Damaged Dash9! CN 2684 (the DPU on CN 308 which derailed in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick on Jan. 7th 2014) is heading to CAD (Canadian Allied Diesel) in Lachine, Quebec for much neede... (more)

Ball signal. As of 2012 the famous ball signal was still in place at Whitefield, NH, though the tracks have not seen any trains in many years. The tracks going left to right was Boston & Ma... (more)

Halloween at Exporail! CN 6765 and a number of other exhibits at Exporail have been decorated for Halloween. To the left can be seen the crown on Royal Hudson CP 2850, also decorated for Ha... (more)

Yep, it's still there. Approximately a year after being abandoned here, MMA 8583 and a short train are still in Ste-Sabine, Quebec. The reason for this is the poor condition of the t... (more)

Smaller power on this year's CP holiday trains. Both the Canadian and American versions of CP's holiday train will have GP20C-ECO leaders, and here we see CP 2249 in charge of the American ... (more)

Not quite a diamond! The tracks leading to Exporail's main hall do not usually connect to an outside line. So when the Dominion of Canada was to be switched in and other equipment switched ... (more)

Long hood forward. ALP-45DP AMT 1369 is unusually running long hood forward as it heads west on CN's Montreal Sub with multilevel coach AMT 3002 in tow. It will run this way for about 7.5 m... (more)

The last train to ever operate on the MMA Stanbridge Sub. The ex-MMA Stanbridge Sub (now owned by CMQ) has had crossings paved over in Farnham and in Bedford, thus sealing the fate of the l... (more)

Removing the prime mover. CN 7208 was involved in a sideswipe with CN 121, causing it to derail very early on February 23rd, 2014 in the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Its frame... (more)

While it would appear that this CN locomotive simulator has been donated to Exporail, unfortunately that is not the case, as it is for Railroad: Canadian National Railway
Locomotive: Locomotive Simulator
Location: St-Constant, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: 'CN 9633'
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December 08, 2013

Scrapping on-site. CN 7208 was involved in a sideswipe and a derailment very early Sunday morning in the St-Henri neighbourhood of Montreal. Its frame was bent and so is being scrapp... (more)

Distributed braking container CN 0005 is helping CN X106 maintain its air as it heads east through Dorval, its journey nearly over. CN has a number of these, as well as distributed braking cars bu... (more)

A pair of GP9's (CN 7054 & CN 7032) are leaving the Port of Montreal light power after bringing some cars into the port.

You never knew what would show up on the Lachine Spur. Back when it was in use, you never knew what engines would be ferrying to or from Canadian Allied Diesel on CN's Lachine spur. CN 2684... (more)

Streamlined CN Steam. The Canada Science and Technology Museum has a compact but impressive display of Canadian steam engines in their main building (with more in storage). Probably the mos... (more)