CN 5616 waits for the conductor to walk up after switching the docks on the old BCR.

CN 8888 sets out their 54 cars in the old BCRail Squamish yard, after doing an unexpected New Years Day run. This train had 53 loads for the docks in Squamish, plus another 12 loads where in the y... (more)

BC Rail 4611 leads a northbound extra train just north of Squamish, British Columbia.

IC 2726 brings CN 546 north, approaching Squamish, with a decent size train.

BCR 761 crosses the Mamqaum River and heads south towards Squamish, British Columbia.

On my way to USAF Survival School we took a few days for some railfanning. The railfanning was fun, the school, well, not so much. This unit is actually BCR but bears the old paint scheme.

Freshly Restored

November 17, 2019 marked the unveiling of WCRA's 6520, freshly restored and released from the paint shop in the iconic 1961 CN orange, black and white paint sch... (more)

After a trip down the ex BC Rail, CN 3203 still fairly fresh from the factory basks in the afternoon sunshine in Squamish, British Columbia. The circle decal on the nose pays respect to the First... (more)

ACR 1404 and CP 4069 sit in the mountains.

PGE 2 sits on the turntable.

Being trumped by the Squamish Chief, The Polar Express backs down into the Squamish Estuary where guests will be served Hot Chocolate before returning to the North Pole.

On one of the coldest nights of the year 2 GMD F units warm up under the clear sky in preparation for the last 2 days of The Polar Express at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park.

Squamish took on a very North Pole look this past weekend, which was last for the WCRA's Polar Express excursion which took Believers for a 60-minute ride from the Railway Heritage Park through CN... (more)

As a blizzard provides the "Polar" ambience, the West Coast Railway Heritage Park's 1952-vintage FP7 rests on the station track as a trainload of happy children disembarks from the long ... (more)