CP 2023 double headed with CP 2024 at Calagry Heritage Park Railway Days

GT 4520 was the last CN GP-9 left with the high short hood. It has roof mounted air reservoirs which on passenger Geeps had to be relocated because a water tank was added under the frame for a st... (more)

The Grand Old Lady of the west coast, Royal Hudson 2860 (MLW H1-e class)looking splendid but now sadly just a static display in the museum. CP's MLW 4-6-4 Hudson class became "Royal" after 2850 ha... (more)

GP9 CN 4225 and F7(A) CN 9167 approach Ardrossan with east bound grain hoppers heading back to prairie elevators.

WPY's complete fleet of GE 90 Class underwent a multi-million dollar upgrade between 2009 and 2013 and are now classed as CERES 140’s, which stands for Controlled Emissions Repower Systems. Pow... (more)

CP 2023 with the demonstration freight train at Calagry Heritage Park Railway Days

Back in the day when SD40-2s ruled the mountain sub this quartet and their train have just emerged from the Connaught tunnel and are passing under Hyw 1 a couple of miles west of Glacier. (Note o... (more)

Between February 1939 and December 1949, 1145 of these 1000hp switchers were produced. Most ran in the US, this is one of 20 exported to Canadian National.

Originally built for CN in 1952 after retirement in 1963 saw several industrial/leasing assignments ending its working life with Parrish and Heimbecker before being acquired by the Aspen Crossing ... (more)

Ex CN F3A #9000 pilots the Canada Day passenger train at the Alberta Railway Museum

British Rail 18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown, Boveri & Co. It spent its working life on the Western Region of British Ra... (more)

Alberta Prairie Railway demonstration freight train. Pity they couldn't have come up with, say, an old box car, a flat and a gon, on the other hand when did you last see a rake of molten sulphur ... (more)