The colors of November are mostly limited to the greens of the evergreens and the browns of the dead stuff. Thankfully there's always the Northlander to brighten things up . Pretty soon thi... (more)

The fall colors have all gone, but fortunately we have the glowing orange face of ONR 1809 to brighten up the scene on this clear and crisp fall day as the Northlander approaches the South Lancelo... (more)

4701 gets some headroom on the west Aldershot Yard lead.

553 shuffles tankers from the Clarkson PetroCanada refinery in the yard while a commuter, oblivious to the work going on behind her, heads to stake out her place on the GO Station platform to wait... (more)

1800 pulls the southbound Northlander past the CN Newmarket Sub Mile 141 marker at Martins.

698 screams around the bend past the site of the former Utterson Station. Coincidentally, about 20 minutes earlier we had been talking to a CN foreman while waiting for the train at Novar, who tol... (more)

The southbound Northlander blasts around the big curve at Utterson.

"Tangerine Machine" hurries the southbound Northlander across Boundary Road in Novar as a CN work crew and another railfan, barely visible behind the crossing signals look on. Note the difference ... (more)

What today's Polar Bear Express looks like. It lives on as a mixed transporting peoples vehicles and baggage to Moosonee. In charge of todays 14 car consist are a pair of GP38-2's, ONT 1802 and ON... (more)

The northbound Northlander accelerates around the curve crossing Muskoka Road 35 and a bit of a swamp, just north of Falkenburg.

ONR 1809, aka the "Tangerine Machine" because of it's off-color nose paint when compared to the rest of the fleet, coasts into the south end of Huntsville.

In the last few minutes of sun, the "Brechter train" as I like to call it rounds the bend on it's way back to Red Deer.

Caught the Northlander just south of Huntsville along Aspdin Road. Nice to see 1805 with the old chevron paint scheme leading the past few days.

CN 4728 with a relatively-fresh paint job has been hanging around Oakville Yard for a few weeks now. Unfortunately I was unable to get a nicely lit shot of it until now as it has always been facin... (more)

After picking up a few passengers waiting at Washago the Northlander continues its journey south to Toronto.