It is early morning. I am ready to chase a train, the locomotives are not. It will be another 2 hours before they start moving

The Ottawa Valley Railway was busy in the North Bay yard spreading the snow and clearing the tracks. They are seen here spreading the last few tracks while pulling a cut of cars out of the way

The Ottawa Valley Railway was busy in the North Bay yard spreading the snow and clearing the tracks behind the ONR main Office utilizing RLK GP38-2 2054 and pushing their Jordan Spreader OVR 0001 ... (more)

Westbound Ottawa Valley Railway 431 to Sudbury Ontario crosses Nova Beaucage road at Mile 6 of the Cartier Subdivision which used to be owned and operated by CP years ago. The line is now operated... (more)

OVR 430 with a recently acquired and repainted pair of SD40-2s trundle through the outskirts of Sturgeon Falls with 48 cars for interchange with CP in Sudbury.

A snow shower is going to blot out the sun as these pair of SD40-2's tick over in the yard

The OVR Grimmer heads eastbound out of North Bay for Temiskaming Quebec passing under the CN Newmarket Subdivision

RLK SD40-2 3409 sits at the OVR Shops in the waterfront sun in what used to be a busy CP Yard just 10 years ago. CP left the North Bay area to the OVR around 2009.

OVR 430-05 with a pair of recently repainted and refurbished SD40-2s roll through Wahnapitae, Ontario with 87 cars for North Bay.

Recent additions to the Ottawa Valley Railway roster include SD40-2s RLK 3409 and 3410, pictured here crossing over to the north track at CP Moonlight after departing Sudbury Yard with 50 cars. Th... (more)

The Coleman Mine to Clarabelle rock train departs Levack siding with 40 loads

North Bay - Sudbury freight 431

The OVR's daily-except-Sunday freight from Sudbury hustles east towards North Bay. At this point in time, the railroad is entirely dependent on traffic headed to and from the large Tembec mill in ... (more)

OVR train #430 cruises east about to pound the Consiton diamond, where the OVR Cartier Sub crosses the CN Bala Sub at grade. #430 is the daily train to North Bay from Sudbury, carrying CP and Huro... (more)

RLK 4096 along with CEFX 2011, bask in the morning sun at the former CP North Bay Yard, now run by the OVR.