Photo of the week – January 26, 2026

This slide by Al Chione shows a short wayfreight steaming along the Sprague subdivision near Dufresne, Manitoba, on July 14, 1959. CN 2142 is the locomotive on this train. This 2-8-0 “Consolidation” locomotive was built in Kingston, ON in 1912 by the Canadian Locomotive Company, part of an order of 25 (2130 – 2154) for … Read more

Photo of the week

On August 25, 1997 CN SD40-2W 5358 leads train #523 into the sunset at Roland, Manitoba after working at the elevator in town. Roland is mile 25.9 on the Miami Subdivision which headed west from Morris on the Letellier Subdivision. Around 2000 this line was sold to a shortline operator. After a short period of … Read more