After descending the "big hill", Train #401 rolls into the Field division point for a crew change before continuing west.

A friendly wave from the conductor as Train 109 heads west over the Ottertail River bridge. The two tone red on CP 8868 is the result of painting over the Olympic scheme.

Photograph taken by my son, Jason

Built for North Western Coal and Navigation (nee Alberta Coal and Railway Company, nee Canadian Pacific) in 1885, this 36" gauge 2-6-0 Mogul was one of three purchased by Canadian Pacific in 1907 ... (more)

CEFX 1026 is the back-end help of this potash train bound for Vancouver. It has just helped the train negotiate Kicking Horse Pass and both Spiral Tunnels, and now approaches Field, BC, where the... (more)

A matching pair of locomotives lead the Rocky Mountaineer across the Kicking Horse River west of Ottertail. The shiny metal "tents" on top of the power poles are there to discourage ospreys from... (more)

CP 2816, followed by CP 1401, travels through a tight gorge along the Kicking Horse River as it approaches Field West.

During a snow squal, a loaded grain train slowly takes the light at Cathederal West, descending down "The Big Hill" into Field, BC.

After a crew change at Field, westbound CP 9663 leads 9217 feet of train past CP115 and onto the CP Mountain Subdivision. I'll admit, the puddle reflection was not entirely planned.

"Big Red Barn" almost at the bottom of the hill, and to the crew change point.

CP 8839 east heads up to the very top of the Big Hill in a midwinter windstorm. CP 115 has stalled out on the eastern slope (7000 feet and 2 AC4400s didn't work out) and 8839 will decouple from it... (more)

Heading westbound downgrade past Sink Lake, this westbound has just started up its dynamic brakes as the rear end pulls over the top of the pass. This is part 2 of the story started Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Field, British Columbia, Canada
Locomotive #: CEFX 1026
Train ID: CP 115
Photo Date: February 03, 2011

Via train #2 the eastbound "Canadian" tops the Big Hill having made the climb up from Field.

Dynamic braking for all they're worth, 5 GEs ease all of loaded westbound potash train 671's 142 cars down the Big Hill. (2 on the headend, two scattered mid-train, and one on the rear) This view ... (more)

On a stretch of track across a frozen lake from a closed highway, an eastbound intermodal climbs up to the Great Divide beside Wapta Lake. Trains are few and far between as avalanches and the dang... (more)