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The Countess of Dufferin was Western Canada's first steam locomotive. Brought over by barge from Minnesota to Winnipeg, the locomotive was named along the way by Canada's Governor General, Lord Dufferin's wife as the Countess of Dufferin! This locomotive helped connect Western Canada to Eastern...

Thanks for the welcomes!!!!! I forgot to mention the other thing stopping me....the girlfriend said nosign1 Although I get to when we get a house :thumb::cool:

Here is the rest of my "decent" pics. Hopefully no one minds, there's quite a few of them from the last 2 years.:eek: BNSF Manitoba Engine Shed(Fall 2005) CN 5330 Heading west CN Rivers Sub(Fall 2005) I just thought this was kinda cool(Fall 2005) CN 2246 Westbound CN Rivers Sub(Winter 2006)...

BNSF has it's own operation here independent from the main BNSF system. The yard and trackage were originally owned by Great Northern Railway, then sold to The City of Winnipeg, and now owned by BNSF. The yard has an old GP9 for switching duties and interchanges with CN at Fort Rouge yard...

Thanks, hopefully I can find my other pictures soon.

Here's a few pictures (some of the better ones) That I have taken around Winnipeg. CN 2682 Taken at the CN Rivers sub CN 2245 CN Rivers Sub (This could have been a better pic had I taken it a few seconds earlier) CN 5799 Crossing CP's La Riviere Sub Sign at the entrance of the BNSF Yard in...

Thought I'd introduce myself on the forum here, kinda stumbled upon it while looking for railroad forums, seems like a great place. I currently do not do any physical modeling, so far in the apartment I'm confined to simulators. Hopefully in the future when I finally get a house I can get...