Held up last night by a glowing red axle bearing just 10 miles after departing North Bay and meeting today's 451 at Trout Creek CN 450 was able to get underway again by noon today. After another s... (more)

Eastbound Canadian National empty sulphur train No. 700 passes through Geikie, Alberta, at mile 10.3 on CN’s Albreda Subdivision on July 20, 2011.

In the sunset, CN 529 rolls through the fields at Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu, Qc.

CN 5638 lead CN 121

It was cloudy and overcast when I left Sudbury, but the skies are clearing a short distance to the north as a southbound CN manifest departs from the yard in Capreol. The train is passing the Nort... (more)

Chicago-Prince Rupert train Q199 speeds west amongst what it probably CN's most breathtaking scenery.

CN SD75I 5638 heads east with train A412.

CN Q104 heads towards the intermodal terminal in Toronto with imports. Perhaps a few containers are stuffed full of products for the billboard to the left.

A Prince George-Edmonton lumber train heads onto the single track at Park Gate.

A late running train M348 on the "Scheduled Railway" that is CN heads onto the single track at Park Gate behind CN 5638 and CN 2411.

CN 5638 leads 332 off the Dundas Subdivision.

Extra 316 with an excellent lash-up for these parts (CN 5638, CN 2446, GTW 5942) lug empty autoracks and crude oil cans through the siding allowing us to keep surfacing between switches.

The engineer of CN 439 gives a nice wave as his train rounds the curve at the Denfield Rd. bridge.

The Fond Du Lac, WI, to Fulton, KY, manifest train rolls thru Kensington on the south side of Chicago. This is where the Chicago South Shore cutoff off the Metra's Eletric Line and crosses CN trac... (more)

The engineer aboard CN 5638 is backing the intermodal pickup from Moterm back onto their train near East Cambourne Street in Ferndale.