CPR had a large fleet of FA-s but it was rare to find an A-B-A set on freight. CPR's first two FPA-2's, 4082 and 4083, and FB-1 4407 lead a westbound freight out of St. Luc Yard towards Smiths Fa... (more)
Spring has finally arrived but the sun still sets early as CPR's first FPA-2 accelerates out of Westmount on its way to Ottawa.
Fourth Class Train 96 is about to leave St. Luc Yard for its run to Trois Rivieres, QC. CP's Trois Rivieres and Quebec Subs. from St. Martin Jct. to Quebec City are now owned by Quebec Gatineau, ... (more)
Arriving at the 1854 South Dayton, NY depot, the first train of the Memorial Day weekend excursions glides to a stop for its short layover. The locomotives will run around before taking the three... (more)
Looking a bit worse for wear, the New York & Lake Erie's pair of MLW FPA cab units gets out of town with a Memorial Day weekend excursion to South Dayton.
Looking more like a Ken Patterson diorama than an actual locomotive, the world's only extant MLW-built FPA-2 (actually a FPA-2u thanks to a Canadian National rebuild) crosses Dole St. on its way t... (more)
Battling the steep grades of the former Erie, the only operating FPA's east of Ohio dig in and prepare to duck under the former grade of the original Erie main line.
CPR 4095 leads the morning passenger with TH&B equipment from Hamilton's Hunter St. Station to Union Station in Toronto.
The B&O dressed FPA4 of the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic, is on the north end of CVSR train 7, which will be heading to Canton. This is one of the first CVSR runs to Canton of the season!
The power is upon us, CP extra 4096 west will soon be just a memory a lingering one at that. We will count our fingers after the tonnage passes and the wind dies down. To see more CP FAS units more)
This CP freight is at full throttle heading north beside the Connecticut River. Hood unit/Cab unit hookup was common on this part of the CP in the 60's.more)
FA and RS18 alone in a field of track. This CP freight bound for Montreal was the last to leave Whiter River Junction during daylight .more)
Montreal Toronto train
Ottawa Montreal train
Ex-CN FPA-2 and FPB-2 bought for spare parts sit in PGE yard in Squamish.
