Dynamic braking for all they're worth, 5 GEs ease all of loaded westbound potash train 671's 142 cars down the Big Hill. (2 on the headend, two scattered mid-train, and one on the rear) This view ... (more)

A westbound intermodal chugs out of Exshaw with Pigeon Mountain and Mt. McGillivray in the background, the bow river as calm as ever

Ever wonder what the new GEVos look like inside? The ENTIRE cab?

M303 is passed by the Skeena, VIA 7 at Moose Lake, as viewed from the Skyline car

177-22 heads west along the calm autumn waters of the Bow River. There's snow on Sulphur Mountain by this time in September, and there was snow earlier on the ground that day. Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Banff, Alberta, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 8863
Train ID: CP 177
Photo Date: September 22, 2010

The last 2 cars on the ground are picked up after Monday's derailment in Canmore

Wild rocky mountain daises wave in the breeze as 102-13 blows by on a beautiful clear day

Hoping for a better version of the people's choice shot I set out with a ladder to get a better angle over that bush, but the weather forecast lead me amiss..

On a partly sunny day, a westbound 351 (and not the only one that day) overlaps itself on the way to Vancouver during the beginning of fall in the Rockies. At this point, the westbound train is he... (more)

Let off some steam! The Big Boy isn't the only steamer that can whip up a crowd. From my surprisingly secluded spot, I watched the masses race along 2-lane highway 2 to follow 4449 on her unique t... (more)

I'm not sure whether it was 400 or 402, but whatever it is made a good shot

Westbound potash train #671 is beginning its descent of the Big Hill as it winds over Kicking Horse Pass - The tail end of the train is just leaving Alberta.

The westbound KVR train to Trail crosses the 'other' Stoney Creek Bridge with 3 SD40-2s leading it.

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)

Cab of the leader of 3 SD40-2s sitting in the yard at Keith, staring into the sun. Everyone with an APS-C should have a 10mm lens!