An EMD resurgence. CP 133 and CP 132 (the Expressway piggyback train between Montreal and Toronto) has been running with nearly 100% EMD power for at least six months now. SD30C-ECO'... (more)

A short-turn express train. As far as I know, AMT 41 is the only train on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line to not go as far as Vaudreuil and the only one to not make all stops. It leaves Lucien L'... (more)

Canada 150 unit VIA 6437 leads VIA 22 eastbound, with its next stop at nearby Dorval Station.

Last week. It's a sad week for many CN and CP employees in the Montreal area this week, as the jobs they had running AMT commuter trains will be taken over by Bombardier starting next Monda... (more)

What a difference a year makes. A bit over a year ago I shot CP 118 splitting this set of signals on CP's Vaudreuil Sub in Pointe-Clair... (more)

After setting off part of its train at Coteau, CN X372 has only 70 cars as it approaches the St-Jean overpass in Pointe-Claire with an ET44AC and ES44AC (CN 3048 & CN 2905) for power.

After setting off part of its train at Coteau, CN X372 has only 70 cars as it approaches the St-Jean overpass in Pointe-Claire with CN 3048 & CN 2905 for power.

A surprising consist. VIA 669 heads west through Pointe-Claire with VIA 908 (wrapped for Canada's 150th anniversary), followed by 4 LRC cars and 3 Renaissance cars. VIA's Renaissance cars d... (more)

AC440CW CP 8615 looks pretty fresh (especially compared to most of CP's grungy looking AC4400CW fleet) as it leads empty ethanol train CP 651 around a curve in Pointe-Claire. Trailing is CEFX 1039... (more)

A very long CN 377 (179 cars) is passing MP 14 of CN's Kingston Sub with a single SD70M-2 up front and another one mid-train (CN 8880 & CN 8916).

Export lumber. Dash8-40CW CSXT 7658 is in charge of CN 327 as it rounds a curve near MP 14 of CN's Kingston Sub. As always, it has a lot of lumber bound for the U.S (this train gets interch... (more)

A repainted leader. AC440CW CP 8615 looks pretty fresh (especially compared to most of CP's grungy looking AC4400CW fleet) as it leads empty ethanol train CP 651 through Pointe-Claire. Trai... (more)

NS and BNSF power on a CSX runthrough train (on CN tracks). CN 327 is a train that runs through to CSX tracks and that almost always has CSX power. Today was an exception with NS 1025 and B... (more)

Multimarked SD40-2's. A bit over three years ago, a pair of multimarked SD40-2's (CP 6020 & CP 5874) bring a ballast train into Valois Station where it will dump ballast on the north track.... (more)

Nearly brand new ET44AH CSXT 3429 is leading CN 327 which is westbound on CN's Kingston Sub on a sunny day (finally, after a week of rain and clouds).