using power from 229 which came up North in the morning, CPKC 119 is heading West off the island of Montreal at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.

The old (and out of use) incinerator at Dickson Street serves as a fitting back drop to CN's Sunday evening service, delivering a cut of seven box cars to the sole client on the tip of the Longue ... (more)

After bringing back the passengers to Central Station, CN special train P00621-1 is now deadheading westwards to Taschereau yard, with the Montreal skyline in the background.

CN AC44C6M 3309 (ex-Wafer logo unit) is leading train P00621-1 out of the Montreal Central Station, full of passengers for Taschereau yard. This part of the subdivision is usually 100% used by VIA... (more)