VIA Rail With Rocky Mountaineer

I was out running errands at noon and figured I'd try to get the Canadian at Portage Junction today. When I arrived there, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and BNSF 2756 was ready to head back to their yard "running light" (with no cars).


I positioned myself to look straight down the mainline track. The nice thing about Portage Junction is that you can get fairly close to the tracks without trespassing. Soon I saw a headlight in the distance as the Canadian ran past Fort Rouge.

Here they are, passing under the signal tower.


Notice the big hump behind the engine? It was Rocky Mountaineer car RMRX 9527.


I shot each car as it went by, to record the car numbers. A gentleman in Skyline 8517 was chuckling at this idiot standing on a snowbank with a camera.


They rounded the corner at Portage Junction and headed toward Waverley Street and points west.


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See Also

• More Rocky Mountaineer cars
• Rocky Mountaineer Car on the Canadian
• Two Rockies on the Canadian