Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » Ian Malenfant-Picard 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 ian-malenfant-picard http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2720 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:03:02 +0000 Ian Malenfant-Picard
Fresh SD75IACC #8308 leads a very short train 562 in the small town of Saint-Noel, as it heads to Campbellton where hopefully they will take a longer train down to Mont-Joli. The weather that day wasn't perfect, being very foggy, but the power made it worth the trip. I also could hear the old crossing bell's one last time before they replaced it moments later, CN are saddly replacing them with electronic ones regardless if they are in working condition or not.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/27/2026
Location: Saint-Noel
Province: Quebec
1 Comments | 10 Favourites
CN local train 559 waits in L'Isle-Verte siding for train 402 to clear, minutes after completing its work at April Lubricants, hidden by 402 in the background. Today, these meets doesn't happen anymore, as 402 doesn't run daily anymore, and train 559 is almost always sent on days which the mainline freights doesn't run. CN 4732 has also since been modernized with an electronic bell and an ekyrail A/C unit.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/10/2021
Location: L'Isle-Verte
Province: Quebec
Comments | 10 Favourites
AC44CW #420 leads a loaded Bloom Lake ore train at Milepost 9 of the Wacouna Subdivision, it will interchange with the Arnaud railway just south of here, at Arnaud Jonction. With all the QNSL Dash 9s now retired and the SD40-3s being on switching and wayfreight duties, the AC44CWs such as this one are now the oldest active mainline power on the railway.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Quebec North Shore…
Date: 06/12/2026
Location: Sept-Iles
Province: Quebec
3 Comments | 16 Favourites
A northbound work train led by GP9 5138 and a singular railcar crosses Route 138, the only public railroad crossing on the railway. I do not know what is the purpose of the car trailing behind the locomotive, although it seems it was rebuilt from an old 52' bulkhead flatcar. Moments earlier, a specialy built ambulance equiped with steel wheels and fully functionnal lightbars had just came down the line towards Havre-Saint-Pierre, i wish i had thought of taking a picture of that thing! Although if you want to check it out for yourself, you can search for ''Ambulance ferroviaire'' on Google Images, where you should be able to find a picture of it taken from Demers Ambulances website.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Riviere Romaine Ra…
Date: 06/10/2026
Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre
Province: Quebec
6 Comments | 23 Favourites
A rare sight since the COVID-19 pandemic but a relatively common one before then, a 4-axle CN locomotive leading the ''big'' freight, train 403. It seems like Joffre yard must have been short of big high-horsepower locomotives to send on train 402 last thursday, as they sent ET44AC 3165 paired with GP40-2WL 9576, the later which will lead the return trip to Joffre as seen here. Today the train was relatively short, with only stock comming from the Matane subdivision, as the train to Campbellton didn't run the previous day. They ended up not making the full trip to Joffre, heading back to Mont-Joli engine light as Joffre did not send a 402 to meet up in Rivière-du-Loup.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/01/2026
Location: Saint-Simon
Province: Quebec
Comments | 11 Favourites
A loaded train of bauxite climbs the hill out of Port-Alfred at UGBEst junction with one of 2 leased CN SD40us leading the train.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Roberval Saguenay
Date: 06/05/2026
Location: La Baie
Province: Quebec
Comments | 18 Favourites
AC Traction power, a not too common sight on the Mont-Joli subdivision, pulls train 403 over the Rimouski river. In the foreground, we can see one of Roger Langevin's sculptures.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/30/2026
Location: Rimouski
Province: Quebec
Comments | 12 Favourites
Locomotives 65, PRLX 2270 and 63 switches the alumina hopper cars at the Laterrière aluminium smelter. The Roberval & Saguenay railway services this plant along with the Grande Baie one up to 3 times a day.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Roberval Saguenay
Date: 05/20/2026
Location: Laterrière
Province: Quebec
Comments | 12 Favourites
Roberval & Saguenay GP38-2 64, a former CN GP40 rebuilt by AMF in the 1990s leads the mainline train running between Arvida and Port-Alfred. Over the train stands a ''ghost'' freeway viaduct, built for the upcoming extension of the Autoroute 70 between the Bagotville base and the R-170 - R-381 junction.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Roberval Saguenay
Date: 05/20/2026
Location: La Baie
Province: Quebec
4 Comments | 17 Favourites
BC Rail Dash 9-44CW #4653 leads train 403 at the Route 132 overpass in Bic on a wonderful but cold Patriots Day. BCOL 4653 is the first BC Rail locomotive this year to roam the Mont-Joli subdivision, they are far less common since the Dash 8 locomotives were retired... Trailing mid-consist was a set of about a dozen former BC Rail woodchip gondolas recently acquired by the Gaspésie Railway. They were the first loads of woodchips to come through in about a year, although they weren't headed for Rivière-du-Loup this time... I am not sure who is the new customer that recieves these loads. New traffic sure is welcome!
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 05/18/2026
Location: Bic
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 13 Favourites
What i believe to be intermodal train number 120 is entering the town of Saint-Pascal, on its way to the port of Halifax. The power that evening was nothing out of the ordinary, maybe aside for a former Citirail ES44AC trailing in 3rd position. CN had just purchased these locomotives at the time, i believe it was my first time seeing them under their new ownership.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 07/17/2021
Location: Saint-Pascal
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 11 Favourites
SFG Train 566 manually protects the crossing of Route 132, as they depart from Port-Daniel towards New Richmond with a few loads of cement. The railway had been only reopened almost 2 months prior.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Societe de chemin …
Date: 03/03/2026
Location: Port-Daniel
Province: Quebec
4 Comments | 15 Favourites
IC 9639 and CN 4901 brings up a long train 559 to Rivière-du-Loup, the train had around 30 cars in tow, some of which were cars they picked up in Matane earlier in the day. IC 9639 is the first Illinois Central engine to be assigned to the Mont-Joli switcher, and the first one not to be an SD70 to roam the Mont-Joli subdivision. It is pretty remarkable to think it had not happened in the 18 years of previous CN ownership of the railway...
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 04/22/2026
Location: Rimouski
Province: Quebec
3 Comments | 15 Favourites
Train 403 fills up with diesel fuel before departing Mont-Joli for Joffre (Charny, QC), the locomotive, an early batch of SD70m-2, is nearing 20 years of age. Hard to believe they have been around for that long already... Especially with such clean paint.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/06/2026
Location: Mont-Joli
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 15 Favourites
A nice SD75i leads saturday's 403 at the pedestrian crossing located in front of the university of Rimouski, standing at almost exactly milepost 123. Despite being in working order, the old mechanical bells have been sadly recently replaced at this crossing.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/28/2026
Location: Rimouski
Province: Quebec
Comments | 10 Favourites
After taking a few pictures of broken down 4789 the evening prior, i decided to head back the following day to check if the engine was still there, and lo and behold, it was! This time, i was able to snap a pic with train 402 passing by, as there was just enough lighting left to do so.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/30/2026
Location: Rimouski
Province: Quebec
3 Comments | 22 Favourites
On the Sunday morning of March 29th, local train 559 departed Mont-Joli with CN 4789 and 9416 as the engines as usual. Not long after, while circulating between Luceville and Saint-Anaclet, the crew reported a problem with the lead engine to the RTC. Almost an hour later, limping at about 10 MPH, the crew dropped off the lead engine of the train, CN 4789, on the siding in Sacré-Coeur, borough of the city of Rimouski. After hearing the news of this operation by a friend of mine, i decided i would go take a look at the parked locomotive after eating supper. Thankfully, they had parked it on a section of the siding that is parallel to the road, so i could snap a few pictures like this one. When i crossed the tracks to head back home, i noticed that the rails were still very dirty from vehicular traffic, meaning that the return trip had yet to come by. I waited about 15 minutes before it came around the bend, however it was unfortunately too dark to take pictures at this point.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 03/29/2026
Location: Rimouski
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 9 Favourites
One of the first empty cement train trips on the Chandler subdivision slows down to a halt in order to manually protect the crossing of Maldemay Street and 3rd Avenue, which will require new equipment before being activated. As the train approches the crossing, a couple of bystander stops to watch the train go by. It was the first one they were seeing on over a decade! They weren't the only ones i had met on this trip, in nearly every town located along the track, atleast one person paused their joywalk in order to watch the train go by, needless to say, the locals really liked their train, and it shows when you see how hard they are fighting for VIA Rail to come back. Sadly, a few weeks after i took this picture, the old telepgraph poles to the right were cut down, maybe they leaned down a bit too much for comfort... It was one of my favourite features of this spot, so even though the weather was pretty disapointing for photos, i'm glad i got this picture in the end...
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Societe de chemin …
Date: 02/09/2026
Location: Paspébiac
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 18 Favourites
On June 17th 2023, while travelling on Route 132 between Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski i passed train 402 around Trois-Pistoles. I decided to catch it along the highway just after Saint-Simon, which proved to be a good idea as train 559 led by CN 9523 and 9543 was about to enter the siding just as i arrived, allowing me to catch both trains at once. Unfortunately, 559 waited at the other end of the siding, so i did not take a good shot of both trains in the same picture.
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 06/17/2023
Location: Saint-Simon
Province: Quebec
Comments | 13 Favourites
RS 65 leads the Laterrière turn down to Port-Alfred at UGB Est Junction on a nice sunny evening. This was the last train of the day for me. In the background we can see an ATV going down the sandy hill. These ATVs and sometimes motorbikes goes up and down the hill all day long during the summer months, these along with the military jet planes from the Bagotville AFB and the dogs barking in the nearby park makes this spot a pretty noisy one... But atleast each time the train comes around, especially the Arvida bound ones, it drowns all of the other noises right away!
Name: Ian Malenfant-Picar…
Railway: Roberval Saguenay
Date: 09/16/2025
Location: La Baie
Province: Quebec
2 Comments | 18 Favourites
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