Sunrise over McEwen. Although the clouds are breaking off to the east, a mountain snow shower is still depositing light snow over the yard at McEwen, as a pair of freights get ready to head... (more)

After two days of snow, fog and single digit temps Palmer Lake is covered in a layer of "Hoar Frost" as a northbound BNSF empty coal train passes

CN 2336 lead CN 121

CN SD60 5442 leads the eastbound Edson West sub roadswitcher through Devona.

CN 308 rumbles across the Boucanée River trestle.

CN L517 was parked on the New Richmond siding for nearly 7 hours today between crews. Thankfully it got underway before sunset to complete the trip to (and beyond) the west end of Minneapolis Sub.

The year I shot this photo of Black Mountain 4-6-0 No. 1, it had been bequeathed to the city of Erwin, Tenn. to mount in a park (snapshot date Oct. 28, 1955). The 45-toner was built in 1882 for ... (more)

VIA’s westbound Train 1 with candy stripe FP-9 1407 leading has just exited CP’s 5-mile long Connaught Tunnel at Glacier, B.C. on Aug. 12, 1981 (the day before the above two photos of Train 1... (more)

After SD40 5979 assisted the westbound VIA Train 1 over Kicking Horse Pass (previous photo), another SD40 numbered 5679 helped Train 1 up the 2.2% grades of Rogers Pass and has cut off at Glacier... (more)

What was left of CN’s old “Super Continental,” VIA’s westbound Train 3 was approaching Jasper, Alta. at English. This was the sole route chosen by the Canadian Government to route VIA's... (more)

VIA’s westbound Train 1 “Canadian” with 11 cars passes Stephen, B.C. and is about to leap off Kicking Horse Pass on fateful Oct. 4, 1989. That was the day the Canadian Government announced ... (more)

VIA’s eastbound Train 2 crosses Canadian Pacific’s famous Stoney Creek arch bridge on its descent off Rogers Pass on Aug. 11, 1981. The steel bridge replaced a wooden trestle in 1893 and and ... (more)

A trio of units are seen at Dorval on a sunny winter afternoon. From left to right are VIA 6921 (BBD LRC-3), SLQ 3569 (ex-CN MLW M420W) and CN 30 (GE 70 tonner). In the distance at far right is Ha... (more)

Patches of ice and snow from the previous storm over 2 weeks earlier dumped about a foot and half of the white stuff dots the landscape in the shadows of the tall hills and trees. It's March 1st, ... (more)

A relatively new CN SD70M-2 (only 3 1/2 years old) leads a manifest train on the old "Peg" line at Peary, Minn.