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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 Thu, 07 May 2026 16:28:18 +0000 John Eull

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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CN 5580, 9105, and 5568 at rest in Brandon in 1984. The 9105 was built as the 9056, and was the second last F7Au remanufactured in 1974. Twenty years later she was converted to this "B unit" configuration, remaining in service until 1989. The GP38-2Ws would be renumbered to the 4700-series in 1988 to free up the 5500s for new SD60Fs.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/04/1984
Location:	Brandon
Province:	Manitoba

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A stop in Brandon in May 1984 turned up a couple of CN F7Au units, uncoupled. This gave the opportunity for a rear "detail" shot of the 9156. Built as the 9060, she was remanufactured at Transcona in 1972 and retired in 1989.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	5/13/1984
Location:	Brandon
Province:	Manitoba

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Year-old GP38-2 3034 and 20-year old GP35 5006 idle on the shop track in Brandon with S4 7116 and GP9 8535 (both veterans with about 30 years of service). The 3034 was one of 20 delivered in 1983 with another 95 to be delivered over the next two years for secondary and grain service. CP's GP35s and the two GP30s were also used around Manitoba in that service in the early-mid 1980s.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	5/13/1984
Location:	Brandon
Province:	Manitoba

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Years ago, I almost felt like a member of the OPP--patrolling the 401 between Montreal and Toronto! Belleville was always the mid-way stop for reasons most railfans will understand. On one of those routine trips, we came across this interesting lash-up at the roundhouse. By this time the M420Ws were generally in secondary and road switcher service and F7s were being retired.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/11/1988
Location:	Belleville
Province:	Ontario

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While SD40s/-2s may have dominated the mainlines, MLWs handled yard work across the CP system well into the 1980s. Here we have S4 7116 working the yard in Brandon on a summer evening almost 40 years ago. Soon rebuilt GP9s will take over--they're already working many assignments in Winnipeg...

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	8/3/1984
Location:	Brandon
Province:	Manitoba

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This westbound certainly generated a frantic stop. We were driving east from Spences Bridge towards "the fruit stand" when this westbound came around the bend with CN 3913 (a former CREX unit) and BC Rail heritage unit 3115! All's well that ends well--we got set up in time with this result.

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/02/2022
Location:	Spences Bridge
Province:	British Columbia

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Having sat at the top of the hill near Georgetown for four eastbounds, CN 397 is finally on the move with an interesting consist of CN SD70M2 8023, UP SD70M 4063, and BNSF ES44AC 6192. The BNSF unit was the leader on yesterday's 396 with the UP unit in fourth position. En route, they met another BNSF leader and will soon meet 148 with an NS unit trailing. While not the "FPON" days of years gone by, we're still getting some interesting consists in 2022!

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	25/6/2022
Location:	Burlington
Province:	Ontario

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August the 1st, beginning of a new crop year...and both CN and CP are moving grain empties west for reloading. In the foreground, a pair of SD40s (5168 and 5172) have a colourful consist of government-owned cover hoppers in tow as they approach West Tower where CN's Rivers and Gladstone subs cross the CP Carberry sub 0.8 miles to the west. In the background, a similar CP train behind SD40-2 5723 and GP35 5021 waits its turn at the diamond. (Photo taken from the Provincial Road 240 bridge.)

Name:	John Eull
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	8/1/1987
Location:	Portage la Prairie
Province:	Manitoba

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