Reindeer crossing in Trapp Yard! Merry Christmas from Southern Railway of BC’s afternoon yard crew.
The typical yard power SRY 135 and SRY 001 are in for repairs, so SRY 112 and SRY 119 are filling in. Both units are former Montana Rail Link GP9’s as the rest on the middle track in between shi... (more)
Crew members prepare for the night as they ready their power SRY 909 and SRY 901 (both SW900) on the ladder track in Trapp Yard.
The barge job pulls their train over the Queensborough Bridge on route to Annacis Island on a sunny afternoon.
Conductor Brad studies his lists with his power idling close by.
A quartet of CP GP9s has brought a transfer over to New Westminster, BC from their main yard at Pt. Coquitlam. These are both suburbs of Vancouver, and CP switched some industries on the New Westm... (more)
The "SRY Missile Train" as it was called makes it way from Trapp Yard to the Annacis Island barge slip to deliver its movie props. SRY 128 was painted up in a special scheme as well paired with so... (more)
SD75M 8253, SD70MAC 8880, and Dash 9-44CW 985 travel through New Westminster on shared CN/CP/SRY track as they head for Trapp Yard with interchange traffic for the SRY.
This is a study in spartan functionality and homebuilt uniqueness.
Living proof that with some classification lights, number boards etc. a 70-tonner could be made to look like a railroad locomotive.
By the way, love those marker lights!
This was just a place we more or less stumbled onto, unfortunatley no one was around and nothing moving. Not really sure what purpose they served.
VIA 6418 leads the westbound Canadian past ex-ATSF Dash 9-44CW 655 parked at the BNSF Depot in New Westminster.
GP38-2 2097 and GP39E 2742, rebuilt from CB&Q GP30 947, enter New Westminster Yard with a transfer bound for CN’s Thornton Yard.