This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Victory lap. For both the Empress and the photographer. In 2011, my last visit to see her in action was met with "diesel substitute" as she went down with repair. She was repaired, tes... (more)

CP 9720 + UP 7982 and mid train dp KCS 4181 haul Edmonton, Alberta to Montreal, Quebec 118 over the west switch of Marathon.

CPKC 229 approaching the island of Montreal with KCS/NS power. At the rear end were cars for a 529, the KCS unit would be solo power on it later that morning.

CP 7003 blast through Gap with a grain train bound for west coast.

The Final Spike Tour Train At Dunmore AB.

CP 9838 leads an empty grain train east through Bearspaw. This locomotive is 20 years old and could use a new coat of paint. Thankfully, the afternoon sky is providing a beautiful contrast.

Was more than pleased to see CP 1401 leading this eastbound as it rounded the corner approaching Darlington East as it heads to Ottawa.

CP SD70ACU 7042 hauls just over 10000ft of stacks & racks into Marathon

CP 8123 leads a loaded grain train west near milepost 99 in Banff National Park.

A Canadian Pacific stack train exiting Black Canyon near Ashcroft, British Columbia.

A Canadian Pacific coal train heads north on the railroad’s Windermere Subdivision between Cranbrook and Wasa, British Columbia, on July 15, 2011.

Powered by five Canadian Pacific EMD SD40-2s is CP’s wayfreight that operates between Golden and Cranbrook, British Columbia, is running southbound just south of Wasa on July 15, 2011.

CP 8507 leads a mixed manifest train west at Bearspaw.

KCS ES44AC 4833 brings up the rear on a 7700' Port of Vancouver bound stack train passing downtown Marathon