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Post by WettCoast on May 25, 2008 11:07:09 GMT -8
I was in Smithers on Friday & Saturday and took a few train photos on the way home. The first photo shows a CN mixed about to head out on the Bulkley subdivision for Terrace, BC. Wood chip cars just behind the locomotives are destined for the Eurocan pulp mill in Kitimat. The the second pic below shows the same train moving from the yard onto the main track west bound. 24 May 2008 - JST photos ©
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Post by CN2972South on May 25, 2008 17:49:28 GMT -8
Wow, nice pictures. I like the look of the weeds between the rails in the first shot. Reminds me of the Squamish Sub just south of Lillooet.
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Post by Canucks on May 28, 2008 16:45:23 GMT -8
Nice pictures! I like the mood the second one creates. Some nice spring flowers on the ground with a bit of a threatening sky above.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 30, 2008 22:28:00 GMT -8
I took a quick trip out to Prince Rupert last weekend to take some ferry pictures and in the process got a few train pictures while heading out there, and when returning. While going to Rupert I caught an east bound double stacked box train speeding by. It was very long (2 km, maybe) and moving fast (50 km/h is my guesstimate). This is the first box train I have ever seen on CN's northern route. You will note a former BCR locomotive just behind the lead unit. On my return inland I caught a west bound train loaded with Tumbler Ridge coal heading for Ridley Island terminals. All photos by JST ©
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Post by Canucks on Aug 10, 2008 19:34:37 GMT -8
A CN train rolling into Edmonton led by two GP-38's. It was a very short train with only about 20 grain cars.
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Post by WettCoast on May 11, 2009 21:13:37 GMT -8
A rail photo from my visit to Prince Rupert this past Saturday... Head end of CN double stack box train at Fairview Terminal. The AMHS ferry terminal is on right.
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Post by fargowolf on May 12, 2009 16:08:16 GMT -8
Speaking of CN, I saw recently that they are running remote units now. I was quite surprised. There was one unit on the head end and one on the tail end, complete with SBU.
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Post by CN2972South on May 12, 2009 16:28:26 GMT -8
Speaking of CN, I saw recently that they are running remote units now. I was quite surprised. There was one unit on the head end and one on the tail end, complete with SBU. Yeah, we've been running them for at least a year on the BC South. The Vancouver enginemen have been trained to run remotes for a few years before CN started running them. We run some trains for CP(coal and potash) from Boston Bar to North Vancouver to North Bend. CP didn't want to waste time conventionalizing the trains anymore so our hoggers were DP trained.
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Post by WettCoast on Aug 13, 2009 21:41:54 GMT -8
I have not put up any rail photos in a while now so here goes. First a couple of oldies and then recent stuff: CN west bound wood chips for Eurocan Pulp & Paper seen near Cedarvale, BC - 26 April 1978 CN west bound grain seen just west of Cedarvale, BC - 26 April 1978 BCR-CN Northbound south of Kersley in Cariboo - 18 July 2009. BC Rail power is now often seen on the CN routes west (& I assume east) of Prince George. In fact just this morning I saw two BCR units at the head end of a north boiund Kitimat Subdivision freight just about to return to Terrace. another shot of same train Westbound CN mixed freight on Telkwa Sub @ Topley - 19 July 2009 CN - BC North east bound empty coal unit train - just east of Tyee Siding ~40 km east of Prince Rupert - 1 Aug 2009 Another shot of same train All photos © JST
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Post by WettCoast on Feb 22, 2012 10:19:57 GMT -8
A pair of CN 9600 units head east bound grain empties over the end of the rail bridge @ Skeena Crossing - BC North route - Bulkley Subdivision near Hazelton, BC - 4 February 1984 photo © JST - Fujihrome - 84-01-36 Nikon-VueScan by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size] The Trans Canada - Yellowhead Highway (#16), visible directly under the locomotives, was rerouted a few years after this photo was taken. The new route by-passed the store here, which led to it being closed and pulled down. Too bad, as the place had character. The railway bridge at Skeena Crossing is still very much in use, a full 100 years after its construction c1912. Today this bridge will carry in the order of a dozen trains daily, with the number expected to increase significantly. Here, you could watch trains while sipping on your Coke, while the store installed a pair of new Road King Tires, and you could pay for it all with your new fangled plastic Chargex card.
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 24, 2012 19:34:58 GMT -8
CN train of grain empties being assembled in Terrace, BC yard prior to departing for run east to Smithers over the Bulkley Subdivision - 23 April 2012 photo © JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size]
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 1, 2013 17:52:25 GMT -8
Locomotives 2245 & 8914 lead east bound box train at Kitsumkalum, just west of Terrace BC, on CN's Skeena Subdivision - 1 January 2013 photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 23, 2013 22:15:46 GMT -8
A few stills and a video of CN freight trains, southbound at Louis Creek, BC. - evening of Sept. 8, 2013 and morning of Sept. 9, 2013. Louis Creek is just a few minutes south of Barriere, on Hwy-5. So an hour north of Kamloops, along the North Thompson River. - My photo vantage point is just a few meters north of the junction of Hwy-5 and Agate Bay Rd. The area was devastated by a forest fire in 2003. The evening photo: The morning photo, same roadside location ------------------- The video of the same 2 trains: I was happy to have found this nice curve location for rail photography, and for enjoying the evening and morning sunlight, as it changed the lighting in the valley and on the slopes.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 10, 2013 10:27:21 GMT -8
The 2 branches of CN lines in BC (and into Alberta & beyond) can coexist in this 1 thread.
- CN from Kamloops west to Vancouver is covered in a separate thread on the CP/CN corridor.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 10, 2013 15:46:50 GMT -8
Here are a few random rail photos from my recent vacation to BC's lower right hand corner... CN's Clearwater Sub, north of Kamloops... East (north) bound box train on main track at McLure, BC. This is close to one of the reaction ferries that cross the North Thompson River. All photos by JST ©
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 15, 2013 10:16:34 GMT -8
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Post by Mill Bay on Nov 15, 2013 10:21:43 GMT -8
These days it's hard to tell if a train is coming or going. I wish had a nice dramatic location close by to take train photos. There are plenty within reach, as Flugel would advise me, but then there is the challenge of needing a better camera and lens to shoot them, which is the constant temptation of everyone who owns a camera.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 15, 2013 14:44:07 GMT -8
I wish had a nice dramatic location close by to take train photos. There are plenty within reach, as Flugel would advise me, but then there is the challenge of needing a better camera and lens to shoot them, which is the constant temptation of everyone who owns a camera. By my estimate, you live a 2-hour drive away from Cisco Bridges. The Holy Grail of Rail... - If I wanted to be envious, I'd definitely envy your proximity to Cisco Bridges, and that entire Fraser/Thompson corridor.
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Post by Mill Bay on Nov 18, 2013 21:19:39 GMT -8
I wish had a nice dramatic location close by to take train photos. There are plenty within reach, as Flugel would advise me, but then there is the challenge of needing a better camera and lens to shoot them, which is the constant temptation of everyone who owns a camera. By my estimate, you live a 2-hour drive away from Cisco Bridges. The Holy Grail of Rail... - If I wanted to be envious, I'd definitely envy your proximity to Cisco Bridges, and that entire Fraser/Thompson corridor. I guess it's true. I just need the camera equipment, and the inspiration (and to figure out how my scanner works.) I wouldn't exactly call the Cisco Bridges the Holy Grail, though. My true holy grails of rail were all gone long before I could ever have seen them.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 28, 2013 22:49:22 GMT -8
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Post by compdude787 on Jan 1, 2014 22:33:49 GMT -8
Hey, can we have some of that snow? You could put it at Snoqualmie Pass, because the ski area there is STILL closed due to lack of snow. Whenever they do open, it will be the latest in the season that it has ever opened. Please send two to three feet of snow down to Snoqualmie. Thanks!
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Post by WettCoast on Jan 20, 2014 22:09:07 GMT -8
Some recent photos from my neck of the woods... Firstly, foreign power on the Skeena Sub... This is a first for me, seen earlier today... Canadian Pacific #'s 9720 & 9574 power Montana (BNSF) coal westbound over CN's Skeena Subdivision @ New Remo, west of Terrace, BC - 20 January 2012. This coal is going to Ridley Terminals in Prince Rupert. It has travelled over BNSF tracks in the USA, Canadian Pacific tracks in Alberta & CN's lines westward from Edmonton. 'Foreign' Power by Wett Coast, on FlickrAnother shot 'Foreign' Power by Wett Coast, on FlickrSecondly, a few shots taken on the Kitimat Sub at Kitimat, this past Saturday. Trains on the Kitimat Sub are few these days; maybe twice a week. CN #'s 2592 & 5531 finishing up train assembly in the north Kitimat yard prior to return run north to Terrace over Kitimat Subdivision - 18 January 2014 by Wett Coast, on FlickrCN power on Kitimat Sub way freight #'s 5531 & 2592 finishing up train assembly in Kitimat yard prior to return run north to Terrace, BC - 18 January 2014 by Wett Coast, on FlickrCN #2592 & train about to depart Kitimat for return run north to Terrace over Kitimat Subdivision - 18 January 2014 by Wett Coast, on FlickrAll photos © WCK-JST
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 26, 2014 7:33:45 GMT -8
CN #2201 leads long potash train west @ Decoigne on the Albreda Sub west of Jasper, Alberta - 25 March 2014. photo © WCK-JST Flickr
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Post by WettCoast on Mar 28, 2014 21:06:41 GMT -8
CN #'s 2549 & 2701 power a west bound coal train at the east end of Moose Lake in BC's Mount Robson Provincial Park. This is on CN's Albreda Subdivision. This train was destined for Prince Rupert (CN BC North). This is near Yellowhead Pass on Hwy 16 (Trans-Canada - Yellowhead route). 28 Mar 2014 photo © WCK-JST Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Mar 29, 2014 5:56:26 GMT -8
CN #'s 2549 & 2701 power a west bound coal train at the east end of Moose Lake in BC's Mount Robson Provincial Park. This is on CN's Albreda Subdivision. This train was destined for Prince Rupert (CN BC North). This is near Yellowhead Pass on Hwy 16 (Trans-Canada - Yellowhead route). ...and I'm pretty sure that you are standing on the highway overpass. Nice photo perch.
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