With the tracks mostly cleared by the passage of CN 451 a couple of hours earlier 450's journey has been quite a bit easier since their meet at Novar. The damage to 2642's handrails, the result of... (more)

Got a big thumbs-up from 451's engineer today as he blasted the Domtar Road crossing at the south end of Martins siding. With 6 - 8" of fresh snow since the last train passed by yesterday, today's... (more)

Winter is a blast! With 6 - 8" of fresh snow since the last train passed by yesterday, today's 451 has his work cut out for him but was maintaining track speed as it blasted up to Martins. ... (more)

CN 451 sets out loads at Huntsville along with GP9 4132, the power for the local roadswitcher returning from regular maintenance at Mac Yard in Vaughan (Toronto area). Dying on hours the crew will... (more)

After sustaining handrail damage on the lead unit in a collision with a downed tree about 30 miles south of here CN 451 sets out loads at Huntsville along with GP9 4132, the power for the local ro... (more)

A long day... CN 451 with 2642 and BCOL 4513 (plus the local geep dead-in-tow returning to Huntsville) passes a sign with some rather obvious advise as the snow starts up once more. The sig... (more)

A pair of Dash-9s bring CN 451 down through the S-curve at Mile 144 of the Newmarket Sub on the shore of frozen Lake Vernon just south of Huntsville on a brisk -30 (-35C) morning.

595 blasts by Siding Lake on its return from Longford Mills with 6 tankers from Stepan Chemicals.

CN 595 heading south to Martins to switch the Panolam plant.

CN 595 leans into the curve approaching the Aspdin Road crossing at the north end of Martins Siding on a sunny and surprisingly mild (~25F) winter day.

Taking advantage of one of the very few sunny days to be had in these parts for the past few months, I headed out to catch a late-running 451 as it passed the Mile 144 CN Newmarket Sub marker on t... (more)

CN 451 flies north up the Newmarket Sub as the sky slowly brightens after another long cold night.

On Saturday Evening this locomotive and it's coaches will be all lit up to deliver kids to see Santa at Fairy Lake Station at the other end of the line. Today we came in to clear the line in prepa... (more)

In the fall of 2011 only one of the ex Rio Grande Ski Train F40s CN acquired to run their Agawa Canyon Tour Train had been repainted, the remaining two still in the bumble-bee yellow and black sch... (more)

451 crosses Domtar Road about to hit the south switch at Martins, behind a pair of SD60Fs.