After setting off part of its train at Coteau, CN X372 has only 70 cars as it approaches the St-Jean overpass in Pointe-Claire with CN 3048 & CN 2905 for power.

A surprising consist. VIA 669 heads west through Pointe-Claire with VIA 908 (wrapped for Canada's 150th anniversary), followed by 4 LRC cars and 3 Renaissance cars. VIA's Renaissance cars d... (more)

AC440CW CP 8615 looks pretty fresh (especially compared to most of CP's grungy looking AC4400CW fleet) as it leads empty ethanol train CP 651 around a curve in Pointe-Claire. Trailing is CEFX 1039... (more)

A very long CN 377 (179 cars) is passing MP 14 of CN's Kingston Sub with a single SD70M-2 up front and another one mid-train (CN 8880 & CN 8916).

Export lumber. Dash8-40CW CSXT 7658 is in charge of CN 327 as it rounds a curve near MP 14 of CN's Kingston Sub. As always, it has a lot of lumber bound for the U.S (this train gets interch... (more)

A repainted leader. AC440CW CP 8615 looks pretty fresh (especially compared to most of CP's grungy looking AC4400CW fleet) as it leads empty ethanol train CP 651 through Pointe-Claire. Trai... (more)

NS and BNSF power on a CSX runthrough train (on CN tracks). CN 327 is a train that runs through to CSX tracks and that almost always has CSX power. Today was an exception with NS 1025 and B... (more)

Multimarked SD40-2's. A bit over three years ago, a pair of multimarked SD40-2's (CP 6020 & CP 5874) bring a ballast train into Valois Station where it will dump ballast on the north track.... (more)

Nearly brand new ET44AH CSXT 3429 is leading CN 327 which is westbound on CN's Kingston Sub on a sunny day (finally, after a week of rain and clouds).

New and old. Nearly brand new ET44AH CSXT 3429 is leading 35-year old SD40-2 CSXT 8153 on CN 327 which is westbound on CN's Kingston Sub on a sunny day (finally, after a week of rain and cl... (more)

The CP Holiday Train is heading for shows in Ontario, with CP 2323 leading a 62-car axle train through Pointe-Claire. Up ahead are stops in Finch, Merrickville, Smiths Falls and Perth.

Just in time. I got lucky twice over in catching the CP Holiday Train this afternoon, as I barely beat it to the St-Jean overpass in Pointe-Claire and I got a few minutes of sun during a mo... (more)

Two uncommon GE models. CN 327 is heading west through Pointe-Claire on CN's Kingston Sub, powered by two locomotive models that were not produced in large numbers. Leading is AC600CW CSXT ... (more)

Planes and trains. A late CP 143 is through Pointe-Claire just after CP 133 passed, with CP 8751 & CP 8537 for power. The train is 100% intermodal, something which is rare recently as this ... (more)

A pair of consecutively numbered Bluebirds. CEFX 1007 & CEFX 1006 lead CP 143 through Pointe-Claire just as the sun comes out and illuminates most of the train.