The thunderstorms ended about an hour ago; now the puddles are drying up and the temperture is cooling a bit as the sun sinks lower. All in all, not a bad evening to be kicking containers around a... (more)

A SAD DAY The Northlander pulls into Huntsville Station for the last time as the government has pulled the plug on Ontario Northland's passenger rail service. Hopefully saner minds will pre... (more)

105 and 106 take to the siding to run around the tour train at Canyon.

NBSR 2612 sits outside the NBSR shop in St. John, NB.

The caboose of the 2013 Ontario Northland Christmas Train, all decked out with moving, flashing lights.

One day ahead of the steam season’s scheduled start-up (how’s that for a bit of alliteration) old Number 2 leads the Portage Flyer home from Fairy Lake on its last run of a perfect summer day!... (more)

The Guelph Junction Express parallels the Speed River in Guelph on a runby for the filming of a documentary.

A special treat this evening as 1422 (aka "that old gunboat") gets the Ford plant assignment.

A southbound passenger train from Hearst passes through the Agawa Canyon on its way to the Soo.

6250 is now in the lead as 186 returns from Sudbury Station along the spur track to connect to the CN track to Capreol (on the trestle above) for servicing before the next day's run to White River... (more)

This day's canyon day-trippers are in for a soggy time as the rain refused to let up until late that night. We stayed up on the lookout a bit too long and had to fight our way through a sea of umb... (more)

CN 4130 leads 3 other GP9s through Aldershot Station on Track 3 as 2696, having turned around at Bayview, heads back into the yard.

The tour train heads out of the Agawa Canyon on its way back to Sault Ste. Marie. Trailing locomotive 105 provides the smoke screen.

A brief spot of storm-light really sets this "bumble-bee lookin' train" (as we heard it humorously referred to) apart from the darkly shadowed canyon walls in the background as it heads out of Aga... (more)

It may appear that 4107 is leading into the yard but actually 4700 is leading out and there's just a stiff and bitterly cold tailwind at work here.