CNR Class F3 unit from EMD in 1948 leads train 846 eastbound at Goat River, BC. They are meeting the westbound mixed train M297 from which the shot from the platform of the GP9 was taken.
Ex-CN F3A 9000 sits beside ex-AC FP9 1753, originally CN 6514 and now painted with the black "Alberta Railway Museum" design and numbered back to 6514.