Another load of coal heading west to Ridley Island Terminal. CN C761 passed by an hour earlier.
That must be the Junior conductor in the third locomotive. Today's wayfrieght passes MP 113 sporting 474 axles. Usually the axle count is around 200, and a year ago I photographed this train con... (more)
Today's wayfreight passes CP 8723, the end unit of a northbound coal train at Seeney (Parson, B.C.)
It is unusual to see a GP38-2 on the Mountain Sub, let alone a Milwaukee Road (MILW 363) /SOO Line original. These 2 units are here on MOW duties.
Like a dedicated railfan, Qualicum Beach Station spends many hours beside an empty track waiting for that special train.
A repaint and a rebuild are included in the Golden-Cranbrook weighfreight. Led by CP 6245 which was overhauled, repainted and renumbered (nee SOO 6045) in 2012. In the number 3 position is (EMD G... (more)
CN 2308 pulls the "outbound east" from the yard to add to the train making it close to over siding length.
A pair of SD75Is take a mixed freight through Burns Lake on the way to Edmonton.
Or should that read "dead men"? But for the railfan, "perfect love drives out fear" (the Bible). Just couldn't resist ;-)
'Twas the day before Christmas and Jimmy finally gets a Red Barn in the lead position.
Pulling out of Golden into the Kicking Horse Canyon.
After descending the "big hill", Train #401 rolls into the Field division point for a crew change before continuing west.
G888 heads east through the late winter landscape. Come on Spring.
End of train duties on a beautiful day in the Rockies. Emerald Glacier is in the background.
This RS-23 makes its afternoon run around the track at Alberta Central Railway Museum.
