A westbound freight passing through Beaconsfield, PQ.CANADIAN NATIONAL
This page will cover the CN main from Montreal to Toronto with a short side trip to Ottawa. Most of the images below were taken in 1987. Unfortunately you can't always count on good weather, so some images are a bit dark.
A westbound freight passing through Beaconsfield, PQ.
The westbound "Canadian" on CN rails after VIA took over the CP
train. Ile Perot, PQ, 10-4-87.
The westbound Canadian again at Coteau, PQ. 10-6-87.
A RS18 and a GP9 at Coteau. The line to Ottawa joins the main here.
9524 eastbound 
9573 coming off the Ottawa main enroute to Montreal.
On the route to Ottawa lies the town of Alexandria, Ontario.
LRC 6927 stops at Casselman enroute to Ottawa with train # 35.
A GP40W and M630 are ready to depart Walkley yard in Ottawa.
Some SW1200 switchers working Walkley Yard, 10-5-87.
Back to the Montreal-Toronto mainline.
Prescott, ON
LRC 6900 westbound with train #63 at Morrisburg, ON.
LRC 6903 eastbound at Cornwall with train # 60. 10-6-87.
Brockville, ON. A line to Ottawa joins the main here for trains to/from
Toronto.
LRC 6903 again, this time westbound flying through the small town of Gananoque.
The town of Kingston has a rather modern station building.
The small town of Napanee with a RS18 on an eastbound local.
Trenton Junction on a very rainy morning. 10-7-87.
Another station of similar design to Napanee and Prescott is Port Hope.
LRC 6918 westbound at Port Hope with train # 61.
Cobourg, ON. Still raining.
LRC 6920 with eastbound train # 64 at Oshawa, ON a few miles out of Toronto.
As viewed from the CN Tower. First looking east and then west. Courtesy
Gary Madden.
Hiding under the foot of the tower lies John Street tower at the west end of
Toronto Union Station.
A trio of RDC cars arrive in Toronto from Windsor on train # 72. July 28,
1983.
The MLW S-4 switchers bring the trains into Union Station.
The Ontario Northland train "The Northlander" departs Toronto for
points due north. The F7 was modified to operate with the imported
European equipment.
MLW FP4A 6764 departs for Windsor with train # 73.
The old Spadina Ave terminal.
GO Transit GP40 706 departs with a local.
At the GO storage yard sit trainsets awaiting the evening rush hour. The
F7's were used as cabs for the push-pull service. All have been retired.
A westbound local at Mimico. 
The west side of Toronto is rather
industrialized.
A rather strange "mixed" train.
Before we head toward Hamilton, a quick stop at the CN freight yard located on the north side of Toronto. MacMillan Yard.
The GP40W's ruled in 1983. July 28, 1983.
Assorted power including a grubby GP38 in yard duty and retired MLW switchers.
West of Toronto to Bayview Junction, Hamilton and Fort Erie, ONT.