CP 9010 leads train C17 south towards Okotoks, AB. The unit was recently repainted into CP's most modern paint scheme and I believe that this was its first trip.

Train C17 rounds the bend into Brant, AB with CP 9010 in the lead; the thundershowers in Calgary being left behind as the train speeds south.

A pair of CMQ units lead an empty slot machine back to Sparwood.

C17 approaches Okotoks with train made up entirely of tank cars. Further south, at Blackie, the GE units would be set off before the train continued to Kipp Yard. The ballast is fairly new—that ... (more)

A trio of AC44s lead an empty potash train eastward.

A pair of SD40-2s head over the Cut Bank Creek with a few cars for Meriwether in tow.

One of CP's reacquired and repainted SD40-2Fs leads a loaded ballast train along the edge of Summit Lake.

One of CP's recently acquired SD90s leads a loaded ballast train through the Crowsnest Pass.

CP 7050 leads the Spokane-bound manifest train south through Mazeppa, AB.

An SD30C-ECO leads train C17 (formerly A02) south through Calgary.

A pair of SD60s crawl down the Cranbrook subdivision with an empty ballast train in tow; it is destined for Swansea, roughly 80 or so miles south, where it will be refilled and sent back north.

Train A02 rounds the curve on the approach to Kirkcaldy, AB

A loaded coal train departs Teck’s Greenhills mine and heads south on the Fording River subdivision. Just a few kilometres south of the mine, the train crosses over the eponymous river.

CP 7012 leads train 469 south through the town of Vulcan, AB.

A pair of ES44ACs lead a potash train south on the Aldersyde sub. This is the first potash train that I've ever seen on this line; I wouldn't mind if these became routine but it seems more likely ... (more)