The Pacific Great Eastern Railway built along the banks of the Cheakamus River towards Whistler in 1912. The railroad was extremely expensive to build and by 1918 the Railroad was bankrupt, with ... (more)

The New Road and the Old. In the 1870's a trail through the British Columbia Wilderness was constructed to offer ranchers a way to move cattle from the interior near Lillooet and Pemberton... (more)

BC RAIL COWL Returns!. Occasionally one of Canadian National's ex BCOL C40-8M s returns to home rails. Red-White-Blue BCOL4609 drops downgrade into Williams Lake, BC on point of train 570. ... (more)

The SPECTACULAR BC RAIL!!! The former BC Rail clings to the side of the cliffs above the mighty Fraser River. The small village is Fountain, part of a Native Indian Reserve along what was once th... (more)

BC RAIL 4609 looks rite at home crossing the Cheakamus River. The Red-White-Blue C40-8M was built in 1990 to battle the mountains and weather of British Columbia. The GE cowls became as synonym... (more)

CN Train #571 climbs the 2.2% near Glen Fraser, BC. The second more is a BC Rail C44-9W running on home rails. For several Highway 99 skirts the ROW on its way up Pavillion Mountain.

Train 571 is Northbound curling thru the ten degree curves that mark the start of the 2%+ grade of Kelly Lake Hill. This section of the ex. BC Rail is also referred to as the Pavillion Mountain G... (more)

Train 571 is Northbound along the banks of Seton Lake about to enter the small mountain town of Lillooet, BC. The clear icy waters of the lake reach a amazing depth of 1500 feet!!! The cliffs m... (more)

BC Rail 4609 screams into the 10 degree curves on Pemberton Hill. The Red, White and Blue locomotive was built in 1990 to move heavy trains of mineral and forest products over the grades of the B... (more)

CN3203 leads a train up one of the longest mountain grades in North America. The grade is 2.2% with short sections that are steeper, and curves of 12 degrees! The train here is clinging to cliffs... (more)

BCOL4609 leads train 570 southbound up Pemberton Hill at at Aprox 5 mph!! BC RAIL C40-8M and its CN EMD mate are sand blasting up the 2.2% grade with just under 4000 tons at the drawbar. .... Sou... (more)

1996? nope, its 2019.... BCOL4609 leads train 570 southbound up Pemberton Hill at walking speed! I regretfully never made it to the BC Rail before the CN take over, but this summer I got a little... (more)

Northbound CN train 571 is clinging to the cliffs and approaching the tunnel near Fountain, BC. The train is a 2%+ section of grade here, and it makes for some dramatic railroading. The head-end o... (more)

BCOL4609 still sporting the full rock light package drifts downgrade on home rails into Williams Lake, British Columbia. My two day chase of train 570 on the former BC RAIL was one of the highlig... (more)

Rocky Mountaineer Railtours (affectionately known as "Rocky") traverses the concrete rock sheds and tunnels near Spences Bridge. This section of railroad is challenging for engineers as... (more)