An FPA-4 and FPB-4 lashup leads a passenger train bound for Ottawa up Vaudreuil Hill. The FPA-4 was an MLW only product powered by the 251 engine. CN was the only purchaser of this model.
"The Montreal Limited" passes the home signal on the South Junction Lead approaching CP's Montreal West station. In one week the D&H will stop running passenger trains.
The overnight "Atlantic Limited" from Saint John, NB is slowing to a stop on Track 1 at the suburban Montreal West station as it nears the end of its journey. Most days the consist incl... (more)
The Trainmasters normally worked the transfers to Hochelaga due to the steep grade on Hochelaga Hill. Occasionally they would get other assignments, in this case a transfer to Lasalle. As the so... (more)
The Trainmasters normally worked the transfers to Hochelaga due to the steep grade on Hochelaga Hill. Here, the 8901 makes a very rare appearance on "The Peanut", the transfer between S... (more)
The Lake Champlain and Moriah was a six mile long shortline owned by Republic Steel to bring iron ore down to Port Henry on the D&H. Their one caboose was made from an ore jimmy. The line was so... (more)
The power from the overnight "Montreal Limited" lays over in the CPR Glen Yard until the evening departure for Albany and New York City. In two more days D&H passenger service will end.... (more)
The CPR Montreal West Tower Operator's view. The commuter rush is over. The Westminster Avenue gates are lowered and the switches lined for "The Laurentian" to cross over from Track 3 ... (more)
CN's Spadina roundhouse was located just west of Union Station. It was where power for passenger trains was serviced. It was demolished in 1986.
Two RDC-2's and two RDC-1's make up the inbound, all stops, local from Farnham, QC to Montreal. The train is running against the current of traffic on the southward track as S-2 7014 switches Las... (more)
Train 904, with an interesting lashup of pooled CP and B&M power (RS-18/F7B/RS-10/RS-23), climbs Newport Hill. 904 was one of the hottest "fast freights" on the CP, running from Windsor,... (more)
The local is switching the Atwater Transfer Yard on the North Bank Branch along the Lachine Canal.
Having made a setoff, the power of a southbound freight is returning to its train and will continue on its way to Oneonta.
"The Canadian" is only 7.6 miles into its 2,881.3 mile journey from Montreal to Vancouver, BC as it passes through the Lachine commuter station.
