The Final Spike Tour continues southward towards the USA passing one of many grain elevator operations that can be found across Canada.

DPU on an eastbound potash train.

Again....getting more than two units on the head end of a mainline CPKC train is a bit of a coup.

Once sitting nearby rotting in the weeds, #1400 is on display with #29 in Ogden, having been relocation from the Pavilion downtown.

This was a 396 into Moose Jaw then seemed to linger outside town one morning as I caught it in motion after meeting some westbound traffic near Belle Plain. In a week's time, this was the only &q... (more)

Between Moose Jaw & Regina exists a sprawling network of industrial railroading in Belle Plain which is dominated by Mosaic and the Canpotex hoppers one can find across North America. This set of ... (more)

Day 2 of the Final Spike Tour and we are at the TransCanada Highway between Hatton & Maple Creek.

Between Moose Jaw & Regina exists a sprawling network of industrial railroading in Belle Plain which partially includes Viterra's operations which can handle 135 cars of grain within their loop. ... (more)

While all eyes were on a certain steam locomotive, I couldn't help but notice these veterans nearby. There is still a fairly remarkable fleet of them in service today, thankfully, but most are in... (more)

A CPKC train with five motors "the conventional way" is not something to ignore, but I very quicky found out the "conventional way" of two motors, one CP on KCS, was all-too-co... (more)

The Final Spike Tour has started and Day One is about to wrap up with the train between Medicine Hat and Dunmore. Interesting set up between yards here plus the landscape is an escape from the ot... (more)

Sitting out the festivities in 2024. It once served as back-up power for #2816 as well as making a complete A-B-A set for the Royal Canadian Pacific sets. With the merger, CPKC now has a rather ... (more)

Impressed by the Empress. The Final Spike Tour: Day One has passed thru Medicine Hat and is going towards the yard in Dunmore for the night. The Hydrogen unit #1001 will be pulled off the consis... (more)

The pre-Final Spike Tour prep. My last visit to this exact spot was in 2013, as the former Ogden Shops were being transformed into the Ogden Campus. This very same unit, #1401 was sitting right ... (more)

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)