With Block Heritage SD70ACU 7016 on the point, Canadian Pacific train 247 heads towards Canada via the International Bridge in Black Rock, New York. The train first crosses a swing span over I-190... (more)

BNSF 7695, the "Golden Swoosh" locomotive, leads CP 247 underneath Franklin Park's water tower and the old MILW signal bridge.

BNSF 8051 leads CP 247 East through Franklin Park.

247 climbs out of Hamilton into Flamborough Centre as the late afternoon shadows grow longer and longer. Military tribute “Army Arid Regions” is seemingly looking just as camouflaged against t... (more)

With Block Heritage SD70ACU 7016 on the point, Canadian Pacific train 247 heads towards Canada via the International Bridge in Buffalo, New York. The train first crosses a swing span over I-190 an... (more)

Canadian Pacific train 247 (Buffalo, NY - Toronto, ON) passes over Harbour Draw with CP SD70ACU number 7016 in the classic beaver paint scheme leading. The train was later than usual out of Fronti... (more)

CP 247 grinds up the S-curve on the northern portion of the Hamilton Subdivision with CP 5877, HLCX 7205 and CEFX 3176 on the point.

CP 247 grinds up the grade at a blistering four mph at Waterdown after negotiating the tight S-curve a mile back.

A bluebird leads 247 around the connecting track at GUE as the train is about to merge onto the Galt Sub. OSR's ex-CP van is seen rotting away in the background.

Typically a late night train, CP 247 makes an unusual afternoon appearance as it rolls northbound along the Hamilton Sub and through a soybean field on the way to Guelph Junction. Because of the t... (more)

Brrr...After waiting in the CTC section of Hamilton for over 6 hours due to malfunctioning switches and a meet with a southbound 246, northbound counterpart 247 has completed the struggling climb ... (more)

CP 247 meets its southbound counterpart 246 in the double-track CTC section of Hamilton, right in between the Aberdeen wye that leads to the old TH&B yard.

SOO 6050, HLCX 7003 (ex-BN), CEFX 3163 & CP 5958 lead CP 247 eastbound through Kipling with a rainbow lash-up and quartet of EMD's.

CP 247 muscles through with a drop off a P66 to leave it's Alliston traffic.

...and the Consist of the Day Award goes to...CP 247! The early morning mist still obscures the Niagara Escarpment in the background but has lifted enough to allow the sun to shine on this ... (more)