Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » CJ Photography http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:06:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Images by cj-photography http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3800 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:57:39 +0000 CJ Photography
CN 3272 leads a long intermodal train down the Three Hills sub.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 5/20/2026
Location: Grainger
Province: Alberta
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Atlas Coal Mine RR #2 locomotive. This mine had a pretty good stock of motive power! Most of these locomotives are battery powered using lead acid batteries, which actually worked pretty good, because of the weight.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 05/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
A rotary dumper used on the Atlas Coal Mine RR. This unit was actually positioned about 10-15 stories up the valley, as the coal was at the same level. When the coal was extracted, it was shipped out to this dumper via rail car and mule/horse, and then down to the bottom via conveyor belt where it was loaded onto CN trains.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 05/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
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The old Pouce Coupe Trestle. Built in 1930 by the Alberta Northern Railway, this bridge is now owned by CN and is currently unused. These bridges are quite impressive.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 6/22/2026
Location: Pouce Coupe BC
Province: British Columbia
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
The old Pouce Coupe Trestle. Built in 1930 by the Alberta Northern Railway, this bridge is now owned by CN and is currently unused. These bridges are quite impressive.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 6/22/2026
Location: Pouce Coupe BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 6 Favourites
The old Pouce Coupe Trestle. Built in 1930 by the Alberta Northern Railway, this bridge is now owned by CN and is currently unused. These bridges are quite impressive.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 6/22/2026
Location: Pouce Coupe BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 9 Favourites
The rear DPU of L57551 assists in dynamic braking down the rather steep grade (about 0.6-0.9%).
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 6/18/2026
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 7 Favourites
CN 2604 and 2262 sit in the yard on the fueling tracks waiting their next assignment. The rough looking track in the foreground is the spur track that goes to the CANFOR lumber mill where my Dad worked for many years until it shut down.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 5/22/2026
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 7 Favourites
The only battery electric locomotive still running at the historic Atlas Coal Mine in Drumheller. Here, the #3 is sitting with a string of cars waiting for their next load of passengers.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 5/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
3 Comments | 11 Favourites
An old picture I found at the Atlas Coal mine. Honestly pretty impressive the guy is wearing a hard hat, but it is very logical. These mining cars used to be pulled by horses. This battery powered steel horse (or tunnel motor) depending on how you put it is much better suited for the job. Not sure on the date.
Name: Unknown
Railway: Other
Date: Unknown
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 15 Favourites
A very old boxcar with a very old coal loading facility... The Atlas Coal mine. Everything is in pretty decent shape!
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 5/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
3 Comments | 14 Favourites
The old CN Drumheller sub. There appeared to be three tracks here, which means the coal loading facility must have either been really busy, or really slow.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 5/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
Comments | 12 Favourites
The real tunnel motors... These locomotives are fully electric, despite their age, some using lead acid batteries, or overhead wires. The one pictured here has the batteries visible at the top. the cannon looking thing on the front of the locomotive is actually a headlight, now broken. Specs on this locomotive are not specified, but I think it has around 50+ hp. The coal loading facility is visible in the background with the old right-of-way (The tracks are not visible) positioned beside the old boxcar.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 5/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 8 Favourites
A coal mining tool from the Atlas Coal mine in Drumheller AB. This thing looks deadly. Note the chain drive on the wheels!
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Other
Date: 5/19/2026
Location: Drumheller AB
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 9 Favourites
CN 2806 shoves on the rear of CN L57551 as it heads into Chetwynd.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 5/13/2026
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 5 Favourites
CN L57551 is almost at the end of it's trip. This train is loaded, and will likely head down to the coast. This unit is most likely going to get painted in CN colors and re-numbered, so it is neat to catch them while you can!
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 5/13/2026
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 6 Favourites
CN 2806 leads a northbound manifest train towards Fort St John in some great morning light.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 5/6/2026
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
1 Comments | 5 Favourites
A different view of the common ET44AC. The rear DPU happened to be facing forwards on this train.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/09/2025
Location: Bond BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 6 Favourites
The CPKC Cascade yard (Mile 128). Here we see three WestCoast Express trains and CPKC 2094 sitting in the yard with a cut of intermodal cars. Chinatown can be seen just to the right.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: Canadian Pacific K…
Date: 2/25/2026
Location: Vancouver BC
Province: British Columbia
3 Comments | 10 Favourites
Likely built around 1956, this BCR caboose has seen better days. The car is currently kept at the Little Prairie heritage museum in Chetwynd BC. As for this car's history, it was likely part of the old PGE railway, which changed into BCR in 1972. This car is also thought to be the last caboose to go on the line into Chetwynd.
Name: Carter Warkentin
Railway: British Columbia E…
Date: 9/25/2025
Location: Chetwynd BC
Province: British Columbia
Comments | 10 Favourites
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