CP 8756 crossing the Trent River

Surrounded by the beautiful Canadian Rockies, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train drops into Field, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

CP 473 flies south through LeClaire on an unseasonably warm morning.

During some welcome autumn sunshine, a Canadian Pacific grain train heads west at Ottertail, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

Descending Kicking Horse Pass, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train pops out of the upper Spiral Tunnel at Yoho, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

A westbound Canadian Pacific grain train descends Kicking Horse Pass exiting the west portal of upper Spiral Tunnel at Yoho, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

After changing crews, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train departs Field, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

A Canadian Pacific grain train heads west under stormy weather during a brief moment of sunshine at Ottertail, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

A westbound Canadian Pacific grain train departs Field, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013, passing a hghly-reflective mountain lake on the west end of the yard.

CP 113 glides across the Pic River bridge

Passing through a snowshed and about to enter Cathedral Tunnel, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train drops down Kicking Horse Pass east of Field, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

Passing a reflective mountain lake, a westbound Canadian Pacific grain train departs Field, British Columbia, on September 23, 2013.

Two Canadian Pacific ES44AC's power an eastbound grain train out of Field, British Columbia. This picturesque location at Ottertail siding is just 8 miles out of Field, via Trans-Canada-Hwy 1.

A standard CP lashup is large and in charge of a short manifest as they pass under the UP Milwaukee Subdivision.