Mount McDonald west portal tunnel exit. CP 8904 and CP 5019 lead a coal load westward.

CP 8904 leads an eastbound coal train near Glacier Station. This train came through fairly slowly, then came to a stop at the old station. There was another eastbound ahead of it in the Connaught ... (more)

CP 8904 leads an eastbound coal train between Fraine and Rogers. When I set up for this shot, I was expecting it to come down the Connaught track ( on the right). For a reason I'm not sure of, it... (more)

My first CP engine of 2014 heads south on the way towards Waycross on this mixed freight. The UP unit was DIT and was making the GE work hard. At times it would only get up to 12 mph!

CP 290 heads southeast through Karlstad, Minnesota, named for the city of Karlstad in Värmland, Sweden. Karlstad is Minnesota's Moose Capitol, exemplified by the moose design on the city water to... (more)

CP 119 taking the curve back in December 2011. I miss lashups like these.

Canadian Pacific manifest train #290 travels south through Strandquist, Minnesota, a city with Swedish roots in the northwestern corner of the state. The city was once an important location along... (more)

One of those moments where others might question my sanity: standing in the middle of the heaviest snowfall I've ever experienced just to see a train. I think it was worth it. Westbound train 49... (more)

The floods of spring now gone, an eastbound intermodal shoots across the fill at the oxbow of the Bow River known as Muleshoe. Snow still lingers on the south facing slope of Massive Mountain, but... (more)

A pleasant surprise rounds the bend at Rosedale as CP 8904, 9105, 9007 lead 119 quietly through the snow...

In glorious sunshine, train 111 hits the crossovers at Divide, the top of the CPR world on Kicking Horse Pass. Ahead lies the BC border, and the 13 mile 2.2% descent to Field