CN is already getting their maintenance work projects going in Iowa early back in 2019. A few rock trains were running around to help get rock in position for work projects starting in April. One ... (more)
Swan Landing
An eastbound Potash train skirts the shores of Brule' Lake as it makes it way towards Edmonton. Jasper National Park forms a backdrop. Swan Landing is an important intercha... (more)
Black Canyon A eastbound train of empty hoppers for the potash mines of Alberta and Saskatoon rolls into the Black Canyon along the Thompson River. This spectacular portion of railroad is... (more)
Vancouver Bound A late afternoon westbound CN manifest heads towards Vancouver with a smallcut of copper ore near the head-end. The trains here run directional with westbound running on the... (more)
Thompson Canyon ex-Citirail unit heads upgrade at near Drynoch, BC. A three day rain event knocked down nearby fires and now pulling out of the area. The same storm will drop over 12 inc... (more)
Lytton Fire On June 30, 2021 a fire storm ripped thru Lytton, British Columbia. The fatal fire was after days of un-relenting heat including a temp set near here of 121 degrees, the hott... (more)
White Canyon Exit A Canadian National stack train drops down-grade and exits White Canyon along the banks of the Thompson River. The CP tracks an be seen in the foreground on the south ban... (more)
The lift bridge between Vancouver and North Vancouver is one of the choke points of traffic moving to the ports of the Vancouver Metro Area. The bridge is slow and after exiting to the south the ... (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)
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.
A new Tier IV GEVO leads a eastbound potash empty into the the Black Canyon. The deep fragile canyon lies on the mainlines of the CN and CP railroads along the Thompson River near Ashcroft, BC. ... (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)
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)
Canadian National moves a westbound stack train into the White Canyon near Lytton, British Columbia. The train is running on CN owned track, and the track in the foreground is Canadian Pacific ow... (more)
A Canadian Pacific coal train climbs a short grade into the Black Canyon. The train is part of a huge conveyor line of unit trains that move metallurgical coking coal to the super coal port at Ro... (more)