Note, builder was Montreal Locomotive Works not Alco.
CP 4702,4726 are chugging right along with with a heavy 481 right at sunset on a bitter February day. We had a line up out of Cartier for the area and had covered everything possible but this trai... (more)
CP #2, the Montreal section of the Canadian, awaits MLW FPA-2 4096 and GMD FP9 1411 to be tied on at Sudbury, ON. To the left, MLW S-2 7092 finishes putting the final touches on the Toronto secti... (more)
CP 5748,4710,4712 power a heavy 481 west near Sprecher. The 6 axle M-liners were nearing the end of the line at this point, but performed well on the climb up through Levack with this train. Sprec... (more)
CP 5680,5581,5606 zip along the double track west of Romford as 471 makes its way toward the next crew change at Cartier.
CP 5619 goes it alone on train #498. This train and its counterpart #499 handled lots of auto traffic on the CPR Toronto-Vancouver corridor during the 90's. Note the open racks of new cars, not no... (more)
An ex QNSL SD40 leads #481 at Romford. Today's power is 5400,4567,4737,5614 leading the normal mix of freight,COFC,TOFC and racks on this secondary train from St. Luc to the west.
A couple embrace as they are reunited. This is my version of this shot taken 20 years ago by John P. Carter. Though the tra... (more)
The crew of VIA's "Lake Superior" brings their train back to the shop after this trip. The car on the left VIA 6215, is waiting for the others to clear so it can be added to the consist for the ne... (more)
The rejuvenated Huron Central. After securing funding to put into track maintence a 131 car freight lumbers out of Sudbury with HCRY 3802-HCRY 802-QGRY 2008-HCRY 3013.
A three-car VIA train to White River waits for departure time at Sudbury.
I was just about to go home, when I heard the distant rumbling of a westbound freight. I hurried to get my camera back out, and caught this train in about notch 6 through the rock cut at Sprecher ... (more)
After almost a week of rain and bad weather, the clouds finally spread out and let the sun shine for a few hours this afternoon.
VIA 6205 leads as the Budd car runs on the North track through the double track territory towards Sudbury.
VIA 6250 trails VIA 6205, as they run through the S-curve at Sprecher.