CN manifest traffic interrupts a quiet morning in Solon Springs, Wisconsin passing a sentinel Red Pine aligning the right-of-way.

ES44AC 2973 leads CN 315 through Fabyan.

Looks like it's bottoming out CN 2973 leads a B730 potash train, as they approach Mccullys, east of Sussex, New Brunswick. From this angle, it looks like the train is bottoming out on the s... (more)

CN ES44AC 2973 leads an odd looking grain train west towards Jasper. Behind the lead unit were 110 sulphur loads followed by ES44AC 2894 and 43 grain loads.

CN 2973 leads a B730 potash train, as they approach the shut down Potash Corp mines, east of Sussex, New Brunswick. Finally, after a day and half of heavy rain, the sun decided to come out!

The Foggy Lake After receiving between 80-100mm of rain yesterday (Saturday), things finally start to clear up as a westbound B730 potash train passes by the unnamed lake, and starts it's d... (more)

Still quite new, CN ES44AC 2973 leads train M303 westbound near Leaman.

Bran-New CN2973 loads coal at Teck's Luscar Load-out. CN was one of the last major railroads to receive AC locomotives. The big motors are perfect for the 1-3% grades of the Luscar Industrial Lea... (more)

CN 2973 is leading the load-out process at Luscar, Alberta. The train climbs a 2.7-3% grade for four miles out of Cadomin, Alberta. Near the load out the grade levels off to 1-1.3% to help facil... (more)

Two New Canadian National Railroad AC locomotives pull the 2.7-3% grade into Luscar, Alberta. The green fields are areas of reclamation from earlier mining activity. Teck's Cardinal River mine cu... (more)

A new ES44AC brings up the rear of train C767 west of Jasper on the Albreda Sub.

Bran-New CN 2973 loads coal from Teck's Cardinal River Mine. Coal from the Cardinal River is brought to Luscar, by huge haul trucks, then processed for destinations around the world. The locomot... (more)

CN 2973 leads an empty coal train up the 3% grade of the luscar Industrial Lead. Despite being only 50 empty cars the locomotives could be heard working hard on their 4 mile climb up the grade. T... (more)

Trains on Canadian National's Mountain Park Subdivision usually get some the newest power the railroad has to offer, due to the numerous grades. The biggest and baddest grade on the Sub is the 3%... (more)