Fallen Flags in April

Rail car with "Scrap Do Not Load" on side

I always like to see “fallen flag” rail cars in a train. A fallen flag is a rail car or locomotive still decorated for a railway that doesn’t exist any more. Examples below include the Chicago & Northwestern, SOO Line, Burlington Northern, and the Milwaukee Road. These were railways that went bankrupt or were merged … Read more

Orange You Glad You Stayed Out?

CP 8757 at Meadows, Manitoba

After a productive CN night photography session, and some sunrise shots of CP and CN, I returned to the CP main line. I had a tip that Canadian Pacific’s orange “Every Child Matters” locomotive was on its way into Winnipeg. I hadn’t seen this locomotive before, so I decided to go catch it. I stopped … Read more

That’ll Do, Pig

Trains at night under the aurora

As I get older, my sleep is less regular and more interrupted. I hear that’s pretty normal for us “old folks” but it’s a bit frustrating. Recently I woke up at about 4 AM, and it was clear that I wasn’t going to get back to sleep. The night before, I had been considering going … Read more

A Visit to Mimico, Part 3

In mid October 2021, I visited VIA Rail’s and GO Transit’s yard in Mimico – you can read part 1 and part 2. After photographing the Mimico yard extensively from the Islington Avenue overpass, I walked back to the GO Transit Mimico station. I took a moment to photograph this train station. This ex CN … Read more

A Visit to Mimico, Part 1

GO Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility

We were in Toronto this past Thanksgiving (October 2021) to visit my daughter. I had convinced my wife that we didn’t need to rent a car while we were there, so we were becoming familiar with riding the trams and taking subways in the city. The Toronto Transit Commission may have its problems but they … Read more

Cold Meetup

CN locomotive at a crossing

Recently I was contacted by a friend from Instagram, Maryna. She suggested that maybe she and her partner Tyler could meet up with me for a railfan outing. We talked for a bit and decided to meet at CN’s Diamond just west of Winnipeg. It’s easy to get to and there are a lot of … Read more

CN at Dufresne

CN locomotive in front of grain elevator

I was recently contacted by someone who wanted a photo of a train by the Dufresne, Manitoba grain elevator. I went through my Lightroom catalog and found that I had quite a few! I’m going to share most of them without much comment here. These images are in ascending date order. 2014 I ended up … Read more

One Camera, One Lens

Winnipeg Free Press Box and Locomotive

I have been known to overcomplicate things.
I’ve written in the past about how I have missed photo opportunities because I’ve been juggling a few cameras, and maybe my drone controls. I try to do too much at once.