Train Pictures in Canada

Beautiful magnificent Canada. The place where it is hard to take a bad picture. I have only made a couple trips to Canada and I want to go back again. There are high rugged mountains, blue rivers, lots of trains and twenty plus years ago, Alcos on the British Columbia Railway. What more could a railfan want?

Canadian Pacific unit grain train at Field, British Columbia

My first trip into Canada was in the early summer of 1979. I returned the following year, but was rained out for most of that trip. In 1981, I returned with my new bride on our honeymoon. Most of my best pictures are from that trip. Thanks Ruth.

We have made two other short trips into Canada. A jaunt across the plains in 1985 and a one day visit in 1987 when the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National were on strike. Fortunately, the BC Hydro was operating. I was hoping to return for our 25th wedding anniversary, but we lacked both the time and the money to get away. I am currently updating the pictures in this gallery and adding a few more pages.

The following picture pages are arranged from East to West and then North to South. We begin on the Great Plains in southern Saskatchewan and finish on the West Coast near Squamish, BC. I am trying something new and placing several pictures on a single page, so some of these pages may be slow to open as some contain up to four pictures on a single page.

Train Pictures in Canada

Canadian Pacific Train Pictures in Saskatchewan and Alberta

Canadian Pacific Train Pictures in Southeastern British Columbia

Canadian National Train Pictures in British Columbia

Train Pictures in the Thompson and Frazer River Canyons

British Columbia Hydro Train Pictures

British Columbia Railway Train Pictures