CN 2242 works as the DPU on a typically heavy train 369 at Lovekin, just ahead of a heavy rainfall. This is the first DPU train I've managed to shoot on the Kingston Sub. 1553hrs.

Her presence an indication of the monster freights CN runs on the Kingston Sub, CN 8834 works as the DPU on train 305, obediently following her charge through Whitby, Ontario. The headend of this ... (more)

The setting sun illuminates an eastbound GO train as it negotiates the recently opened (within the last week) shoo-fly around the South Blair Road grade separation. The new GO 660 leads 612 on a s... (more)

With the valley ablaze in fall colors and the mountain tops shrouded in mist, light power RRPX 43 and WNYP 637, 631, and 630 make up train DFT as it crosses Sinnemahoning Creek, just north of Drif... (more)

It's something of a winter's wonderland as a rather late Havelock bound T08 approaches the 9th Line crossing just out of Agincourt (Toronto) Yard. 1106hrs.

I'm sure there's a story behind the coating of ice and snow on the power, but is doesn't seem to include 121's train as it is conspicuously snow-free. Regardless, and interesting sight as they lea... (more)

Canadian National priority intermodal trains rock, or at least they are not above hauling rock. CN 5560, 5501 and GTW 5937 set out a string of ballast hoppers in the yard at South Parry, Ontario, ... (more)

Moments before the last rays of sun dropped below the treeline, CN 8100 passes as the DPU on CN train 369 at Newtonville, Ontario. This train included an impressive 66 loaded centerbeam flats of l... (more)

Having difficulty contacting the maintainer for permission to proceed through his limits, CP 9136 and 5993 slow train 228 to a crawl at the north home signal at Bala, Ontario. 1402hrs.

Climbing to the summit of the Keating grade, southbound WNYP 630, 637, 631, and RRPX 43 face the added challege of an October snow storm and wet rails in their fight with gravity. They won; not su... (more)

AM 56, 16, and 632 lead a one car Fort Smith to Van Buren transfer across the Arkansas River Bridge on a very warm summer morning. They will lift a few cars from the UP interchange and 23 loads of... (more)

With four units up front and one mid-train, a typically huge train 305 bends through the curve at Whitby, Ontario. The clean paint on the 8821 is in stark contrast to the dirty CN 2562 behind her,... (more)

Passing southbound through Waubamik, Ontario, on CN's Bala Sub, CP 9002 leads five SD40-2's and 220's train towards Boyne and connection to CP's Parry Sound Sub. This nondescript siding on CN's tr... (more)

Rolling through brilliant fall colors at Cameron, Pennsylvania, WNYP 630, 637, 631 and RRPX 43 do more in my opinion than nature to brighten the otherwise drab day. 1037hrs. As an interesting asi... (more)

There's a first time for everything. BCOL 4642 leads CN train 309, trailed by CN(IC) 6253 and CN 5256 (retired November 14, 2007) at Newtonville, Ontario. I haven't seen a BC Rail unit leading a t... (more)