Railpictures.ca - Canadian Railway Photography - photographie ferroviaire Canadienne. » Ken Perry 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 ken-perry http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2964 http://www.railpictures.ca/2026/%postname#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:30 +0000 Ken Perry
In recognition of a century since the company was founded, Canadian Pacific organized Family Days open house opportunities at significant facilities for employees, and at Coquitlam Yard in Port Coquitlam, that included train rides on the X-Yard running lead. On Sunday 1981-08-09, MLW S-4 CP 6518 with three coaches and a caboose took riders from the west end of the yard to the east end and back on a hourly schedule.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1981-08-09
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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Timetable train No. 83 was a wayfreight between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, shown here arriving near the east end of Lethbridge at 1430 MDT on Thursday 1974-10-03 when the line still ran through downtown. I have seen many filthy locomotives, and C-424 CP 4204 certainly deserves a prize — imagine the river of muddy water resulting when it finally was washed!
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1974-10-03
Location: Lethbridge
Province: Alberta
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While BC Hydro had four SD38 units (one SD38AC and three SD38-2s), catching all four together was not common. Looking eastward from the Queensborough road bridge on Tuesday 1982-03-23 provided this view of BCH 384 + 381 + 383 + 382 waiting at the Trapp Yard main office in New Westminster in preparation for taking a Valley Freight train eastward to Huntingdon interchanges with CP, BN and MILW.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: BC Hydro
Date: 1982-03-23
Location: New Westminster
Province: British Columbia
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In the early years of VIA, gloriously mixed passenger train consists from CN and CP origins were common, and by seeking elevated camera perches, catching a complete train was one of my goals. On the east side of the Thompson River at Basque, CN and CP ran parallel for a short distance, allowing interchange connections that were handy during detours for track outages. On Sunday 1980-05-25, train No. 1 was on the CP mainline, powered by CP 1425 and VIA 1965 and VIA 1418.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1980-05-25
Location: Basque
Province: British Columbia
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At the very north end of CN’s Athabasca subdivision (originally Canadian Northern’s subsidiary Edmonton & Slave Lake) was the town of Athabasca, on the south side of the Athabasca River. A turn from Edmonton on Sunday 1980-09-21 with branchline GMD1s CN 1008 + 1007 +1009 brought empties for loading at the several grain elevators, and as seen here, collected a train of loads to take back southward. That depot was then occupied by the Athabasca District Senior Citizens Society, and survives to this day administered by the Athabasca Heritage Society.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1980-09-21
Location: Athabasca
Province: Alberta
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To connect Vancouver Island railways and the continental rail system, a range of marine transportation was utilized. A regular visitor to Wellcox barge slip in Nanaimo was the unique SEASPAN DORIS (former Doris Yorke), capable of rail and highway vehicles, with an elevator for also carrying trailers on the top deck. In this view, SEASPAN DORIS is arriving Wellcox from Vancouver, with one boxcar first-up, on Saturday 1980-05-17.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1980-05-17
Location: Nanaimo
Province: British Columbia
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While working a temporary assignment based at Ashcroft, a wander around the maintenance-of-way office revealed the concrete octagon base for the final water tower location there, seen here viewed compass northward (timetable east) on Tuesday 2007-06-05, slightly cleared of loose ballast.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 2007-06-05
Location: Ashcroft
Province: British Columbia
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Returning from Midway to Nelson on their second day on duty, the crew of CP 4104 +8509 + 8555 + 8526 has successfully descended from Paulson Gap near Farron on Friday 1974-10-11, and now is on the outskirts of Castlegar with only another 28 miles to go to reach Nelson. <p>Engineer trainee John Leeming was running, supervised by engineer Bob Calder, and I had the privilege of a cab ride with them that morning from Midway to Grand Forks.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1974-10-11
Location: Kraft
Province: British Columbia
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Emerging from the west portal of the Shaughnessy Tunnel on the Macdonald Track and on the bridge over Bear Creek on Sunday 1995-08-06 at 1258 PDT is ex-ATSF now GCRC 7488 and a westward train from Calgary. This was during closure of the Connaught Tunnel for deepening to handle double-stack trains, with mechanical staff camped nearby to ensure two-way rail traffic remained fluid. Paid to railfan for two weeks for me!
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1995-08-06
Location: Bear Creek
Province: British Columbia
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On Vancouver Island at Deerholme, CN 991 was left idling overnight when it was cold, causing excessive build-up in the exhaust system. To minimize smoke exposure to the caboose crew on the next day’s work, at first move was a short run loading against full engine brakes, as seen here at the west end of the yard on Wednesday 1976–03-31.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 1976-03-31
Location: Deerholme
Province: British Columbia
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This view of CP 8519 is an example of a steam generator equipped GP9, with the generator exhaust stack and air intake clearly visible, as is one of the two rooftop air main reservoir tanks, as seen on a Coquitlam roundhouse shoptrack on Monday 1975-07-28. <p>Down on the running board skirt, note the water fill connection a bit forward of the fuel fill point. And for appreciators of older ways, note the forged handrail stanchions above the running board, as opposed to the newer fabricated ones (likely needed for handrail pull-down repair when separating units with chains still connected) at the front crossover walkway. <p>Trivia: To provide sufficient compressed air capacity, there is a third (in addition to the two on the engine hood roof) air reservoir, tucked away out of sight. Where is it?
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-07-28
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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In southwestern British Columbia, we were fortunate to regularly see big MLWs on coal trains to Roberts Bank, due to many of them equipped with Locotrol for controlling mid-train remote units. On Thursday 1977-06-02 near Agassiz (stated GPS location is approximate), the roar of white flags at track speed heralded the approach of CP 4559 and 4566 (and unseen remotes) on yet another train of coal loads from southeastern BC.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1977-06-02
Location: Agassiz
Province: British Columbia
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Deadheading by train between a temporary assignment at Revelstoke and home in Port Coquitlam provided me numerous opportunities to observe locomotive performance and photo possibilities. One area that was particularly satisfying was the lengthy ascent on the Shuswap subdivision to Notch Hill, running wide open for miles via the north track. While on westward grain train symbol 359-017 on Sunday 1994-05-08 in the cab of the third unit CP 5976 (behind CP 9012 + 5981), this view of normal at a steady 900 Amps at 11 mph was obtained. <p>As you may well imagine, earplugs were essential while deadheading. By observation of what was normal, any abnormalities in sound or locomotive performance were easily identified.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1994-05-08
Location: Notch Hill
Province: British Columbia
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Due to its regular route from New Westminster to Huntingdon unavailable due to bridge work, the BC Hydro eastward Valley Freight detoured over Canadian Pacific lines (Westminster, Cascade, and Mission subdivisions) on Monday 1975-11-17, and due to six-axle units forbidden on CP at Sapperton near New Westminster, four SW900s, BCH 907 + 902 + 906 + 910, powered that train, and it is shown here at CP’s Coquitlam depot and train order office JN (from Junction, versus YD in the yard office control tower in the yard) at 1500 PST. <p>Years later, that depot in Port Coquitlam was renamed Port Coquitlam to minimize confusion for Westcoast Express commuter train passengers, and that area is now an extensive commuter rail and transit bus depot.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-11-17
Location: Port Coquitlam
Province: British Columbia
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In the years before public road access was provided, logging roads were the alternate way to access timber harvesting communities in the Nimpkish valley on Vancouver Island, and supplies were best transported by rail. Thus Canadian Forest Products 302 has two carloads of crossties and one tank car of fuel in addition to log empties southward by the road and rail water tank near Duncan reload on the way to Vernon Camp on Monday 1975-06-09.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Forest Pr…
Date: 1975-06-09
Location: Duncan reload
Province: British Columbia
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With dynamic brakes whirring, a loaded coal unit train from southeastern BC with CP 5811 + 5812 + 5772 + 4572 on the headend and unseen mid-train remotes 1017 + 5703 + 5642 + 5599 is descending from Notch Hill on the Shuswap sub. on Sunday 1976-10-17. The era of exclusive MLW power on CP coal trains was long gone.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1976-10-17
Location: Squilax
Province: British Columbia
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On the E&N on Monday 1979-03-12, MLW S-3 CP 6572 had recently returned from Port Alberni to Victoria roundhouse for scheduled maintenance and was lined up for the 0600 Victoria yard job. A personal practice was to work the engine against full-set airbrakes to verify loading and to warm up the wheels for good braking, out from the turntable and back several times within the tenth of a mile of shoptrack, that on Monday mornings particularly desirable after a Sunday parked in the shop. <p>Extensive idling at Port Alberni had accumulated quite a bit of carbon in the exhaust, and the heat from my load testing caused it to be emitted as a magnificent show of sparks, caught with a time exposure of several minutes. <p>Note the as-built single note “honker” air horn, and above it a three-note added at Victoria for better sound projection operating in reverse over the many local crossings, and coincidentally, a more pleasant sound overall.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1979-03-12
Location: Victoria
Province: British Columbia
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In Victoria, trackage continued past mileage 0.0 at the depot onto Store Street to reach a number of industrial customers, with Swift’s meat packing plant frequently a priority for the yard crew to switch with high-value loads. On Saturday 1975-07-12, that was the case for MLW S-3 CP 6572 heading out of the spur at Swift Street to Store Street and onward to the Albion Yard distribution area.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-07-12
Location: Victoria
Province: British Columbia
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By my timing in life and railway photography, only a short period of Pacific Great Eastern was within reach, mostly from a few visits to North Vancouver yard by public transit from downtown Vancouver. Thus this view of MLW RS-3 yard engine PGE 577 on a crew break at the PGE passenger depot at North Vancouver on Saturday 1972-01-22, just over two months before PGE became British Columbia Railway on 1972-04-01. <p>PGE 577 was rebuilt to slug BCOL 403 in 1984, and was retired by CN in 2006.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Pacific Great East…
Date: 1972-01-22
Location: North Vancouver
Province: British Columbia
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Canadian Pacific’s E&N Division on Vancouver Island handled trains of logs from Crown Zellerbach’s Nitinat Logging Division (hence the name Nitinat for those trains), eastward for 18 miles from Lake Cowichan to Hayward then 17 miles northward to the CZ log dump at Ladysmith. As seen from the last water tower at mileage 15.85 near Lake Cowichan (note milepost 16 in the distance near the Greendale Road crossing), GP9s CP 8832 and 8831 have their eastward train of 40-ish loads nicely underway on Thursday 1975-05-15, just two months after GM units displaced the seven remaining CP Baldwin roadswitchers on the E&N.
Name: Ken Perry
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 1975-05-15
Location: Lake Cowichan
Province: British Columbia
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