Rock Sheds White Canyon, what might be the most treacherous section of railroad in North America. Rock Sheds protect the CN railroad from this crumbling mountain. All night long there is ... (more)
Frank Slide Gravity contesting the advance of a CPKC manifest on the heavy grade at Frank Slide, AB. On April 29, 1903 the Turtle Mountain broke loose putting in motion a massive landsli... (more)
CMQ's Bangor & Aroostook heritage SD40-2F 9017 and GP38-2 3024 approach Blackfalds as they head south on the Leduc Sub.
CP ES44AC 8757 (Every Child Matters) + CP AC4400CW 9753 & dp KCS ES44AC 4836 with CPKC 113-02 (Montreal Hochelaga, PQ - Vancouver Coquitlam, BC) head thru Neys along the Little Pic River
CP ES44AC 8757 wears a special livery, "Every Child Matters" for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This is the fourth trans-con trip in a month leading now making t... (more)
Original AC4400CW's 8516 + 8617 with dp ES44AC 8911 have 101's train in check alongside Lake Superior and the rocky terrain west of Marathon
CPKC CWR-28 approaches Marathon with a Winnipeg, MB - Cartier, ON loaded rail train for the Nickel Belt region.
CP 7035 leads train 201 west at Glenbow. I was out this way about 2 weeks ago and there was a track gang replacing ties. Hence, the railroad ties in the right-of-way.
The engineer is steady on the throttle (making for great audio) between Coldwell and Marathon with several 30mph curves and numerous grades thru this rocky region. CP SD40-2's 6012 + 5871 head eas... (more)
CP SD40-2's 6012 + 5871 pull a loaded rail train thru Heron Bay
CP 112-22 departs Ottertail, after meeting CPKC 101
CP 9731 shoves CPKC 112-22 over the Ottertail River, on the aptly named Mountain Sub
CP 7016 navigates the Fraser Canyon, east of Yale BC.
CP 8780 approaches Range Road 222 as it heads east on the Scotford Sub.
CP 6644 is leading CPKC 118 as it passes the empty and overgrown Hochelaga Yard in East end Montreal. CP had a number of local clients around here as recently as the mid-2000s, but none are served... (more)
