First and second generation meet. A westbound freight from St. Luc to Smiths Falls accelerates through Lachine while an eastbound lead by an FA-1 is stopped and will drop piggyback cars on its he... (more)

An FPA-2 and RS-10 lead a westbound freight from St. Luc to Smith Falls.

An FPA-2 leads an unusual lashup on a westbound freight from St. Luc to Smith Falls. It was rare to see GP-9's and F7B's on freights in Montreal, which was the MLW/Alco capital on the CPR.

CPR had the one and only Montreal Locomotive Works RSD-17. It was MLW's bid to compete against the FM-CLC Trainmaster. It was built in 1957 and demonstrated for two years as CPR 7007, CN 3899 an... (more)

CPR rostered 20 FA-2's and 7 FPA-2's. A number were traded in on C424's in the mid-1960's but some ran for another ten years, the last one being removed from service on November 8, 1975. They di... (more)

CPR had 24 GP-35's, one of which teams up with an FB-1 and FPA-2 to lead a westbound freight out of St. Luc Yard towards Smiths Falls.

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.

A very road weary RS-18 is outside the Diesel Shop and about to lead another train. The RS-18 was arguably MLW's best diesel locomotive. CPR acquired 72 of them in 1957-58. Beginning in 1980 CP... (more)

The RS-10 was a Montreal Locomotive Works product for which there was no ALCo equivalent. It had the 244 engine like the RS-3 but in a tall carbody to more easily fit a steam generator and dynami... (more)

CPR introduced the Multi-Mark paint scheme in October 1968 to replace its classic Tuscan and grey. This unit has just been released from the Angus Shop and will soon be returned to service.

CPR had only one, six-axle Alco/MLW unit, RSD-17 8921, until the arrival of eight, MLW C630M's in 1968. CPR borrowed two, UP Alco C630's in May, 1966 for testing. They were having troubles with t... (more)

Every Sunday afternoon the hostler at the St. Luc Diesel Shop would assemble the four FP7's needed for the Monday morning West Island commuter rush with the road power for the Cornwall Swing. This... (more)

Power off an inbound freight from Smiths Falls moves from the Arrival Yard to the Diesel Shop. The only model missing from this classic CPR, MLW one-of-everything lashup (RS-3, RS-23, RS-10, C-42... (more)