VIA Rail's Abitibi, lead by F40PH no. 6419, is rounding the West end of the wye at Pointe-Saint-Charles, on the first leg of its day-long journey to Quebecs remote Abitibi region. A pair of GP40-2... (more)

Picking up empties from Ardent Mills on the Canal Bank spur involves shoving them back to the Pointe-Saint-Charles yard, and that is what this pair of CN geeps is about to do. They would return so... (more)

A typical LRC-consist lead by P42DC no. 920 emerges from the Victoria bridge to the island of Montreal, as VIA no. 35 from Quebec to Ottawa.

The Montreal East switcher is pulling empties out of the Canadian Copper Refinery (CCR) with a GP9 leading as it passes through a parking lot.

One of the morning commuter trains from Mont-Saint-Hilaire, exo no. 803, is crossing the former lift bridge at CN Wellington, with Griffintown's condo towers rising behind. Bombardier ALP-45DP no.... (more)

Military leader and equipment. After setting off its six tail end cars, CN 305 is slowly approaching Turcot Ouest as CN 120 heads east. CN 305 has both a military leader and some actual mil... (more)

CN 324 with just 19 cars in tow crosses the snow-covered Lachine Canal in Montreal's Saint-Henri neighborhood, at the very beginning of its way to Vermont.

CN 322 has a BC Rail trailer as well as a single BC Rail bulkhead as it backs up to its train after setting off cars nearby.

CN's Pointe-Saint-Charles switcher, CN's nos. 4795 and 9523, is picking up empty grain hoppers from Ardent Mills on the Canal Bank Spur on a Monday in early February.

One of the new Alstom Metropolis light metros for Montreal's new Reseau Express Metropolitain (REM) crosses over the bridge towering CN's defunct Wellington tower and Lachine Canal, still on a tes... (more)

Deadheading side by side. AMT 1346 and AMT 1351 are both heading towards EXO's Maintenance centre after pushing trains into Central Station as they pace each other at slow speed past the ou... (more)

For the second week in a row, VIA 22 has a Siemens consist into Montreal. It would run with an LRC consist for the rest of the run to Quebec City.

Snow is falling as CN 4795 & CN 9523 are about to duck under the Bonaventure Expressway with grain loads for a nearby client.

Service to Ardent Mills, last rail client on Montral's Lachine Canal bank, is a fragile business, constantly threatened to be handed over to the rubber-tired competition. At a time when service wa... (more)

Clean CN 9590 leads faded CN 9523 as CN 500 enters the Port of Montreal as thick snow falls. CN 9590 had just replaced CN 4795 on this assignment, but it would develop issues later that day and ha... (more)