VIA’s westbound Train 1 with candy stripe FP-9 1407 leading has just exited CP’s 5-mile long Connaught Tunnel at Glacier, B.C. on Aug. 12, 1981 (the day before the above two photos of Train 1... (more)
After SD40 5979 assisted the westbound VIA Train 1 over Kicking Horse Pass (previous photo), another SD40 numbered 5679 helped Train 1 up the 2.2% grades
of Rogers Pass and has cut off at Glacier... (more)
CP SD40 5979 is on the point of VIA’s westbound 15-car Train 1 after helping it up grade from Calgary to Stephen, B.C. where the train is now at M.P. 123 and about to plunge down Kicking Horse P... (more)
VIA’s westbound Train 1 “Canadian” with 11 cars passes Stephen, B.C. and is about to leap off Kicking Horse Pass on fateful Oct. 4, 1989. That was the day the Canadian Government announced ... (more)
VIA’s eastbound Train 2 crosses Canadian Pacific’s famous Stoney Creek arch bridge on its descent off Rogers Pass on Aug. 11, 1981. The steel bridge replaced a wooden trestle in 1893 and and ... (more)