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Post by WettCoast on Oct 9, 2007 21:58:22 GMT -8
CN coal train on CN's Ashcroft Subdivision [the 'mainline'] in the Thompson Canyon near Spences Bridge - ~24 June 2000  © WCK/JST by Jim Thorne, on Flickr |
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Post by Balfour on Oct 11, 2007 6:57:50 GMT -8
Beautiful Shot! I traveled through that area on VIA Rail's Canadian but it was at night. Of course I've gone through there by car quite a few times.
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Post by FNS on Oct 11, 2007 7:20:45 GMT -8
This is why I choose to take my Montana rail trips aboard the Empire Builder during full moon. I can see more at night that way. Great photo!!  |
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Post by CN2972South on Oct 11, 2007 14:08:09 GMT -8
It's a shame that VIA goes through the Canyon in the dark, it's got amazing scenery, IMHO better scenery than the Yellowhead Pass.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 5, 2007 22:25:35 GMT -8
While en route from the North Coast to the South Coast via Prince George last Thursday & Friday I stopped to 'stretch my legs', and take a few train pictures. You have to do something more than just sit behind the wheel with pedal to the metal for 15 hours... CN way freight eastbound on Telkwa sub just west of Endako - BC North line - 1 Nov 2007  BC Rail (CN) freight southbound near Kelly Lake - November 2  CP on CN westbound along Thompson R near Spences Bridge - 2nd of November  CP empty coal train on CP tracks in Thompson Canyon near Spences Bridge, BC - 2 Nov 2007  All photos © JST aka WCK |
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 18, 2007 22:56:02 GMT -8
More train pics from my homeward bound trip of yesterday, Nov 17th ...  CP on CN westbound along Thompson R east of Spences Bridge both photos by JST © CN on CP - east bound grain empties - west of Spences Bridge Even in November the Thompson country is great for train watching! |
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Post by Mill Bay on Nov 19, 2007 9:28:34 GMT -8
More train pics from my homeward bound trip of yesterday, Nov 17th ... Cool pics Wet Coast... I love seeing pictures of trains from the inside the canyon. Thanks for posting them. |
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Post by CN2972South on Nov 26, 2007 14:37:38 GMT -8
Nice pictures from the canyon Wet Coast. It's a beautiful stretch of rail, I only wish I could get more runs to Boston Bar. Road trains are very senior jobs(East Freight pool), in fact the junior man on the road pool has 20 years seniority.
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Post by Canucks on Mar 23, 2008 16:23:06 GMT -8
Here are some pictures of a CP freight train and the Westcoast express. A CP freight is coming through Albion.  Here it is in the crossing. By the way this train was going at 100km. an hour. I chased it from Silverdale and barely caught it.  The Westcoast express ready for action tomorrow morning.  A close up of the cab.  |
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Post by Canucks on Aug 22, 2008 23:42:21 GMT -8
I was out train chasing a few days ago and got some pictures of an inter model train. The consist was an ES44AC, followed by two AC4400's and another one on the back. I can't remember whether it was an ES or a 4400. Sitting at Albion waiting for another inter model to pass.  Passing by but he hadn't turn on the ditch lights yet.      Hope you enjoyed! |
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 30, 2011 21:10:18 GMT -8
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Post by suspensionstayed on Nov 13, 2011 12:42:18 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Mar 24, 2012 15:30:22 GMT -8
A CN freight waiting to use the Fraser River Bridge, near the Braid SkyTrain station.  |
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Post by Scott on May 24, 2012 20:31:25 GMT -8
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Post by WettCoast on May 24, 2012 21:32:36 GMT -8
Nice pics John. You are right about train direction. The Thompson & Fraser canyons west of Ashcroft (Basque Junction to be precise) are 'co-production territory' meaning most westbound trains of both companies are on CN's tracks, and east bound are on CP's. With the CP strike I would assume that there will be little if any traffic moving over CP's tracks as their RTC's (Rail Traffic Controllers, aka dispatchers) are also on strike. That would mean CN's east & westbound opposing trains moving over CN's tracks only.
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Post by WettCoast on Jun 13, 2012 12:07:11 GMT -8
Canadian Pacific west bound grain train @ Martel on CN's Ashcroft Subdivision just a few kilometres east of Spences Bridge, BC - 3 June 2012. CP's Thompson Subdivision is visible on far bank of river. This is in CP-CN 'co-production territory' where most trains of both companies move west over CN's tracks and east on CP's tracks.  photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr[/size] |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 8, 2012 17:01:04 GMT -8
The Thompson River bridge at Lytton, which is next to the Hwy-12 road-bridge. With a CP coal-train. (after I saw this train, I really wanted to listen to some classic tenor-saxophone jazz  ) - July 8, 2012.   Mid-train helper locomotive  ======================= ....video to come at a later date |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 14, 2012 19:57:23 GMT -8
So that means a question... (not about railway equipment or such things, but..) How is it that trains and good tempo piano/sax jazz go together? Tenor Saxophone jazz legend "John Coltrane". ie. coal-train. choo choo, be-bop ! |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 21, 2012 16:32:07 GMT -8
VIDEO of a coal-train passing under me, at Lytton BC
- July 8, 2012
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 3, 2012 20:24:05 GMT -8
A trio of train photos taken on Saturday while on my return north to the Wett Coast... South (west) bound CN box train in Fraser Canyon just south of Boston Bar, BC - 1 September 2012  by Wett Coast, on FlickrCN south (west) bound mixed freight on Thompson River bridge at Lytton, BC - 1 September 2012. (Mr. Horn was at this same bridge taking train pics back in July...). This train was a very long one with a third locomotive about 2 km back from the head end. Much of the freight on this train was forest products originating from north-central BC. Such freight used to be moved south over what was the BCR.  by Wett Coast, on Flickr
CP west bound grain train on CN's Ashcroft Sub along Thompson River below Spences Bridge, BC - 1 September 2012  by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by mrdot on Sept 13, 2012 18:30:39 GMT -8
:)talking about the not much movement, how about the little railroad that could? referring the the trunk of BC rail / roberts bank subdivision, that ran the magical port piece to nowhere section, that was a real pricey pork barrel sallery for someone in Falcon's world  maybe a toy railroad for the poster boy for Jenny Craig!  mrdot. |
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Post by Mike on Sept 24, 2012 16:53:00 GMT -8
CP's O Yard switcher idling on the engine spur.   |
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Post by Mayne on Sept 24, 2012 20:06:34 GMT -8
CP's O Yard switcher idling on the engine spur. Funny I drove by this exact same spot on Kent st and saw that locomotive today also. On Thursday CP had a few guys working in a bucket truck on the cable that is there. |
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Post by Scott on Dec 11, 2012 17:10:42 GMT -8
As I mentioned elsewhere a little while ago, my enthusiasm for trains has been tempered recently, as I've started working with a company located within the Port of Vancouver lands.
It's a good thing that there are laws about how long train operators are allowed to block crossings on public roads, because if they had their own way (as they seem to do within the Port) there would be traffic chaos. My most recent example would be this morning heading to work. I would have arrived about 20 minutes early as I usually do "just in case I get stuck at a train crossing". Instead, I was 20 minutes late. A train bringing containers into the container terminal blocked Commissioner street for over 40 minutes, during the height of rush hour. For drivers, it's possible to do a u-turn and exit the port at Knight or McGill and drive to the other one (at that time of day, that would take about 20-25 minutes), but for people on foot, as I was, that's obviously not an option. When you consider all the people who are late for work and all the truck traffic that is held up for that long, it adds up to quite an "economic impact". Thankfully the Port is planning on making improvements to the road so this happens less often.
Are train operators so busy that they have to block traffic for that long? I see engines sitting around all the time doing nothing - they don't seem that busy. It would only take them an extra 5-10 minutes to completely pull out of the terminal during their several switches to let traffic pass by. To me it seems the train companies and operators have free reign on the waterfront and don't care at all who they inconvenience.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 11, 2012 22:22:20 GMT -8
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maybe a toy railroad for the poster boy for Jenny Craig! 
mrdot.
