A long way for Appalachia, former C&O GP39 3916, now Copper Basin 505, leads CBRY GP39-2's 502 and 403 on southbound ore loads past the sidings at Ray Jct. It would seem that the draw of the tunne... (more)

Making her second pass under the block signals at Pasis Jct., Ontario, in less than five hours, BNSF 794 leads CN train 399 westward into the setting sun. Earlier, BNSF 794 had been sandwiched bet... (more)

Train 321 whisks through Newtonville behind the newest unit in CN's fleet as of June 2008, CN 2309. Always nice to catch newer, cleaner power, but given the choice, I'd rather have shot the other ... (more)

The abandoned grain elevator at Pontypool stands silent and forlorn as Kawartha Lakes Railway train T08 rolls past. A reminder of when railroads were an important part of daily life, it has outliv... (more)

CN 5428 (retired October 27, 2008, sold for scrap in 2009) and 2689 pass the Belleville, Ontario VIA station with train 149 in tow, slowing to a stop for a crew change. It's January and the engine... (more)

With snow up to the railheads, CN 5354 and 2414 slow 105's train to change crews at Falding, Ontario. After waiting almost and hour for the crewbus with the outbound crew, 105 will be underway aga... (more)

Struggling with 69 cars on the drawbar, CP 8871 finally approaches Newtonville, Ontario, with 116's train. Bringing the old addage to life "Uphill slow, downhill fast", Erie's finest did get the j... (more)

On a long summer evening, CN 9548, 9567, and 9570 bring train 317 through Newtonville, Ontario. Train 317 and it's counterpart 318 were the "dimentional" trains that carried high and wide loads ov... (more)

In the midst of a heavy snowfall, CP 3042 leads the Havelock through Manvers, Ontario. Plowing that mound of snow pretty much the whole way from Agincourt, one of the ditchlights has become a vict... (more)

In a throwback to Canadian Pacific's mid 1990's penchant for leased power, CP 9531 leads rent-a-wrecks NREX 9903, NREX 4294, and NREX 6503 on train 235 at Bowmanville, Ontario. I can take or leave... (more)

In what is likely her last winter, at least on CN's roster, CN 5384 keeps her chin up as she leads the 8005 and 309's train through the plant at Newtonville, Ontario. CN has begun retiring their S... (more)

With a howling wind churning every bit of snow disturbed by it's passage, KLR train T08 is enveloped by fresh powder near Raglan, Ontario. Power for today is CP 3113, 8234, 3042 and 8206. 1205hrs.

Nearing the end of it's Vancouver to Toronto run, CN train 166 rounds the bend at mile 38.38 of the Bala Sub behind CN 5526 and 5408. In 2009, CN 5408 was retired and sold to the Dakota, Missouri ... (more)

Approaching the west switch of Port Hope siding, CP 9719 and 9820 curve through a peaceful fall scene with 232's train at Port Hope, Ontario. The cross-buck in the foreground guards the farmers cr... (more)

CP 8719 and 9577 whip up the snow as they take 241's train through Newtonville, Ontario on the Belleville Sub. 1200hrs.