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Post by Canucks on Jun 15, 2008 20:11:42 GMT -8
Okay time for part 2 the Whistler Mountaineer part. I arrived a bit early so I was able to get a few shots of the locomotives before we left North Vancouver. They are GP40-2's.   Here is a close up of the logo.  As we carried on the journey we saw many neat waterfalls that you can't see from the highway. A waterfall just past Horseshoe Bay.  One scraggy tree amoungst the vast Howe Sound.  A trestle over the Chekamus canyon.  A close up of the water. Its going pretty fast!  Here we are boarding in Whistler. The coaches are ex-CN coaches that have been redone.  Accelerating out of a scenic stop.  Rounding a curve in the canyon.  Crew checking the engine out.  Forward view of the train.  Rearward view of the train.  I hoped you enjoyed and if photobucket will ever work I will upload a few videos too. |
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Post by Canucks on Jun 15, 2008 21:20:27 GMT -8
Okay video time! After several IE crashes with Photobucket I have the videos. The first is the GP40-2's idling in North Vancouver.  This one is a bit lucky. I randomly started filming from the back car and we happened to go through a tunnel.  Okay Last one. In this picture notice the employee in the first car.  Now he is on the helper loco discussing some over a canyon!  Anyways hope you enjoyed. |
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Post by Barnacle on Jun 21, 2008 8:44:39 GMT -8
The question is, is that one of the coaches that is actually eighty years old and has all the oak paneling under the 'modernisation'? Saw a few of those at the Rail Museum in Cranbrook and that sure looks similar...
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Post by CN2972South on Jun 21, 2008 16:13:00 GMT -8
The question is, is that one of the coaches that is actually eighty years old and has all the oak paneling under the 'modernisation'? Saw a few of those at the Rail Museum in Cranbrook and that sure looks similar... I don't believe so. Those coaches were built in the 1950's for CN, picked up by VIA Rail in the 1970's and sold in the 1990's after the major funding cuts by the government. I remember on the Pacific Wilderness we had one of those "modernized" heavyweight coaches, it's the one that's out at the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society. The car's frame was wood, in fact that's why Transport Canada had condemned it, the wood frame under the sheet metal paneling had started to rot. It started life in 1903 as a Pullman Car Co. sleeper, later converted to a coach (including sheet metal paneling over the wood), Grand Trunk Western(CN) bought it in 1971 and rebuilt it into a commuter coach. It eventually went to Ohio Central(who provided all the equipment for PAW), and made it all the way to Victoria from Ohio before the condition of the car's frame was discovered. |
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Post by Dane on Jun 22, 2008 7:10:31 GMT -8
It's a 1954 CC&F Coach, according to the Trackside Guide.
CP built coaches almost simaltaneously and due to construction methods which did not match those of CC&F & CN there are almost none in service todaY. The CN fleet of coahces survives almost in its entirety though!
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Post by CN2972South on Jun 23, 2008 11:40:53 GMT -8
It's a 1954 CC&F Coach, according to the Trackside Guide. CP built coaches almost simaltaneously and due to construction methods which did not match those of CC&F & CN there are almost none in service todaY. The CN fleet of coahces survives almost in its entirety though! Though the cars that CP bought from Budd are still around with VIA Rail, a testament to their stainless steel construction. |
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Post by CN2972South on May 31, 2009 22:31:35 GMT -8
Whistler Mountaineer is up and running. With yours truly at the throttle 3 or 4 times a week.  |
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 1, 2009 21:14:29 GMT -8
Ah! I think I've just happened to see you cruise through Squamish on the Mountaineer before. I didn't think it was you though, since I thought you were strictly with CN. Must be a nice change from dirty freight trains to clean passenger trains.
On another note, I saw the Rocky Mountaineer train come through town today, heading Southbound around noon. Usually quite rare to see that though, so I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the forest fire up near Lilloet right now?
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Post by CN2972South on Jun 2, 2009 20:33:19 GMT -8
I didn't think it was you though, since I thought you were strictly with CN. Must be a nice change from dirty freight trains to clean passenger trains. It's a good chance it was me, the conductor and engineer are CN. Whistler Mountaineer doesn't have their own engineers and conductors. It is a nice change, though it is different from running freight trains. The brakes work differently and you have to be very gentle. Boxcars don't complain if you bang them around, but spill someone's coffee and look out!  |
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Post by CN2972South on Jun 13, 2009 12:11:06 GMT -8
On another note, I saw the Rocky Mountaineer train come through town today, heading Southbound around noon. Usually quite rare to see that though, so I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the forest fire up near Lilloet right now? They're running that train out of Squamish/Whistler with a Squamish crew this season because it is running on such a limited schedule. With the long layover in Whistler RMR decided to base the train out of Squamish. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 25, 2013 14:58:57 GMT -8
The Rocky Mountaineer labouring upgrade @ Partridge, BC, just west of Kicking Horse Pass, on Canadian Pacific's Laggan Subdivision - 23 July 2013. This is just east of & above the Upper Spiral Tunnel in Yoho National Park.  photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 25, 2013 15:19:20 GMT -8
The Rocky Mountaineer labouring upgrade @ Partridge, BC, just west of Kicking Horse Pass, on Canadian Pacific's Laggan Subdivision - 23 July 2013. This is just east of & above the Upper Spiral Tunnel in Yoho National Park. Wonderful photo. Perfect lighting in the Rocky Mountains is a very good thing. "Partridge" siding is named for a railway worker at that location who saved some co-workers from a rock-slide, in heroic and athletic (think of a cross country sprint down a hill-side) fashion. ...I miss that area. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 29, 2013 8:52:37 GMT -8
The Rocky Mountaineer east bound @ Morant's Curve, Canadian Pacific's Laggan Subdivision, near Lake Louise, Alberta - 23 July 2013. That is the 'Bow Range' in the background; the mountains that run along the Continental Divide separating BC from Alberta, and the Lake Louise/ Moraine Lake area in Banff National Park from the Lake O'hara area in Yoho National Park. This was a 'sun in your eyes' sort of shot, hence the lens flare. I followed this train up the 'Big Hill' from Field, BC, over Kicking Horse Pass & into Alberta & the Lake Louise area. This train was equipped with three locomotives & 20+ passenger cars, an impressive site for a passenger train! Got to save some money & do a trip on this one of these days.  photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 29, 2013 9:38:52 GMT -8
The Rocky Mountaineer east bound @ Morant's Curve, Canadian Pacific's Laggan Subdivision, near Lake Louise, Alberta - 23 July 2013. That is the 'Bow Range' in the background; the mountains that run along the Continental Divide separating BC from Alberta, and the Lake Louise/ Moraine Lake area in Banff National Park from the Lake O'hara area in Yoho National Park. It looks like the usual assortment of trees along the river are still intact, after the June high-river event. |
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Post by compdude787 on Jul 29, 2013 13:30:11 GMT -8
The Rocky Mountaineer east bound @ Morant's Curve, Canadian Pacific's Laggan Subdivision, near Lake Louise, Alberta - 23 July 2013. That is the 'Bow Range' in the background; the mountains that run along the Continental Divide separating BC from Alberta, and the Lake Louise/ Moraine Lake area in Banff National Park from the Lake O'hara area in Yoho National Park. It looks like the usual assortment of trees along the river are still intact, after the June high-river event. Yes, but it looks like a few trees are about to fall into the river. They must have had their roots undermined or washed away during the flood. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 29, 2013 13:39:00 GMT -8
It looks like the usual assortment of trees along the river are still intact, after the June high-river event. Yes, but it looks like a few trees are about to fall into the river. They must have had their roots undermined or washed away during the flood. The tree on the far bank standing at an angle into the water has been there for at least the last 10 years (based on my visits there). - looks like it's a recent victim, but maybe it's a partial victim from a flood a decade ago... |
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Post by compdude787 on Jul 29, 2013 20:08:04 GMT -8
Wow, so those trees have been leaning over like that for thirty years! |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 29, 2013 21:20:06 GMT -8
Wow, so those trees have been leaning over like that for thirty years! Yes, probably a lot longer than that. They have been taking photos at this location for about a hundred years now. Here's one that some might enjoy. |
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 1, 2013 12:01:31 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 7, 2013 18:14:21 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 12, 2013 17:55:48 GMT -8
Rocky Mountaineer train at Cisco Bridges. - I'm so happy to report that this is what I saw today, and this is what I'm going to show you in this post. I arrived at Cisco Bridges at 9:00am, and the Rocky Mountaineer passed-by at Noon. No problem with me waiting there for 3 hours, because it was a marvelous sight to behold for a few hours, especially with the changing lighting of the morning sun and the always awesome view of those 2 bridges. I did see various freight trains between 9:00am and Noon, including 2-at-same-time crossing both bridges. (I'll post those photos/videos later). -------------- Here's my photo sequence of the Rocky Mountaineer, as she makes her way from Kamloops to Vancouver (the train that left Calgary & Banff on the previous day). You can see the length of the train here, because you can see start and end, on the curve. (wait until the video, before you try to count cars).  The 2 locomotives, and 4 double-high Gold-Leaf coaches.  As the Rocky Mountaineer is crossing the CN bridge, a CN freight is approaching the CP bridge. (if you understand the Fraser/Thompson Canyon route traffic patterns, you'll understand this.)  The tail end of the 'Mountaineer on one bridge, and the lead locomotive of the CN freight on the other bridge.  A full-scene shot, showing the CN track below my position (I'm on the road-side berm, beside Hwy-1).  Final shot: 'Mountaineer locomotive appearing below me on the CN track. The CN freight train is still on the CP bridge.  -------------------- Video of this to be posted, in the weeks ahead. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 14, 2013 10:42:57 GMT -8
Rocky Mountaineer train at Cisco bridges. - noon on September 12, 2013. The train is westbound, on the CN track/bridge. This is day-2 of a trip from Calgary/Banff to Vancouver. The location is south of Lytton on Hwy-1, along the Fraser River. Here is my video of the crossing: ================== Some stills from this:  3 different classes of cars, from left to right on the bridge: - 1 Silver Leaf (2nd class) coach, showing small windows on the top-corners of the coach. - 1 Red Leaf (3rd class) coach, showing only standard side box-windows. - 4 Gold Leaf (1st class) coaches, which are overheight with dome-window viewing.  Notice the locomotive on the track, on the right-side of the photo:  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 9, 2013 7:28:02 GMT -8
A new thread for photos, videos, news, discussion, etc for this passenger train.
The Company is "Rocky Mountain Rail Tours" and their brand is "Rocky Mountaineer"
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 10, 2013 15:43:46 GMT -8
Here are a few random rail photos from my recent vacation to BC's lower right hand corner... The Rocky Mountaineer Heading east up CP's main line & the the Kicking Horse canyon just east of Golden, BC - 4 Aug 2008 |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 10, 2013 15:51:50 GMT -8
Boy, there are some good photos on here. I singled out a few favorites, but I have to admit that I am and have nearly always been fascinated by the rail scene north of my border. As well, it seems to be a common thread that a lot of Ferry Foamers on this board are Rail Foamers as well. Good for all of us! I figured I'd add a few of my own. Enjoy! And since we're supposed to be sticking to Canadian fare, here's a shot of the Rocky Mountaineer's Winter Train crossing Ottertail Creek near Field, BC  Enjoy! |
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