VIA Rail's new Siemens Venture train with lead unit no. 2202 is slowly moving around the curve at CN Paco, to briefly go into Central station and then head West for a test run as VIA #627.

April 3, 2023, marked the long awaited resumption of passenger service between New York and Montreal. P42DC no. 108 had the honor to lead the first northbound Adirondack, no. 69, onto the island o... (more)

F59PH no. 1346 is pushing a short three-car Multilevel consist past the now abandoned track leading to what is now becoming the REM network. Train no. 1206 originated at Mascouche and will termina... (more)

Compressed through the view of the 200mm lens, the PATCO track over the Ben Franklin Bridge gets something of a roller coaster high up over the Delaware River, as motor 1079 is leading this Philad... (more)

CN 599 has its usual Norfolk Southern power with a handsome SD70ACe leading the local transfer job over Montreal's Lachine canal, shortly after lifting some cars at Pointe-Saint-Charles yard.

Not long after sunrise, F59PHI no. 1322 is returning a deadheading consist of three Bombardier Multilevel cars to the end of the line at Candiac, to make another commuter turn as EXO train no. 76 ... (more)

With fall colors all around VIA's P42DC no. 916 leads a handsome, stainless HEP consist eastbound onto Île-Perrot on CN's Kingston sub. This corridor train no. 62, originated in Toronto, is heade... (more)

Class leader VIA P42DC no. 900 is pushing a handsome stainless HEP consist (bracketed by two mandated buffer cars) out of Montreal's Central Station all the way onto Victoria Bridge, where they ca... (more)

F40PH no. 6433 is in charge of VIA corridor train no. 37 to Ottawa, about to cross the snow-filled Lachine Canal in Montreal.

Snowflakes are flurring through the air as VIA's Abitibi #603 is stopped at La Tuque to board a handful of passengers and much more groceries and supplies for the remote area ahead. Left is baggag... (more)

The ice in Montreal's Old Port is breaking up now in the first days of spring, while a trio of GPs is in charge of the (almost) daily transfer from the port to Pointe-Saint-Charles yard. Behind le... (more)

VIA Rail corridor train no. 65 to Toronto has the long (6-car) version of the typical LRC consist as it is lead by F40PH no. 6437 over the drained but snow-filled Lachine Canal on CN's Montreal su... (more)

Travelling onboard VIA Rail's Abitibi from Senneterre to Montreal, I enjouyed the brief stop at La Tuque to walk along the all stainless streamlined consist of "HEP-1" cars, fascinated b... (more)

Still a very typical VIA Rail corridor train these days, though replacement by Siemens Venture train sets is scheduled to come soon. GE P42DC no. 918 pulls a 4-car LRC consist past MP3 on CN's Mon... (more)

The combined VIA Rail Abitibi and Saguenay are passing Pointe-Saint-Charles yard to ender the Montreal subdivision, which they will follow for a few miles before turning North through Taschereau y... (more)