CN 4904 is leading the Pointe St-Charles Switcher with GP9 7060 over the southern end of Montreal's Old Port with the first lock of the Lachine canal in the foreground.

With a little bit of good timing it is sometimes possible to see rail traffic passing on the southern drawbridge of the St. Lawrence Seaway crossing at the Victoria Bridge while a vessel is exitin... (more)

The engineer climbs back aboard his F40PH no. 6419 to continue eastbound after a quick stop at Parent, on VIA Rail's Sunday Abitibi no. 606 from Senneterre to Montreal.

Travelling onboard VIA Rail's Abitibi from Senneterre to Montreal, I enjouyed the brief stop at La Tuque to walk along the all stainless streamlined consist of "HEP-1" cars, fascinated b... (more)

The golden sunlight of a late January afternoon lights up the clouds of snow kicked up by VIA's EMD F40PH no. 6417 with Corridor train no. 64 from Toronto. Next stop will Dorval, not far from the ... (more)

Montreal's rail hub - The area surrounding Pointe-St-Charles can easily be named Montreal's rail hub, at the intersection of CN's St-Hyacinthe Sub leading to the Victoria bridge to the right, the ... (more)

Shoving Platform 79834 has certainly seen better days but still provides security to the conductor of the CN local switching grain hoppers at the flour mills adjacent to CN's Pointe-Saint-Charles ... (more)

VIA Rail's Sunday-morning Abitibi (no. 606) is lined up at Senneterre for the 9.28 departure of the 440 mile run to Montréal.

On a gloomy October-morning VIA's test train no. 627, pushed by Siemens Charger no 2202, crosses the diamond of VIA's Alexandria sub with CP's Winchester sub at the small hamlet of De Beaujeu.

Class leader VIA P42DC no. 900 is pushing a handsome stainless HEP consist (bracketed by two mandated buffer cars) out of Montreal's Central Station all the way onto Victoria Bridge, where they ca... (more)

The Saint Lawrence Seaway locks at Saint-Lambert are always a fascinating place to watch CN, VIA, and EXO trains meet big ships headed for the Lakes in the West!

Sometimes it is wise to be careful and have a backup plan when introducing new rolling stock into revenue service. VIA uses one of its new Siemens train sets once a week on the pair 33/26, but onl... (more)

CN 120 (Intermodal daily Toronto to Halifax) with EMD SD70M-2 8880 leading is coming off the Victoria Bridge and the lift bridge over the Saint Lawrence Seaway and entering Saint-Lambert, with Mon... (more)

A combined once-per-week VIA 601/603 to Jonquiere and Senneterre, lead by VIA 6426 and 6411, passes over the former Exo Deux-Montagnes line, just past milepost 124 on CN's St-Laurent Subdivision. ... (more)

Out for a test run on a gloomy October-morning VIA's test train no. 627, pushed by Siemens Charger no 2202, just crossed the diamond of VIA's Alexandria sub with CP's Winchester sub at the small h... (more)