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Post by Mike on Oct 27, 2018 14:36:51 GMT -8
CN 3831 leads a train of crude oil loads west in the fog near Sumas Mountain. 3831 is one of the 200+ new locomotives CN recently ordered from GE Transportation. October 24, 2018  CN 3831 - Sumas Mountain by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 16, 2018 18:40:46 GMT -8
Here's my detailed look at the CPR line near & at the Cisco Bridge, south of Lytton, BC:
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Post by Mike on Nov 17, 2018 21:36:10 GMT -8
CN 5783 leads CN 355 west, under dramatic skies, near Sumas Mountain. This is near the western end of directional running, where CP (and a few CN) westbounds reach home rails via the Mission rail bridge. November 4, 2018.  CN 5783 - Sumas Mountain by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Mike on Dec 18, 2018 12:02:30 GMT -8
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Post by Mike on Dec 23, 2018 13:59:07 GMT -8
A short freight heads west on CN's Yale Sub. The loads of rock behind the locomotive were supposedly headed for the BNSF, to be used to repair wave damage on their line near White Rock and Crescent Beach. December 22, 2018.  CN 2012 - Glen Valley by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Mike on Jan 8, 2019 14:44:46 GMT -8
A relatively clean CP 8057 (rebuilt from CP 9580) leads a westbound intermodal train just south of the Cisco bridges, on CN rails. January 5, 2019  CP 8057 - Cisco by Michael, on Flickr CN 2266 leads an eastbound off of the CP bridge at Cisco.  CN 2266 - Cisco by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Starsteward on Jan 9, 2019 9:01:57 GMT -8
I had to chuckle at 'Mike's' description of CP 8057 calling it 'relatively clean'. I'm just pulling your leg here but good gracious man: did you notice what
CP 8057 is towing? Great shots of how we move important goods and materials across this country through some pretty wild geography eh?
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Post by Mike on May 8, 2019 10:44:52 GMT -8
Westbound CN grain train G845 comes off the Mission rail bridge to continue its westbound journey on CP rails to Port Coquitlam. May 6, 2019.  CN 8001 - Sto:Lo by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Mike on Jul 14, 2019 16:52:54 GMT -8
The CN business train made a trip to Vancouver on Saturday led by a spotless CN GE ES44AC. The VIPs onboard meant this train got priority over all others. Passing the location of the old Chapmans station, now removed from the timetable. Mile 12.6, CN Yale Subdivision  CN 607- Chapmans by Michael, on Flickr Rolling through Hope. Mile 40, CN Yale Sub  CN 607 - Hope by Michael, on Flickr Rounding a curve at Popkum, near Rosedale. Mile 62, CN Yale Sub  CN 607- Popkum by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 14, 2019 17:32:39 GMT -8
The CN business train made a trip to Vancouver on Saturday led by a spotless CN GE ES44AC. The VIPs onboard meant this train got priority over all others. Thanks for this. I'm reading a David Laurence Jones book on the history of the CP Railway Police, and the book explains all the work on the royal tours of the first half of the 20th Century. This here CN train isn't for royals, but it made me remember the old "clear the track" stories of yesteryear. |
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 14, 2019 18:06:26 GMT -8
This here CN train isn't for royals, but it made me remember the old "clear the track" stories of yesteryear. Is this not a sort of 'Royal Train' for the 21st century? Bill Gates was, apparently, aboard ... I wonder if this class of CN locomotive will henceforth get a new name? |
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Post by Starsteward on Jul 15, 2019 17:44:05 GMT -8
This here CN train isn't for royals, but it made me remember the old "clear the track" stories of yesteryear. Is this not a sort of 'Royal Train' for the 21st century? Bill Gates was, apparently, aboard ... I wonder if this class of CN locomotive will henceforth get a new name? Very interesting to see this "Royal Millionaires" train being pulled by the cleanest diesel I've ever seen on a railway track. Didn't realize CN had any railcars left in their fleet or would these cars have been 'rentals' for the occasion? It would be appreciated by travelers on VIA rail to get a 'clear the track' sign once in a while and not have to incur late arrivals to their destinations, hours long in some cases. But... can't keep the rich and famous idling on the tracks can we? |
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Post by Mike on Jul 15, 2019 20:35:11 GMT -8
Didn't realize CN had any railcars left in their fleet or would these cars have been 'rentals' for the occasion? These are part of a group of cars CN retains for various executive functions. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 27, 2019 9:44:04 GMT -8
I recently did a road trip to the Thompson River area, for railway photography. Skihist Provincial Park, north-east of Lytton on Hwy-1, offers fabulous views of the Thompson River and the CN railway. Here is a 6 minute photograph showing the impact of 2 types of movement of light: 1) The stars, streaking because of the Earth's rotation over those 6 minutes 2) The locomotive's headlight, showing the path of the train from the Wrexham tunnel on right side of the photograph to the Cape Horn tunnel on the left side. This is the type of photography that I love doing.  Thompson River "Starlight Express" Train by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 29, 2019 13:06:07 GMT -8
Here's my time-lapse video of almost 4 hours of rail-fanning at a Thompson River view location near Ashcroft, BC, on a September 2019 morning:
Highlights of this video are the awakening morning sky, various CP & CN trains in both directions, a CP train entering the Ashcroft Terminals yard, and a train heading backwards on CP, destined for the Koppers Tie Plan.
....oh, and that CN100 locomotive, too.
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 29, 2019 16:46:24 GMT -8
Here's my time-lapse video of almost 4 hours of rail-fanning at a Thompson River view location near Ashcroft, BC, on a September 2019 morning: Now I have my proof. We do have bullet trains in Canada. |
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Post by Mike on Oct 12, 2019 9:11:19 GMT -8
The cranberry harvest is in full swing, as eastbound grain empties pass by on the CN mainline near Glen Valley. October 11, 2019  CN 2935 - Glen Valley by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Mike on Oct 23, 2019 21:09:44 GMT -8
CP 7010, first of the 10 "Heritage" SD70ACUs departs North Bend with CP intermodal train #100, after getting a crew change. October 23, 2019.  CP 7010 - North Bend by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Mike on Nov 26, 2019 18:32:07 GMT -8
CP 7012 leads CP 301 off of the CN Yale Sub at Matsqui Junction near Mile 88. Any westbound CP trains not continuing on to Roberts Bank use this connecting track to join the CP Mission Subdivision, and cross the Fraser River to reach the CP mainline. November 24, 2019.  CP 7012 - Matsqui Junction by Michael, on Flickr |
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Post by Thor's Echo on Nov 26, 2019 19:27:13 GMT -8
In the event of a strike, would Cn still use CP track and vice versa? How would a strike effect routing?
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 26, 2019 19:50:45 GMT -8
CP 7012 leads CP 301 off of the CN Yale Sub at Matsqui Junction near Mile 88. Any westbound CP trains not continuing on to Roberts Bank use this connecting track to join the CP Mission Subdivision, and cross the Fraser River to reach the CP mainline. November 24, 2019. CP 7012 - Matsqui Junction by Michael, on Flickr CP trains going to North Van terminals also stay on CN's tracks, as I understand it.
Of interest also in your photo is the second locomotive which is a 'FerroMex' (Mexican Railways), a long ways from home. There seems to be one or two of these floating around on CP much of the time.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 26, 2019 19:55:53 GMT -8
In the event of a strike, would Cn still use CP track and vice versa? How would a strike effect routing? A strike has happened at CN (tentatively settled) and it did not effect directional running. It left CP & Via with more freedom to keep their trains moving. |
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Post by Mike on Nov 26, 2019 20:28:18 GMT -8
CP trains going to North Van terminals also stay on CN's tracks, as I understand it. Yes and no. For years they ran on CN, then earlier this year they abruptly started sending them over to CP at Matsqui Junction. Now only occasionally do they run west on CN through Thornton Yard, and I think it depends on how congested the Port Coquitlam yard and CP's line to Brunette is. |
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 26, 2019 21:32:02 GMT -8
Mike, the CN line from Matsqui junction is, I understand, predominantly single tracked, whereas CP, on the other side of the river, is double tracked throughout. Is CN doing anything about the choke points on their route, and in particular the Fraser River bridge at New Westminster. I understand that there is a proposal to replace that bridge with a double tracked one. |
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Post by Mike on Nov 27, 2019 18:11:43 GMT -8
Mike, the CN line from Matsqui junction is, I understand, predominantly single tracked, whereas CP, on the other side of the river, is double tracked throughout. Is CN doing anything about the choke points on their route, and in particular the Fraser River bridge at New Westminster. I understand that there is a proposal to replace that bridge with a double tracked one. As far as I know, CN hasn't done much to improve capacity since the 1970s. The two major bottlenecks around the Mission rail bridge are the single track sections to both the west and east. In addition to replacing the Fraser River bridge, adding another track between Chilliwack and Sumas Mountain and between Glen Valley and Abrahamson would really ease congestion. |
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