Steve Boyko
@traingeek.bsky.social
Father, husband, photographer, writer, geek at large. 🇨🇦 Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
122 years old and still in service.
Eighty pound rail was heavy steel back in 1903. Today it's on a back track in Amulet, SK on the Red Coat Road & Rail.
Eighty pound rail was heavy steel back in 1903. Today it's on a back track in Amulet, SK on the Red Coat Road & Rail.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
122 years old and still in service.
Eighty pound rail was heavy steel back in 1903. Today it's on a back track in Amulet, SK on the Red Coat Road & Rail.
Eighty pound rail was heavy steel back in 1903. Today it's on a back track in Amulet, SK on the Red Coat Road & Rail.
Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
- Jimmie Rogers
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
- Jimmie Rogers
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
- Jimmie Rogers
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
- Jimmie Rogers
It's the end of the train, it's the end of the work week. Who knows what is over the next hill? Let's find out.
Vivian, Manitoba, September 2025
Vivian, Manitoba, September 2025
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It's the end of the train, it's the end of the work week. Who knows what is over the next hill? Let's find out.
Vivian, Manitoba, September 2025
Vivian, Manitoba, September 2025
The automated inspection portal at Vivian, Manitoba was inspecting this eastbound container train in great detail on September 22, 2025. These AIP structures capture high resolution images of every rail car that passes through. These images are analyzed and problems can be detected.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The automated inspection portal at Vivian, Manitoba was inspecting this eastbound container train in great detail on September 22, 2025. These AIP structures capture high resolution images of every rail car that passes through. These images are analyzed and problems can be detected.
Sunrise from my birthday last month... near Dugald, Manitoba.
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sunrise from my birthday last month... near Dugald, Manitoba.
No food today.
Lang, SK this past Saturday.
Lang, SK this past Saturday.
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
No food today.
Lang, SK this past Saturday.
Lang, SK this past Saturday.
GO Transit ready to depart Kitchener toward Toronto, yesterday just before noon.
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
GO Transit ready to depart Kitchener toward Toronto, yesterday just before noon.
Manitobans were plagued with forest fires this summer, and apparently even Americans were complaining about the smoke and how they couldn't put a tariff on it. In the midst of July I photographed this short yard job rolling into the east end of CPKC's Winnipeg yard on a hazy afternoon.
October 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Manitobans were plagued with forest fires this summer, and apparently even Americans were complaining about the smoke and how they couldn't put a tariff on it. In the midst of July I photographed this short yard job rolling into the east end of CPKC's Winnipeg yard on a hazy afternoon.
Back in July I rode my bike under the CN bridge in St. Norbert, Manitoba and into the woods for some forest path biking. The bridge crosses the La Salle River and hosts a couple of trains per day on average.
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Back in July I rode my bike under the CN bridge in St. Norbert, Manitoba and into the woods for some forest path biking. The bridge crosses the La Salle River and hosts a couple of trains per day on average.
The Central Manitoba Railway ran a ballast train yesterday down the Carman subdivision... spotted yesterday leaving Winnipeg.
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Central Manitoba Railway ran a ballast train yesterday down the Carman subdivision... spotted yesterday leaving Winnipeg.
AMTK 736 somewhere in the San Francisco area, 2000.
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
AMTK 736 somewhere in the San Francisco area, 2000.
I saw this wonderful old house last weekend in New Brunswick and had to stop to make a photo. I love that there are still curtains in the window upstairs.
September 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I saw this wonderful old house last weekend in New Brunswick and had to stop to make a photo. I love that there are still curtains in the window upstairs.
Let's go back 18 years (!) and a bit to August 3, 2007. I was out in the wilds of New Brunswick at Deersdale, when CN 308 came rolling around the curve with an SD60F leading, 5519, followed by 5368 and 5375 and 6021. It was worth the wait.
September 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Let's go back 18 years (!) and a bit to August 3, 2007. I was out in the wilds of New Brunswick at Deersdale, when CN 308 came rolling around the curve with an SD60F leading, 5519, followed by 5368 and 5375 and 6021. It was worth the wait.
Early morning on March 30, 2018 finds a westbound train heading out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
September 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Early morning on March 30, 2018 finds a westbound train heading out of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Railfanning from Tim Hortons - the VIA Rail "Ocean" rolling into Halifax this evening.
September 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Railfanning from Tim Hortons - the VIA Rail "Ocean" rolling into Halifax this evening.
Last night I bought a sub and a Diet Pepsi in Sackville, NB, then since you shouldn't eat a sub and drive, I paused at Aulac to watch the sun set on the Tantramar Marshes. Because why not.
September 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Last night I bought a sub and a Diet Pepsi in Sackville, NB, then since you shouldn't eat a sub and drive, I paused at Aulac to watch the sun set on the Tantramar Marshes. Because why not.
The aurora didn't show up last night near Winnipeg, but we did get a light show of a different kind.
September 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The aurora didn't show up last night near Winnipeg, but we did get a light show of a different kind.
I'm very proud of my image of CN 5704 on the cover of the latest CN LINES magazine. Thanks to Kevin J Holland for making it look great as a cover image, and to Alan Lill for suggesting it!
Subscribe to CN LINES here: cnrha.ca/membership/
Also, I should straighten my glasses.
Subscribe to CN LINES here: cnrha.ca/membership/
Also, I should straighten my glasses.
August 31, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I'm very proud of my image of CN 5704 on the cover of the latest CN LINES magazine. Thanks to Kevin J Holland for making it look great as a cover image, and to Alan Lill for suggesting it!
Subscribe to CN LINES here: cnrha.ca/membership/
Also, I should straighten my glasses.
Subscribe to CN LINES here: cnrha.ca/membership/
Also, I should straighten my glasses.
Oakville, Manitoba on a lovely fall morning last year.
August 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oakville, Manitoba on a lovely fall morning last year.
Set the wayback machine to around 2000-2001... Regina, Saskatchewan... CN irritating motorists on Albert Street but delighting this railfan.
August 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Set the wayback machine to around 2000-2001... Regina, Saskatchewan... CN irritating motorists on Albert Street but delighting this railfan.
Every town had a "hot 100" radio station, 100.5 on your FM radio dial in Winnipeg! Here's CPKC's "hot 100", train 100 rolling eastward out of the city under smoky skies on July 27, 2025.
August 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Every town had a "hot 100" radio station, 100.5 on your FM radio dial in Winnipeg! Here's CPKC's "hot 100", train 100 rolling eastward out of the city under smoky skies on July 27, 2025.
Day or night, the trains keep moving.
August 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Day or night, the trains keep moving.
Rounding the bend at mile 16, eastbound CN 2241 breaks the eerie silence along CN's main line just west of Winnipeg.
August 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Rounding the bend at mile 16, eastbound CN 2241 breaks the eerie silence along CN's main line just west of Winnipeg.