CP 8021 leads its train west at Brickburn. This is an interesting location for a photo. Even though this is a westbound train, I got this photo in the morning. The line here heads off in a slightl... (more)

CP 8146 leads a 145 car grain train west at Glenmore. The evening light is quite nice here in the summer.

CP 9375 & KCS 4805 lead train 100 east near the banks of the Bow River in Calgary. These are CPKC's newest locomotives with the new paint scheme. (Note: the locomotives themselves are not new, jus... (more)

KCS 5011 leads its train east along the banks of the Bow river in Calgary. This is the second time I have seen 2 KCS locomotives in the lead on a CPKC train.

CP 8846 leads its train east near the banks of the Bow river in Calgary. There was a major flood here in June of 2013. Hence, the track bed along here is very new and clean looking.

DPU on an eastbound potash train.

Once sitting nearby rotting in the weeds, #1400 is on display with #29 in Ogden, having been relocation from the Pavilion downtown.

A CPKC train with five motors "the conventional way" is not something to ignore, but I very quicky found out the "conventional way" of two motors, one CP on KCS, was all-too-co... (more)

Sitting out the festivities in 2024. It once served as back-up power for #2816 as well as making a complete A-B-A set for the Royal Canadian Pacific sets. With the merger, CPKC now has a rather ... (more)

CP 8063 leads train 100 east through Edworthy Park in Calgary.

The pre-Final Spike Tour prep. My last visit to this exact spot was in 2013, as the former Ogden Shops were being transformed into the Ogden Campus. This very same unit, #1401 was sitting right ... (more)

CP 9358 leads its train east through Edworthy Park in Calgary. The first car on this train was a track evaluation boxcar. Don't let the snow fool you, it is springtime in Calgary. It's not unusual... (more)

CP 8124 leads train 100 east through Edworthy Park in Calgary.

KCS 4856 leads train 300 east through Edworthy Park in Calgary. This is the first time since the CP/KCS merger that I have personally seen 2 KCS locomotives in the lead.

CP 8170 leads train 200 east at Brickburn. If I had taken the photo a few seconds earlier, you'd be able to see more of the train around the curve.