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Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » John Eull 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 eull http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=169 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:05:53 +0000 John Eull

L51641 from Whitecourt gingerly crosses the swollen Sturgeon River in St. Albert with SD70M-2s 8888, 8931, and 47 cars. (Central Alberta has received record amounts of rain this summer.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/02/2026
Location:	St. Albert
Province:	Alberta

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Not far from the NW5, BN 2509/2232/2228 (GP35/GP30/GP30) rest in the yard. These units likely came in on BN 184, the Seattle-Vancouver manifest, which ran daily (see Roger Burrows' book Railway Mileposts: British Columbia, volume I, published 1981).

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Burlington Norther…
Date:	5/8/1978
Location:	Vancouver
Province:	British Columbia

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Having just arrived on VIA's Super Continental, I noticed several BN units in the yard adjacent to what is now the Pacific Central station (at the time, the CN station and site of local offices--the station not yet having been conveyed to VIA; VIA had only officially become its own crown corporation on April 1st). The NW5 is one of only 13 built, 10 for Great Northern...EMD's answer to Alco's RS1 and a predecessor of our own GMD1s. The freight shed in the background is part of former GN facilities in central Vancouver including, until the mid-1960s, it's own station.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Burlington Norther…
Date:	5/08/1978
Location:	Vancouver
Province:	British Columbia

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What the saying, "always keep your camera with you"...just running errands on a Thursday afternoon, I found IC heritage unit 7601 and slug 601 switching Bissell yard. The Edson sub mainline is in the middle of the photo and in the back is the Heidelberg Materials concrete plant (previously Inland Cement).

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	7/09/2026
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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CN NW2 impatiently waits for passengers from the NMRA 6th Division Meet to board at the Alberta Railway Museum gift shop for a train ride (several "back and forth" passes on museum grounds). NW2 7944 was built by EMD in Lagrange in 1946 and donated to the Museum by CN in 1977. Former Montreal commuter car 6740, built in 1952 (an MU trailer in service until 1995), is on loan from Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions in Stettler according to the Canadian Trackside Guide. The station was built by the Canadian Northern Railway in 1909 and moved here in 1973. (The station building now in St. Albert is a replica.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	6/5/2026
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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Hard to believe today, but there was a time when GE locomotives were a "rounding error" in the CN roster. (A handful of electrics in Montreal commuter service, the 70 tonners on PEI, and a few 44 tonners...) So here we have "the long and the short of it"--BCOL 4618 (built in 1990 and donated the the Alberta Railway Museum in 2023) and CN 4 (built in 1956, retired in 1967, subsequently sold to Stelco in Edmonton who donated it to the Museum in 2012). One of the volunteers told me that the 4618 is operable but too heavy to be used on the light rail at the Museum!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Preservation
Date:	6/5/2026
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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Running late this December morning, TF2 approaches the Vinemount siding as it crests the Niagara Escarpment behind CR 2887, 3642, and 8071. (Units are former Penn Central U30B, Reading GP35, and Penn Central GP38-2.)

Name:	unknown, John Eull …
Railway:	Toronto Hamilton a…
Date:	12/10/1978
Location:	Vinemount
Province:	Ontario

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The colours have just started to change as the Starlight makes its usual late afternoon appearance at Bayview behind PC 7429, 5820, and 7430 on a fine October 1974 afternoon. The fans preferred TH&B units on this train; however, it turns out that the black PC units were more unusual--Penn Central only had a corporate existence from 1968 to 1976 whereas TH&B units were found on the Starlight and Kinnear from 1966 until 1985!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	10/13/1974
Location:	Hamilton
Province:	Ontario

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CP 4082 and 8574 rest at Windsor in early 1964. These dual-service units probably are the power for train No. 20, "the Overseas" which was due to depart Detroit at 4:25 PM and change to CP engines at the NYC Windsor station (before departing for Toronto and an overnight run to the Windsor Station!) No. 20 and its westbound counterpart No. 21 would change from conventional trains to RDCs west of Toronto at the April 1964 change of card. (Thanks to Doug Wilson for help identifying the photo location.)

Name:	unknown, John Eull …
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	02/ /1964
Location:	Windsor
Province:	Ontario

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The"Canadian" makes its station stop at Portage la Prairie on a beautiful summer afternoon in 1984. Although the "Panorama" now runs Winnipeg-Edmonton (and three days per week to Prince Rupert), No. 1 is still handling the bulk of the transcontinental traffic--normally an 18-20 car train in the summer. Powered by an ABBB set of former CN F-units, just up ahead the Queen of the fleet will take the connecting track between CN and CP to resume its traditional route to the coast. (Also note the freight in the background near CP's Portage la Prairie station, waiting to following the passenger west.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	07/28/1984
Location:	Portage la Prairie
Province:	Manitoba

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Although normally powered by an ex-CN FP9, occasionally No. 109 would be assigned a GP9 geared for passenger train speeds. Having moved to the prairies after years in passenger service out of Toronto, CN 4103 hustles the typically short train past the elevator at Dacotah (about 25 miles west of Winnipeg) on a cold but bright Saturday morning. In 1984, the 4103 will be chop-nosed and re-manufactured to GP9rm 4104.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	02/20/1982
Location:	Dacotah
Province:	Manitoba

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Reviving a name used for the Super Continental’s “running mate” from 24 May 1964 until 6 January 1970, VIA named its Winnipeg-Edmonton-(3 days per week) Prince Rupert train the Panorama when it was introduced on 3 June 1984. The train and name only lasted for about a year, after which the Super was reinstated between Winnipeg and Vancouver (on 1 June 1985--lasting until the Canadian was re-routed over CN lines in the January 1990 cuts). Interestingly, the Panorama was used to test Amtrak Superliners and head-end power over the winter of 1984-85; VIA eventually bought F40PH-2s but decided to convert its existing stainless steel equipment to HEP rather than buying Superliner cars. In this photo from July 1984, we see the Panorama making its early afternoon station stop at Portage la Prairie before continuing west.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	07/28/1984
Location:	Portage la Prairie
Province:	Manitoba

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The Skeena pauses at Terrace on the Saturday of Victoria Day weekend in 1982. Now operating tri-weekly between Edmonton and Prince Rupert (departing Edmonton Sunday/Wednesday/Friday at 1700, Jasper 2215, Prince George 0640, and arriving Prince Rupert at 1900 the following day). In June 1984, a Skyline dome car would be added and the train extended to Winnipeg (alternating three days per week with the Winnipeg-Edmonton train). Note the private car on the tail end of today’s train.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	05/22/1982
Location:	Terrace
Province:	British Columbia

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From 15 November 1981 until 2 June 1984, VIA operated daily trains 103 (westbound) and 104 (eastbound) between Saskatoon and Edmonton over CN lines. A pair of sister trains (Numbers 109 and 110) ran between Saskatoon and Regina over CN, then over CP lines from Regina to Portage la Prairie, using the CN Rivers sub between a CP-CN connection west of the Portage station and Winnipeg Union Station. These trains were not overly successful and from June 1984 to May 1985, VIA restored through service over an all-CN route (“the Panorama”). Subsequently, on 1 June 1985, VIA restored the Super Continental between Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. Here we see No. 104 departing Edmonton on a spring 1984 day, just into its 6 hour and 50 minute trip to Saskatoon.

Name:	John Eull collectio…
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	03/31/1984
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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On what promises to be a nice September day, the sun rises on the westbound Super Continental being serviced in Edmonton. Alas, in a little over two months, “the Super” will no longer call here—replaced by day trains between Winnipeg-Regina-Saskatoon, Saskatoon and Edmonton, as well as the “Rupert Rocket” extended to Edmonton. The passenger station was opened by Canadian National on 14 February 1966, and the CN Tower office building officially opened on 4 November 1966—at the time, the tallest office building in Western Canada. Eighteen years after this photo was taken (on 3 September 1989), a restored Super Continental began the westbound pull-in/back-out move as CN phased out operations in downtown Edmonton. VIA would finally move to its current station near the Yellowhead Trail and Walker Yard on May 29, 1998. CN moved its office personnel out of the Tower a decade later. (Also note the heavyweight NAR passenger car next to the building.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	09/05/1981
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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The Canadian Northern Railway entered the newly incorporated City of Edmonton in 1905, followed in 1909 by the Grand Trunk Pacific (which used the CNoR’s station). The Canadian Pacific Railway entered downtown in May 1906 over the Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific, subsequently completing the High Level Bridge in 1913. CN and CP continued to interchange traffic downtown until 15 July 1989 and CN wound down operations later that year, eventually abandoning most of the loop track west of the station. Here we have 1978 shot of CN SW900 7220 resting in City Yard.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/12/1978
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

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Having arrived at Windsor station on the Montreal Limited perhaps 30 minutes earlier, a pair of Erie Lackawanna E8As move in The Glen yard, CP's passenger servicing facility in Westmount. The engines seem to have already been turned on the loop since the 822 is the lead unit on this train in another December 1969 photo by D W Clark (https://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=58703). The engines and cars will head back to New York on tonight's Montreal Limited, departing at 9:30 PM. Both the overnight and daytime D&H trains will be cancelled at Amtrak's start-up on May 1, 1971. (GPS location is approximate.)

Name:	D W Clark, John Eul…
Railway:	Delaware and Hudso…
Date:	12/ /1969
Location:	Westmount
Province:	Quebec

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Operating as No. 221 on CP’s Adirondack sub, Delaware & Hudson’s Montreal Limited crosses the St. Lawrence River on its way to a scheduled 8:30 AM arrival at Windsor Station. Having departed Grand Central Station at 10:30 PM as part of Penn Central Train No. 63, the consist was turned over to the D&H at Albany-Rensselaer departing at 2:15 AM as its train No. 9. The same October 26, 1969 PC timetable describes accommodations as “Lounge Sleeping Car Bedrooms New York to Montreal (Beverages and Buffet Breakfast)", "Sleeping Cars Roomettes and Bedrooms New York to Montreal", and "Reclining Seat Coaches Between all points”. Why the Erie Lackawanna E8s? Between mid-1968 and mid-1972 (after the EL bankruptcy), both D&H and EL were operated under common management in a holding company (DERECO) controlled by the Norfolk & Western. EL E-units were often used on the Montreal Limited and the Laurentian when PAs weren't available or additional steam heating capacity was deemed necessary.

Name:	D W Clark, John Eul…
Railway:	Delaware and Hudso…
Date:	12/ /1969
Location:	LaSalle
Province:	Quebec

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"Behind the blue Rockies, the sun is declinin'. The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day..." Those words, from Gordon Lightfoot's masterpiece Canadian Railroad Trilogy, sum up this photo of CPKC 149 speeding through Banff with 7492 up front and mid-train DPU 8061. Even though January days in the mountains are short, it's still been a good one with eight daylight trains.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific K…
Date:	1/25/2026
Location:	Banff
Province:	Alberta

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CN train 535 ("the South" roadswitcher) crosses the Grand River in Caledonia behind a pair of SW1200Rs units, the usual power in the 1970s. This train would travel up Hamilton's Ferguson Avenue twice per day until the 1980s when service was re-routed through Brantford.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/14/1977
Location:	Caledonia
Province:	Ontario

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