Thornton-bound manifest in afternoon sun at Matsqui Station
A northbound freight from the BNSF interchange at Coutts AB / Sweetgrass MT heads north through the green hills of southern Alberta
The Ashcroft switcher with its caboose, tied up in the small yard at Ashcroft
An eastbound potash train below a bluff near Nicomen east of Mission, with a newish ES44AC leading AC4400 8622
Rounding a corner east of the siding of Morris, CN 5548 and 2583 head west through the canyon
Rolling through "the Bridge" with 3000 horses versus 95 grain empties
Unit potash eastbound one mile east of the end of doubletrack at Forde
Grain empties roll to a stop for a power change at Lethbridge yard after traversing the 101 mile Crowsnest Sub
An across the canyon broadside shows off the relative profile of two modern units
A freight bound for CP's yard at Coquitlam pauses beside the rapids of the Thompson River, waiting for traffic ahead to clear
158 cars of freight trail an SD70M-2 and C40-8 as they roll past the siding at Morris, just east of Lytton BC. Those cars on the head end are sulfur loads for export, and not visible is another SD... (more)
Leaning into a curve east of Abrahamson, CN 5793 heads west to Roberts Bank
A monsterous CP stack train, 9700 feet and 143 platforms with only an SD40-2 and GP38AC for power rolls slowly out of Mission headed for Coquitlam
Coal loads for export heading west into the Thompson Canyon
At the diamond at Matsqui, CP 8718 leads potash loads west towards Thornton yard on the CN