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Post by WettCoast on Jul 26, 2013 16:57:54 GMT -8
Canadian Pacific west bound mixed intermodal train descending 'The Hill' below Cathedral Mountain on the Laggan Subdivision just east of Field, BC, & west of the lower spiral tunnel - 23 July 2013. The locomotives (five of them) are emerging from a long rock shed that carries the line under a large debris chute coming steeply down from the col between Cathedral Mountain & Mount Stephen. photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 26, 2013 17:00:33 GMT -8
Canadian Pacific west bound mixed intermodal train descending 'The Hill' below Cathedral Mountain on the Laggan Subdivision just east of Field, BC, & west of the lower spiral tunnel - 23 July 2013. The locomotives (five of them) are emerging from a long rock shed that carries the line under a large debris chute coming steeply down from the col between Cathedral Mountain & Mount Stephen. Lovely. Was this photo taken from Yoho Valley Road, near the overflow campground ?
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 26, 2013 17:09:50 GMT -8
Lovely. Was this photo taken from Yoho Valley Road, near the overflow campground ? Very close - this was shot from the side of the TCH, just east of the Monarch overflow campground. We spent the night at a walk-in site in that campground. That allowed me to keep an eye on east bound trains going up the hill, and as luck would have it, the Rocky Mountaineer came along just after we finished supper. I 'gave chase', all the way east to Morant's Curve. On my return, I caught another long west bound box train descending its way through the Spiral Tunnels. My wife stayed back at the campsite, preferring to read her book.
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Post by compdude787 on Jul 29, 2013 13:28:18 GMT -8
Canadian Pacific west bound mixed intermodal train descending 'The Hill' below Cathedral Mountain on the Laggan Subdivision just east of Field, BC, & west of the lower spiral tunnel - 23 July 2013. The locomotives (five of them) are emerging from a long rock shed that carries the line under a large debris chute coming steeply down from the col between Cathedral Mountain & Mount Stephen. photo © WCK-JST by Wett Coast, on FlickrThe rock formation makes this photo look like it was taken in Utah, until you notice the abundance of trees!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 27, 2013 17:28:01 GMT -8
Today, my wife bought me a tin of chocolates from Purdy's. That's not how I start most of my train photo posts, but this one is different. Here's the chocolates tin: I immediately thought "Morant's Curve" but then realized it was a bit similar but not a good match to my favourite spot. - Here's Morant's Curve seen by me in July 2012 I'm concluding that the chocolates tin design by inspired by Morant's Curve.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 9, 2013 20:23:47 GMT -8
CPR coal train, westbound at Notch Hill loop, near Tappen BC. - seen by me at noon on September 9, 2013. -------------- CPR swing-bridge at Sicamous BC, where Mara Lake empties into Shuswap Lake. - I was happy to see the bridge open, when I drove by. September 9, 2013.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2013 6:10:58 GMT -8
You know you're in a railway town when...
I was visiting Revelstoke BC yesterday, and in the evening I was in a park walkway beside the CPR rail bridge (Columbia River).
I had my camera/tripod set up, waiting for a train to cross the bridge.
2 ladies walked past me, and asked if I was waiting for a train. We chatted a bit. - within 2 minutes, both had mentioned Mr. Hunter Harrison, in a non-loving fashion. And it wasn't just a passing mention. The Hunter Harrison topic continued among them for a few more minutes, even speculating how his wife could stand being married to him.
In a small town with 1 key industrial employer, feelings are strong.
(Hunter Harrison is CEO of CPR Railway. He is a no-nonsense bottom-line kind of guy, who doesn't endear himself to his employees. But he makes money.)
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 10, 2013 10:44:20 GMT -8
You know you're in a railway town when... I was visiting Revelstoke BC yesterday, and in the evening I was in a park walkway beside the CPR rail bridge (Columbia River). I had my camera/tripod set up, waiting for a train to cross the bridge. 2 ladies walked past me, and asked if I was waiting for a train. We chatted a bit. - within 2 minutes, both had mentioned Mr. Hunter Harrison, in a non-loving fashion. And it wasn't just a passing mention. The Hunter Harrison topic continued among them for a few more minutes, even speculating how his wife could stand being married to him. In a small town with 1 key industrial employer, feelings are strong. (Hunter Harrison is CEO of CPR Railway. He is a no-nonsense bottom-line kind of guy, who doesn't endear himself to his employees. But he makes money.) According to some, he makes money by not spending it, even when it's necessary to do so, with the result that the railway falls into disrepair while it appears to be making money. CN apparently had some lines that were on the verge of abandonment from simple lack of maintenance due to Harrison saving money while he was CEO of CN.
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Post by Dane on Sept 11, 2013 11:58:44 GMT -8
Hunter Harrison is the model if everything wrong with the Western world's economies. He treats people very poorly and allows infrastructure to crumble. He has exported and eliminated thousands of jobs. CN is now entering the phase where more expensive recapitalization is required because of neglect to infrastructure - ironic given it occurred during the railways most profitable period, ever.
Service reductions to small industry are having massively negative effects on CN lines, and now it has started at CP.
His success is an embarrassment to common sense.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 24, 2013 16:29:58 GMT -8
Yes, I am now processing many of my train videos that I shot a few weeks ago.
Here is my visit to Clanwilliam tunnels, west of Revelstoke.
A lovely location with 3 tunnels in a row. The rail is on the far side of a narrow lake from the highway.
3 different eastbound CP trains are shown in this video, from September 9, 2013.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 25, 2013 13:52:20 GMT -8
Yes, the train videos are still coming... Here is what I saw at Sicamous, BC. Afternoon of September 9, 2013. When I drove into town across the R.Bruhn highway bridge, I noticed that the CPR swing bridge was open. So I quickly found a place to park, walked back over the bridge to a good-view spot, and did some filming of the bridge. The video: - open bridge with a houseboat passing - bridge closing - closed bridge with a CPR train crossing ----------------
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 25, 2013 16:25:08 GMT -8
Some stills from my time at Clanwilliam tunnels, in the afternoon of Sept.9, 2013. The scene: - CPR single track on the far side of the lake - 2 lane TransCanada Highway on the near side of the lake - at the far end of the lake, hidden by trees, is the new Clanwilliam Overpass 4-lane highway bridge. A few different Eastbound trains that I saw: Train seen in 2 different gaps between the tunnels. - Hey, I put a bit of thought into my photo vantage point, so as to see both gaps. Head-end locomotive of an empty coal-train entering the 3rd tunnel
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2013 4:20:30 GMT -8
My video of Notch Hill loop, near Sorrento, BC - video includes an explanatory chat by myself, and then the passing of a westbound coal train.
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Post by grk on Sept 26, 2013 7:51:45 GMT -8
Awesome videos and still shots! Thanks for posting them. There is better rail shots here than on the Yahoo groups sites.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2013 12:00:12 GMT -8
Awesome videos and still shots! Thanks for posting them. There is better rail shots here than on the Yahoo groups sites. Thanks for those words. Much appreciated. I agree with your assessment of our forum's trains thread. When I was planning my recent trip, I used the photos and comments of this thread to get ideas for locations and for shot composition. I've learned lots about trains from this thread; still lots for me to learn.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 26, 2013 13:05:47 GMT -8
Here are some still photos of my visit to Notch Hill loop, on the CPR line, near Sorrento, BC. - Sept.9, 2013, when I saw a westbound coal train passing through the loop. The start of the loop is this culvert under the road (Notch Hill Rd., of course). - the end of the loop is a bridge above the road; hence the elevation gain, which is the loop's purpose. The head-end has already started the turn. The tail pusher locomotive, seen from the start of the loop. - When I'm watching and hearing a coal train passing by, it's always easy to know when the mid-train pusher and the tail pusher locomotive are getting near, because you can hear the engine humming before you see it. The head-end in the far end of the loop. - lots of corn in the middle. Climbing the hill towards the road bridge. And the tail-end locomotive is crossing that bridge. My imperfect pano-stitch of the entire loop, seen from the far end of it. - accessed from Greer Rd.
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Post by Mill Bay on Sept 26, 2013 14:57:53 GMT -8
Awesome videos and still shots! Thanks for posting them. There is better rail shots here than on the Yahoo groups sites. I agree. I tend to stay away from yahoo groups for trains except for modelling specific ones. But there are Train forums out there that bring in photos from all corners of the galaxy. However, if you ever thought ferry nuts were a raucous bunch, that's nothing compared to some train forums where there really are some people with permanent knots in their shorts. They could probably even outdo a transit forum on a good day.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 29, 2013 17:30:58 GMT -8
Some stills from my passing-through visit at Sicamous, BC, in the afternoon of September 9, 2013. Shots that I've taken from the sidewalk of the highway bridge, of the CP Rail swing bridge. - the bridges are over the outlet from Mara Lake into Shuswap Lake. The open bridge. - open for large houseboat water traffic, closed for rail traffic. The bridge is closing... Almost fully closed. The closed bridge, with an eastbound CP train on it.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 1, 2013 15:46:07 GMT -8
CPR bridge at Revelstoke, BC, on the Columbia River. - seen in the evening of September 9, 2013.
If you want to see and hear what it's like to be under the bridge when a train crosses, then check this out.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 5, 2013 17:12:35 GMT -8
2 different trains, seen by me on same evening at Revelstoke. - September 9, 2013. I'm on the park walkway that runs along the east side of the Columbia River. Eastbound short train - just 3 antique cars being moved across the river. I posted a video of this, a few posts back in this here thread. Westbound long train For my September rail-photo trip, this was probably the closest that I got to a train.
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Post by Mike on Oct 5, 2013 17:30:32 GMT -8
I was looking at the video, and that looks to be CP's track geometry train. The middle car has special sensors that measure for curvature, proper gauge, alignment and uneven rail wear to determine which areas of track require maintenance.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 9, 2013 21:02:17 GMT -8
We've got lots of CP posts already from Kamloops eastward, so here's the thread for it, and for future items.
Morant's Curve, Spiral Tunnels, Rogers Pass, etc.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 23, 2013 17:54:00 GMT -8
A Byron Harmon photo from 1921. - Nicholas Morant was 29 years old when this photo was taken. - Here's Morant's Curve seen by me, when I was 43 ============= Mr. Morant started his career as "Special Photographer to the CPR" in 1929. - So the top photo above is from a time when this curve was just a curve...
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 23, 2013 23:20:56 GMT -8
And even in 1921 there were trees leaning out over the river, just like you see there today.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 21, 2014 19:04:07 GMT -8
Today, my wife bought me a tin of chocolates from Purdy's. That's not how I start most of my train photo posts, but this one is different. Here's the chocolates tin: I immediately thought "Morant's Curve" but then realized it was a bit similar but not a good match to my favourite spot. - Here's Morant's Curve seen by me in July 2012 I'm concluding that the chocolates tin design by inspired by Morant's Curve. I was wrong. This tin photo is a genuine image looking westward at the Storm Mountain lookout along Hwy-1A, Bow Valley Parkway. Not Morant's Curve, but almost as nice.
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