Last turn before Terrace

CN 8895 and 2559 pull an empty coal train around the last curve on the Skeena subdivision before crossing the bridge over the Kalum River and enter Terrace.

8855 on the Tyee siding

Well I had to make a quick trip to Terrace for the day and managed to catch 8855 in the rear of a Westbound coal train with the red marker lights above the windshields . The train was waiting on the siding at Tyee.

Crossing the Skeena at Terrace

CN 2229 leads 2116 and 6019 across the Skeena River at Terrace, Sunday May 22 just after 11:00 pulling a string of tanks from Kitimat.

Two in the yard at Terrace, B.C.

CN 2320 and 8001 waiting for their next assignment at the yard in Terrace, B.C. May 21, 2011.

CN 5680 with 5630 on the waterfront

Saturday morning I managed to catch 5680 with 5630 idling in the Rupert rail yard after pulling the nights container train in under the cover of darkness.

Via Rail Skeena lead by 6443

Sunday morning Via 6443 passes by the public boat launch in Port Edward.

PRG 7305 working the elevator yard

Former CN 7305 GMD SW1200RS was working the Prince Rupert Grain elevator on Ridley Island early this morning in the rain. The locomotive had been leased from CN but was purchased after a derailment accident. Now rebuilt, crews use the locomotive to do the switching assignments in the rail yard pushing strings of loaded cars in to the electric car indexer to be offloaded.

CN 8964 in the early morning rain

6:30 A.M. CN 8964 and IC 1005 rest in the rain after completing their journey across the country with a string of container cars.

Stranger in a foreign land

6:30 this morning under a gray dismal sky I hit the rail yard with my camera in hand where I spotted CN 8964 with what I thought was a BC Rail Phantom blue unit in tow but to my surprise it was Illinois Central 1005 (EMD SD-70 BLT 09/95). The lighting conditions weren't the greatest in the light rain but I managed to get a few descent photos which I turned into the Black and White images you see here.

Westbound at Exstew on the Skeena Sub

CN 2527 and 5657 pass the CTC signal system at the East end of the Exstew siding under power on the Skeena subdivision April 22, 2011 just after 15:00pm.