Switch on siding north of St-Jean about to be lined and locked in normal position

Contradictions: green light to go, red lights at crossing to stop... Old St-Jean and cathedral in the background (everything is in french!)

Framed by the NovaGrain silos and empty corn field.

Brakeman walking back to it's train to head back to Montreal. The GP9rm was built in 1959... on her right are the St-Jean diamond lights.

Detoured CP/D&H train

Detoured CP train (D&H) passing by the beautiful CN train station. See http://photo.quebectrain.com/ for more Quebec pics.

Sunrise passing thru MMA 5017's cab with Iberville Cathedral in the background and water vapors forming under the bridge from the cold temperature (-15c, 3f)

Detoured CP train (D&H) crossing the St-Jean diamond on the CN line with a set of LIRR cars on flat beds in tow (barely visible because of the snowstorm). More pics of Quebec railways on quebectr... (more)

Notice the bad paint job on locomotive's side. Train passing by the old St-Jean train station. More pics of Quebec at : http://photo.quebectrain.com/

Blinded by the rising sun, crew don't see much ahead... more pics of Quebec at: http://photo.quebectrain.com/

More pics of St-Jean at: http://bicotsphotos.fotopic.net/

Crossing the Richelieu river back to Farnham with the moon over, reflection under and bird house on right!

With new tracks installed, a crew is trying it's best to lay down the asphalt between repeated passages of the local switcher on the Industriel blvd crossing.

Conductor Steve moving and posing proudly on the MMA night switcher in St-Jean. 8 seconds exposure, f:5, iso 100.

Crossing the St-Jean Diamond (CN-CP). Lead unit was built in 1971 as 5226 and remanufactured to SD40u by AMF Technotransport (Montreal) in 1995