CP Westbound freight arriving in Field BC for a crew change

The original VIA Rocky Mountaineer has just passed the westbound Canadian at Stephen and is headed east for its next stop at Lake Louise. You can barely see the Canadian's rear dome above the seco... (more)

Ottertail Creek is often photographed but one must admit it is still a great spot despite the power lines that feed Field, BC its electricity.

CP 5766 leads a plow extra over the Lake O'Hara grade crossing heading to Partridge, Yoho and Cathedral to plow the snow off the mainline which fell after Parks Canada caused controlled avalanches... (more)

CP 8790 idles in Field BC out side of the station.

Waiting for a meeting prior going to climb the Kicking Horse Pass with en empty coal car consist.

Flying westbound towards a light snowstorm, an intermodal train destined for Vancouver is cresting the Great Divide

An eastbound VIA Canadian approaches the summit of Kicking Horse Pass.

A short time after a meet, a westbound tanker train descends the steep side of Kicking Horse Pass in a mild snowfall

An eastbound Potash train chugs past Sink Lake, almost to the top of its run

Exhaust reverberates off the mountains as 2 SD40-2F's and a brand new AC4400 pull 6000 feet of grain empties up the "Big Hill"

Two SD40-2F's and a new AC4400 drag grain empties up through the spiral tunnels. It was a wet moring judging by the mist

CP Grain train dropping off Kicking Horse Pass. The gradients are accentuated by my 400mm lens!

The 9717 has just detatched itself from its train as a mixed freight pulls alongside. The righthand train has a pair of mid-train helpers.

Sunlight reflects off containers drifting down the Kicking Horse River valley