CP 8580 leads a westbound train near the Banff train station. A portion of the parking lot has a skating rink for the winter.

CP 8956 leads a westbound IMS train at Banff East. There were lots of signs of elk in the area. Luckily I didn't run into any.

CP 8646 and 9369 are two of the four locomotives hauling this long potash train westward through the Canadian Rockies.

CP 9640 leads a westbound loaded grain train at the east end of Banff. Alberta has been having a warmer than usual winter this year. As you can see, there isn't much snow on the ground. I am hopin... (more)

In a heavy downpour, Canadian Pacific 2816 pulls into Banff with the International Heavy Haul Association Technical Tour. Passengers wait under cover to board the train to Field BC.

Canadian Pacific 8747 and mate drag a unit train westbound up the east slope of the Canadian Rocky Mountains through Banff.

The conductor seems to enjoy seeing us for the third time, as 9739 dashes through Banff.

The westbound Rocky Mountaineer rolls alongside the Bow River through the Canadian Rockies.

Two Montreal Locomotive Works M-630 units are behind two SD40-2 units on a westbound freight waiting for the CANADIAN at Banff.

Low clouds hug the mountains as two CP Rail SD40-2 units and two MLW units stop at Banff with a westbound freight of hopper cars.

When you can't get the train you want, a front facing DPU will do just fine. CP 9668 brings up the rear of train 401 near Johnston Creek. This view has opened up nice as of recent. It appears they... (more)

I went for sky. Mathieu went for ground.

Ordinarily the hottest train on the railroad, westbound 101 has taken the hole at Banff for an eastbound 684-axle empty grain train.

On the left is a rock train, presumably staged for contin... (more)

On September 23, 2013, an eastbound Canadian Pacific unit grain train curves past some autumn color along the Bow River at Castle Mountain, Alberta. Snow is beginning to fly in the high mountains ... (more)