Montréal, December 2022
After many grey days, Monday December 19 had potential to turn out a little bit of sun, and so I planned to get an early start and see VIA's Northern Quebec service (combined train no. 601/603) leaving Gare Centrale at 7:30. If there were no clouds this would be just after sunrise, so I opted for the curve at Pointe-St-Charles, to have nothing in the way that would block the sun... if there was any. As it turned out - a low layer of clouds was effectively blocking out the sun, and it would stay like this for most of the morning. But as I was there already, why not get the little drone up in the air and capture the action as it was: 7:41 - VIA 601/601 with F40PHs no. 6405 and 6436 at Pointe-St-Charles Turning left, a look back at VIA 601/601 with F40PHs no. 6405 and 6436 Next were three VIA trains (no. 63 to Toronto, 22 to Québec, and 33 to Ottawa) for which I was planning to walk over to the old lift bridge spanning the entry of the Lachine Canal at the Peel Basin. That location ...