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21B cruising through Canmore as they start to close in on their destination of Banff for an overnight layover.
Wasting no time getting up to track speed, KCS's beautifully painted F-Units sprint across the San Bernard River just south of Kendleton on the Rosenberg Sub. It's been almost 15 years since KCS rebuilt the former SP Macaroni Line, but the track structure still looks immaculate.
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Kendleton, TX
October 29th, 2022
21B from Calgary for Banff running alongside the Bow River in Exshaw. Still can't believe this ran while I was in Banff for vacation! Getting to shoot this trainset in the Rockies is something I didn't ever expect to actually be able to do.
These guys weren't calling signals on the radio as they should've been, ATCS was not loading either. I knew they were past Polo but had no idea what main they would use, Main 1 splits off and runs far west of here. I was about to give up, assuming they took Main 1, also a massive cloud bank was quickly moving right towards the sun. However, to my surprise, they finally showed up not a minute too soon here into downtown Lawson. This line is quite the tree tunnel, and finding any decent shots is nearly impossible.
Thanks to my fellow foamer friends who helped out.
40B 20
Lawson, MO
October 21, 2022 4:23PM
The Royal Canadian Pacific trainset heading West for Banff from Calgary on the Laggan Sub. This occurred on Day 3 of my vacation to the Canadian Rockies to Banff & Jasper Parks with my wife. Talk about timing and luck.
This was a private charter that was purchased for a two-day trip to the Rockies. Day one they ran from Calgary to Banff. Day two they ran from Banff-Field-Calgary. This caused some adjustments to our hiking plans.
KCS #1 leads the special past the MFA elevator in Higginsville, Missouri on 8/25/2017. The special took about 9 hours to carry guests across the former Gateway Western from Kansas City to St Louis where they watched the Indy car race the next day.
CPKC 40B finally pulls across Division Street after being held at Humboldt for multiple BNSF eastbounds. The train would continue down the River Sub under the cover of darkness.
At the end of October 2022, KCS broke ground on a new rail bridge between the US and Mexico at Laredo. To celebrate the occasion, KCS sent their business train down.
Here, the special train heads south on UP trackage rights across the more scrubby and arid landscapes of south Texas as the train heads for the border.
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Guadalupe, TX
October 29th, 2022
CP's business train departs Agincourt Yard in Toronto with a new crew onboard and a full fuel tank. Originally they were suppose to be passing through Toronto in the early morning hours, but a major washout/derailment up north in the directional running portion of CP and CN's transcons set them back several hours as they negotiated the congestion. Perhaps more spectacular than that the SD70ACu actually survived the trek from Calgary with no mechanical faults :)
Train: CP 40B with CP 7019 (SD70ACu), CP 1401 (FP9A), and CP 1900 (F9B).
CP Belleville Subdivision
Toronto, ON
With covered hoppers for forwarding to Putnam and autoracks for the assembly plant in Ingersoll OSR FP9A 1400 is rolling through Beachville on a fine early summer evening.
The ghost of RailAmerica can be seen on the nose of #1400 which still wears the blue, while and yellow paint applied by Railink.
OSR's matching pair of F units cross a lesser travelled dirt road on their way towards Tillsonburg. After just under 4 years of running the former Canada Air Line for CN, with bridge repairs needed along the line and the funds just not there to justify continuing service the once shortcut across Southern Ontario is now just a memory. Pictured is OSR's final run to Tillsonburg, going out in style, OSR fittingly paired their matching F units for the final run. The train returning back to St. Thomas would be the last time a train has crossed this crossing since.
OSR 6508 - EMD FP9A
OSR 1401 - EMD F9A
CN Cayuga Sub
Tillsonburg ON.
Although I got plenty of well lit sunny shots later on this was one of my favorites from the day. The Canadian Pacific F's clickity clack on jointed rail along the former Meridian & Bigbee at Jachin, AL at 6:48am on a cool summer morning in the deep south. There's not much in Jachin other than a woodchip mill, a post office and the railroad. CPKC train 42B is en route to the CSX interchange at Myrtlewood, AL and eventually Montgomery, AL for an inspection trip on Tuesday the 16th. CPKC and CSX have invested millions into the old M&B between Meridian, MS and Montgomery upgrading infrastructure.
We have VIA train #74 racing east just east of Komoka, Ontario with classy FPA4 6763 leading FP9A 6516 and 8 cars back on January 9, 1977.
Abit of an unintentional shot that worked out nice. Side view of CP 1401 showing all the contours and details of a classic FP9A.
On what would've been a perfect lit shot, the CP business train heads east out of Sedan with the classic F units on a gloomy morning. Of course, the sun would come out east of here at Murray, but I couldn't get ahead of the train in time for that.
CP Rail's Canada 150 celebration train passes under York Blvd in Hamilton Ontario on its way towards CP's Kinnear yard.
CP 40B
CP 4101 - GMD FP9A
CP 4107 - GMD FP9A
CP 1900 - GMD F9B
CP 4106 - GMD FP9A
Hamilton Ontario
CP Hamilton Sub
CP 21B parked alongside the Rocky Mountaineer as they both layover in downtown Banff. They will end up departing back-to-back the following morning. This is certainly not a photo I even dreamed of getting while here for vacation at Banff & Jasper Parks.
Canadian Pacific's business train, led by a trio of F9s, crosses over the Mississippi River at Camden as the train begins its journey from St. Paul to Calgary.
The Pan Am OCS traverses the shore of Maranacook Lake in Winthrop, Maine ten miles west of the state capital Augusta.
CPKC’s elegant Royal Canadian Pacific evokes a bygone era when rail travel was king, as its trio of handsomely adorned EMD FP9s lean into the curve beneath the towering rock cuts at Leanchoil, British Columbia. The rain-slicked foliage and rugged topography only heighten the drama of this striking scene.
West of Field, CPKC’s aptly named Mountain Subdivision is pushed south by Mt. King and Mt. Hunter, closely following the Kicking Horse River. While the river continues toward Wapta Falls before bending again, the railway makes a sharp 270-degree turn to the northwest, slicing through the mountainside at Leanchoil before rejoining the river on the other side. This dramatic redirection makes the location stand out as a distinct kink on the map.
Seen here at the start of its second subdivision of the day, train 31B was operating on a scenic circle tour of the Rockies, departing Calgary early in the morning and traveling to Fort Steele via Golden, where it made an overnight stop. The following day, the train departed Fort Steele and returned to Calgary via the Crowsnest Pass and Lethbridge. The consist featured 1401, 1900, 4107, a generator car, Mount Royal (73), N.R. Crump, Banffshire, Van Horne (77), Strathcona (83), Glacier, Selkirk, Major Rogers (103), Craigellachie, and Mount Stephen (74), making for an exceptionally photogenic train.
Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express speeds across the wooden trestle at Crew Lake near Start, LA nearing its next stop at Monroe.
Wildflowers and a cloud-capped Mount Tecumseh set the scene at Sentinel, Alberta, as CPKC’s Royal Canadian Pacific hustles back to Calgary along the scenic Crowsnest Subdivision on a beautiful afternoon in the Rockies.
Yes my head was on swivel watching that very last bit of morning sunlight available before the storm clouds wiped out the sunshine - here as Algoma Central's Canyon train climbs out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario the morning of August 29, 1997 with a trio of FP9A cab units in Run 8.
Soon after pulling from Kendleton Yard, KCS's business train catches a little sun as it rolls south on the Macaroni Line.
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Kendleton, TX
October 29th, 2022
CPKC 40B is eastbound through Regal, Minnesota which is nothing more than a grain elevator, a tire shop, a bar, and a population of less than 50.
I bagged this view of the Tilden empties train SOESA arriving at Escanaba with AC 1755 leading 6626. This train ran west from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont to Larch on the old SOO and then took the connection onto the old CNW for the trip to the Ore Yard. Here the power will be swapped and a pair of 6 axles taking the empties to Eagle Mills and return to Partridge and pick up the loads and bring them to Escanaba. By that time this crew should be rested and these units will depart for Sault Ste. Marie with the loads. While FP9's were common on these trains seeing them in the lead wasn't. I'd followed this guy all the way from Trout Lake trying to get him in the sun and only managed to at Larch and here as he pulled into the yard. May 17, 1997. Never did I expect to catch a covered wagon leading ore here or that some day I would not be able to shoot an ore train here.
Doug Harrop Photography • August 10, 1975
A pair of CP Rail FP9A locomotives pull the beautiful stainless steel coaches of "The Canadian" east near Cathedral Mountain in Yoho National Park of British Columbia.
Canadian Pacific train 40B-20 at Homer. It was a beautiful fall day along the CP River sub.
Full video on youtube at:
A rare FP9 leader has 6590 and 6619 and a 68 car mix of Ladysmith and Tilden ore as it makes its way east near Dafter. The entire existence of the WC was classic stuff but if I had to pick out one period of just unbelievable consists, I would have to choose the 1995-1998 years as a fantastic time to be track side in Upper Michigan. April 17, 1997. A rescan.
John F. Bjorklund Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • Feb. 21, 1987
A pair of FP9A locomotives pull VIA Rail train No. 73, the Point Pelee, through Ingersoll, Ontario.
Ingersoll is a town in Oxford County on the Thames River between Hamilton and London, Ontario in Canada.
Kansas City Southern's Holiday Express climbs the Huey P. Long bridge on the approach to the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA. Thanks again to the Plant Man for convincing me to come out there!
I don't believe the US has any F units still operating in regular freight service; the closest thing I can think of still around are the three F9s operating on the Ontario Southland Railway in Canada. I think in the US the Grafton & Upton and Keokuk Junction Railroads were among the last freight operators to regularly employ F units before they eventually all got replaced. (I know the Escanaba & Lake Superior has an F that pokes out of its shed once a year but that's hardly regular freight service.)
The St. Marys Railroad normally uses an MP15DC or the trailing GP15-1 for its freight runs these days, however this FP9A has been on the property for several months now and occasionally runs the weekend tourist excursions. BUGX 1752 is one of the Fs that once operated on the previously mentioned Keokuk Junction Railway and still carries that road's scheme. It's privately owned along with several other locomotives that cycle on and off the property every now and then. On this day the MP15DC was undergoing maintenance and for a bit bigger of a train it seemed like a good excuse to use a second unit to make a freight run to Kingsland. So, for a day BUGX 1752 was likely the only F9 hauling revenue freight in the entire United States. Here the 1955-built roundnose teamed up with former CSX GP15-1 1547 cross the marshland as they arrive in St. Marys with inbound loads from the First Coast Railroad interchange in Kingsland. St. Marys, GA
Finally on their way out of town CP train 41B roll up on the South Siding Switch Bettendorf that is just out of view to the right with all new CTC signals going up on the line. Downtown Davenport can be seen down the river having just left there a few minutes prior.
CP 40B pauses for a crew change at the depot in Schreiber.
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Train: CP 40B with CP 1401 (FP9A), CP 7019 (SD70ACu), and CP 1900 (FP9B).
CP Heron Bay Subdivision
Schreiber, ON
I almost didn't get the shot here, but I made it right as the train came around the corner. Here CP 41B heads past a swamp near Glenwood only a couple miles into the Elbow Lake Sub. Had to photoshop a couple people out of the picture, no hard feelings.
KCS Northbound Office Car Special B-LRKC passes through Westville, OK. on their way to Kansas City, MO. from Laredo, TX.
VIA train No. 71 races west out of Toronto, ON on Canadian National on May 30, 1980, led by FP9A No. 6541.
KCS's F9's on their business train have a sharp paint scheme. Here, the Retrobelle F Units race south on the Macaroni Line near Hillje as they head for Laredo and the groundbreaking for a new bridge to Mexico
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Hillje, TX
October 29th, 2022
CP's executives are getting a view of their recently repurchased line as business train CP 41B heads west on CP's Sherbrooke Sub with a 12-car train and an interesting lashup of CP 1401, CP 7019 & CP 1900.
Now on UP's Cuero Sub, the KCS business train continues its trip south as it flies by waving flags of the US and Texas. The train is headed to the groundbreaking for a second US-Mexico rail bridge at Laredo.
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Victoria, TX
October 29th, 2022
Returning from lifting empty autoracks from Coakley siding OSR 1400 crosses over the Thames River before entering CPR's Woodstock yard and preparing to return to Ingersoll.
This day started with heavy rain in the Detroit suburbs, it was great to end it in Woodstock with an F unit leading a freight under sunny skies.
A great place to see a lot of action in a foreign land not so far from home was Brockville, Ontario. A short hop across the border in northern New York and you were transported into a balls to the wall mainline railroad know as the Canadian National. This double track main line between Montreal, PQ and Toronto, Ontario hosted dozens of freight trains and an almost an equal number of passenger trains. It also was the split of the CN to Ottawa. Some train would split power and cars at this point in order to serve both lines from one train out of Toronto or join trains if going west. The swap of these trains took less time than a regular Amtrak station stop! The mix of Alco/MLW power on both the CN and VIA outdid any US road during the mid 80's. So called "Rapidos" zipped through town at speeds shaming anything that ran on the rails to south. The friendly agents always gave a "heads up" if anything "special" was coming, like an all MLW consist. On VIA, everything was special. Which brings me to my "F-Unit Friday". Loads of MLW FP4's and GMD F's were a dime a dozen at the time and in the 80's a hard find south of the border. Here we find FP9A #6541 making a quick stop as it heads west at Brockville. Oh, did I mention steam heated passenger trains?
"In the blue Canadian Rockies
Spring is silent through the trees
And the golden poppies are blooming
'Round the banks of Lake Louise..."
The music of The Byrds comes to mind as CPKC's Royal Canadian Pacific pulls into the station at Banff, Alta., beneath the majestic Canadian Rockies. Tempestuous late-spring clouds swirl around the jagged peaks of Cascade Mountain, setting a brooding alpine mood for scene reminiscent of the days when passenger trains regularly called on this scenic resort town.
Today, however, Banff marks the end of the line for this short excursion from Calgary. Here, CPKC 21B has reached its terminus, where the power will soon be turned for the return trip to Cowtown. Leading the way is a trio of EMD FP9s, followed by a distinguished set of business cars: Van Horne, Major Rogers, Craigellachie, Selkirk, and Mount Stephen.
After setting off two string of cars on two tracks, F-units CP 1401, CP 4107, CP 1900 & CP 4106 are leaving Ottawa Station with nine cars just before the CP 150 show begins. That part of the train will lay over at nearby Walkley Yard until the show ends, presumably there was not enough room for the whole train to stay at the station the entire afternoon.