A very unusual sight – a freight engine on VIA Rail’s Canadian passenger train. CP5734/6412/6625 (SD40-2/F40PH-2/FP9B) and #2 Canadian pauses for a crew change at Field. I rode the cab of 57... (more)
VIA #1 heads into Jasper behind Q111's train. Q111 left Toronto at 0200 on the 5th, while #1 left Toronto at 2200 on the 4th. It's kind of embarrassing that a freight train makes better time acros... (more)
In a rare scene, a very late number 2 arrives in Toronto as Number 1 is about to depart for Vancouver. CN GP9's and an 2 ALCO S13's are also about to head west in this never to be repeated scene.
The most remarkable thing about this photograph is that it was taken only two weeks ago. The last "heritage" Budd stainless steel dome equipped "streamliner" approaches Capreol during the final a... (more)
While in Winnipeg with my father for the NMRA convention we ventured west to spend a day in downtown Portage la Prairie to catch the action on the parallel CN and CP main lines. At 1450 Via #1, be... (more)