The Farmers Valley Local is about to encounter a slow order at Eldred, giving its pursuers ample time to get ahead.

The last day of my vacation and I thought I'd struck gold with three SD30ECOs (5018, 5001, 5005) on this eastbound empty coal train. All of this class had been transferred west and were testing o... (more)

After running north on the Newmarket Sub from Toronto, and changing direction via a connecting track beside Mac Yard, VIA #1 now heads east on the York Sub toward Doncaster, where it will swing no... (more)

A rare daylight move on the western end of the TH&B, which usually operated under cover of darkness. When the steel trains started operating between Hamilton and Nanticoke, daylight runs became th... (more)

Canadian Pacific’s Expressway service, operating between Milton (just west of Toronto) and Montreal, is essentially dedicated TOFC. With heavy congestion on the MacDonald Cartier Freeway (aka t... (more)

These three were so bright I got a sunburn. Westbound on the former NYC Water Level Route.

FPA-4 6764 and RS18 3115 are in charge of this westbound with only a hint of VIA in the consist. The paint's looking a little ratty, but the machinery inside is well maintained by CN shop forces,... (more)

Before we were inundated with widecabs, this was the norm. CN 5049 & 5045 pass through what is now considered to be Bayview, at least as far as CN is concerned. To others who have spent countless... (more)

One of my favourite locations in Galt, ON, was this crossing on the way to Orrs Lake, west of the Grand River. Heavy westbounds with first generation power would often be done in by the grade, al... (more)

After servicing at the Chatham Street roundhouse, three geeps back to Aberdeen Yard where they'll couple onto their train and head east. The roundhouse and coaling tower were demolished several ye... (more)

When CP started ordering these, I hoped that the quantities would at least match that of their GEs. I like things to balance out. Unfortunately it never worked out that way so now I'm glad I sho... (more)

Climbing the ramp to the Cherry Street interlocking tower, the Canadian cuts a stainless figure on this warm summer evening. In a few minutes her passengers will end their cross-country odyssey wh... (more)

It was around this time that SOO power was quite common in Southern Ontario, so much so that I was never surprised to see it. Rumbling across Yellow Creek, just west of Mount Pleasant Rd., this pa... (more)

CP's Canadian, powered by two geeps in sequential order, highballs west after a station stop in North Bay. At Sudbury it will be joined by the Toronto section, before proceeding to Vancouver.

Rolling west on CN's Dundas Subdivision we see four different models, comprising three generations, from one builder. In order, the consist is made up of an HR616, C-630M, M420 and an RS18.