Domes on the Northlander! Unfortunately not a harbinger of a future ONR service, the Rocky Mountaineer domes came across Canada on VIA 2 to Toronto a few days ago and are bein... (more)

VIA 73 heads west across the 16 Mile Creek Valley. As you can plainly see we've missed most of the winter storms that have been hitting our neighbors to the south and west of us along with the maj... (more)

CN 451 at Allensville as the snow flurries thicken.

Heading south through Martins and about to cross one of the best pike-fishing lakes in the area.

Not the usual power for 595, but back in the late 90s it was! 7068 is seen here approaching the south switch at Martins with Siding Lake in the background while filling in for 4132, with the latte... (more)

A pair of old geeps working Aldershot Yard pull out for headroom past GP38-2(W) 4775 and GP9Rm 4108.

Yesterday it couldn't decide whether to drizzle rain or snow. It finally settled on snow in the early evening, which has continued off and on until now, the resulting wet stuff sticking to the tre... (more)

Still Detouring the Blockades
The second long southbound detour train through here today, CN 130 brakes hard into the curve at Parkersville after about 3 straight miles downgrade from U... (more)

The Polar Bear Express creeps over the Store Creek Bridge as it departs for Cochrane on a blackfly-season (err... summer) day in Moosonee.

CN 450 rumbles down alongside Stephenson Road 7 between Allensville and Utterson.

Although GMD1 1422 seems to have departed Oakville, 1431 has shown up to take it's place. Nice to see these old girls in my own back yard!

Beneath the fluffy clouds 595 rests in the yard across the main from Huntsville Station, while it's crew grabs a quick lunch. Soon the more ominous clouds visible off to the left will move in for ... (more)

CN 7019 leads a nice GMD consist out of Park Royal in Mississauga and into Oakville, past some new third main trackwork. In addition to 7019 there was (GP38-2)4717 and (GP40-2LW) 9543. The last tw... (more)

On Boxing Day 697 crosses Siding Lake approaching Martins, with 1809 - still in fresh paint and Christmas Train decor - leading.

A school bus waits at the Old Muskoka Road crossing for the passage of 698, whose arrival fortuitously coincides with the sun deciding to peek though a hole in the clouds.