Montreal - Vancouver #113 blasts through Marathon on a beautiful and quiet Monday morning

CP 113's heads through the rugged landscape on the north shore of Superior.

After a meet with 112-20; Toronto - Winnipeg manifest #421 departs the siding westbound. The recent removal of old unused tool/section houses has opened up this shot nicely.

CMQ SD40-2F 9011 makes a very rare appearance leading a short 58 car Toronto Yard, ON - Winnipeg, MB manifest through the dense fog off Lake Superior. Once it arrived at Thunder Bay a GEVO was add... (more)

A pristine looking ES44AC pulls eastbound hotshot 100 into the siding at Marathon to meet 101.

CP ES44AC 8872, AC4400CW's 9813, 8612, and 9819 pull the Toronto Yard, ON - Winnipeg, MB freight down the siding at Marathon to meet 112-03. Lake Superior can be scene off in the distance.

The Edmonton IMS, AB - Montreal Hochelaga, PQ "intermix" train heads down the siding at Marathon to meet 101-27's train. Lake Superior/Pebble Beach provide the backdrop.

After being dropped off by CWR-19 a crew will be ordered up later on to empty out this ballast train a few hundred feet ahead.

A boring day for this crew, slowly pull ahead as the excavator near (top left) empties this GREX ballast train. Then shove back and tie up.

Looking rather good, CP ES44AC 8742 + CP AC4400CW 8576 hustle 118's freight through downtown Marathon

CP AC4400CWM 8045 pulls 112's freight through Marathon

CP 100 approaches Marathon running alongside Lake Superior. The Mink tunnel and area is at the top left, having ran through about 20 minutes prior. Timing was everything but 118-21's train would r... (more)

West of Marathon the landscape is rugged as the railway curves along the northern shore of Lake Superior deep in the Canadian Shield. CP's Edmonton to Montreal train 118 adds to the scene.

CP 8610 + CP 8787 have 168 empties from Montreal St Luc, PQ - Winnipeg, MB easing through the curves along the Lake Superior shoreline. With the Saint Lawrence seaway/Lake Superior open for naviga... (more)

CP 420's freight heads down the main at Marathon on a beautiful afternoon