Hot Box! This is an extreme example of what happens when a bearing over heats. This car was caught by a hot box detector and the car had to be moved at walking speed to the next set off point. T... (more)
Stopped, waiting for a signal to proceed, this CPR snowplow is about to take on any snowslides that may have come down the mountain from an avalanche control shoot.
Under a low cloud, this train is making a crew change under the shadow of Castle Mountain in Banff national park.
A view most of us never want to see in person. Looking back from the leading locomotive. The sanders are on and you can see the effect on the right of the photo. Taken at 1/50 of a sec.
Mammoet Crane Inc. donated the the labour and equipment to move this locomotive to the railway museum in Beiseker. Museums website: www.alberta2005rail.com
CP's new 87xx and 88xx series units have the old style control stand in them with a new addition of computer screens. The engineer even has his own desk now. In the top left corner of the window... (more)
Another try at showing a little motion on the rails.
Stood on the nose of a train waiting for a signal to depart westward. The crew got a great show while they waited.
CP converted this SW8 into a slug in the late 90's.
CP's First green goat, which has been is service for 2 weeks, waits for its next switch list.
An Ogden shops crew fuels Railpower RPRX 2403 after it has come out of the shop from being serviced. It will then be delivered to CP to be forwarded to its next assignment.
Trackside (sort of) at 40 Mph.
Southbound through Olds at 2am on a cab ride.
