Caption: West Coast Express trains are in their usual daytime layover places, east of the red brick ex-CP Waterfront Station (also a terminus for Skytrains and Seabus from North Van). On the left (south) side is the back of Vancouver's Gastown tourist area (steam clock, etc). The closer WCE locomotives are 2 of the 5 original F59PHi - WCE 901 and WCE 903. Closer to the station is WCE 906, the one Motive Power Industries MP36PH-3C that WCE operates - recognizable by its single number board and dark blue paint (instead of purple). As of 2018 WCE has 6 locomotives available to push 5 inbound and pull 5 outbound rush hour trains from/to Mission BC, leaving one free to receive maintenance.

CP 5019 and CP 5005 are pumping up the air on a train of tank cars that will be transferred eastward (at least to start); this yard has been CP's western end of track in downtown Vancouver for some years. Most of the railcars found in this yard are intermodal well cars staging here en route between the nearby Vancouver Container port and Port Coquitlam Yard.

For the most part, this rail corridor between Vancouver downtown and several miles to the east is secured by 8 foot high chain link fence with 3 strands of barbed wire on top. This image was taken from the public side of the fence.