Canadian National train No. 843 snakes along the Thompson River between Spences Bridge and Seddall, British Columbia, on July 16, 2014.

The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer, with its very unique paint scheme, follows the Thompson River east of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 22, 2011.

Following the Thompson River, a westbound Canadian Pacific stack train is just east of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 22, 2011.

A Canadian Pacific grain train has just left Spences Bridge, B.C., on Canadian National’s Ashcroft Subdivision.

A Eastbound CN grain train crosses the Nicola River near Spences Bridge.

CN train 845, a grain train looks more like an N scale model than a real train as it plays peek-a-boo through the "honey moon" tunnels on the CN side of the Thompson River west of Spences Bridge. ... (more)

A CP track geometry train works its way east in the Thompson River Canyon, pulled by a GP20C-ECO, near Drynoch siding west of Spences Bridge.

In Thompson River Canyon, Canadian National grain train No. 845 passes through the Skoonka Tunnels west of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 16, 2014.

Canadian National grain train No. 845 threads Tunnel’s 80.2, 80.4 and 80.5 (also known as the Skoonka Tunnels) west of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 16, 2014.

A view from Skihist Provincial Park near Lytton, British Columbia, sees a westbound Canadian Pacific freight on Canadian National tracks along this treacherous section of the Thompson River Canyon... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train led by GE ES44AC No. 8723 curves through the beautiful Thompson River Canyon just east of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 22, 2011.

An eastbound Canadian National intermodal train is illuminated by moments of sunlight in the Thompson River Canyon east of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 22, 2011.

A Canadian Pacific coal train powered by three GE AC4400CWs is west of Spences Bridge, British Columbia, on July 7, 2004. Somewhat unusual, this train is westbound on the CP main line, which is no... (more)