Eastbound paper train 420 has completed its work in the Thunder Bay terminal and is headed out of town passing under Main Street. The busy Keefer terminal is visible at the end of the road.

Approaching Marathon.

Planes and trains. The 1000 extra creeps along the shores of Lake Superior down the old Great West Timber spur reaching the end of the line to service the only remaining customer of General Chemic... (more)

Built in 1909, the 530 ft James St. Swing bridge spans the Kaministquia River allowing CN & CP access to the elevators and resolute sawmill via the Mission Spur. Seen here, the 0900 Neebing Yard j... (more)

Yard power idles at the depot.

A friendly wave from the conductor not interested in being exposed to the -35 Celsius February air at 60MPH. Three elephant style AC4400’s whip up the snow into the setting sun with winter grain... (more)

Light yard power idles across from the depot.

Backdropped by the CP Fort William depot, a staple in downtown Thunder Bay that has withstood the test of time and continues to be very much in use, a mismatched set of yard power idles away its l... (more)

Unfortunately led by an SD70, but in a paint job/rebuild that I'm damn glad happened, CP 7019 leads the Royal Canadian Pacific eastbound on the Heron Bay Subdivision backdropped by Lake Superior.

A relatively tame winter, an early thaw, and one of the hottest summers I can recall in Northern Ontario led to an out-of-control forest fire season all over the region. Seen here surrounded by sm... (more)

CP 8911 and CEFX (CMQ) 1006 leave Lake Superior in the backdrop leading the charge up the steep grades east of Thunder Bay.

Twisting through thick Northern Ontario forest.

DMIR 403 leads the CN triple set and a drag of grain empties back to Port Arthur Yard from the elevators in Current River; the eastern end of the Thunder Bay Terminal.

The sun sets on a beautiful late spring day as wayfreight 437’s power idles on the east leg of the Port Arthur wye awaiting a nocturnal run westbound. Running down the west leg of the wye in the... (more)

Leaving Mt. McKay in the background, CP’s pride and joy charges through the “dexter speedway” making a run for and reaching the bottom of the first of two heavy grades on its long climb up t... (more)