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Post by WettCoast on Apr 29, 2017 22:51:07 GMT -8
And here is the video from which that 'still' above was extracted. This was shot 'hand-held', a sin I know, but the camera's IBIS system helped out quite a lot, I think.
Morant's Curve, 23 March 2017 ...
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 30, 2017 7:09:54 GMT -8
And here is the video from which that 'still' above was extracted. This was shot 'hand-held', a sin I know, but the camera's IBIS system helped out quite a lot, I think. Morant's Curve, 23 March 2017 ... Thanks for that. I miss that place. It's been 2 and a half years since I was last there. Maybe next year...
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 30, 2017 18:47:36 GMT -8
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Post by Chris City on Jul 2, 2018 18:25:08 GMT -8
CP 9644 leading a westbound mixed freight down into Field.
June 30, 2018
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 3, 2018 17:34:34 GMT -8
Chris, these are great posts, but they are mis-placed in this thread. Should be in 'Canadian Pacific from Kamloops Eastward' ...
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Post by Chris City on Jul 3, 2018 17:38:20 GMT -8
Chris, these are great posts, but they are mis-placed in this thread. Should be in 'Canadian Pacific from Kamloops Eastward' ... Oops I missed that thread! Can a mod kindly move them?
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Post by Chris City on Jul 6, 2018 17:03:58 GMT -8
DPU of a westbound mixed freight dropping down to the valley floor and the town of Field.
June 30, 2018
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Post by Chris City on Jul 7, 2018 16:18:00 GMT -8
CP 9644 blasting through a large cut while Mt Vaux towers in the background. Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
June 30, 2018
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 15, 2018 14:46:13 GMT -8
When a railway was the main driving force in building a city, you can expect that the city grew-up around the railway. These photographs illustrate this, with straight line through the south side of Calgary, as seen from the Calgary Tower: Looking east: DSC08587 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr Looking west: . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr ...and west at my favourite time - Palliser Hotel in the centre foreground . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 18, 2018 8:51:10 GMT -8
Here's the view and scene at Morant's Curve, seen by me on September 20, 2018: The new retaining wall and sidewalk has a nice "photographer's row" - shame about those trees... 20180920_143932 by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr We had a big crowd, and I waited 90 minutes for a train . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr Here's a new style of oil pipeline . by Mike Bonkowski, on Flickr I'm of the opinion that any time spent at Morant's Curve is good time; train or not. This location is on Hwy-1A "Bow Valley Parkway" near Lake Louise, along the Bow River.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 15, 2018 13:29:38 GMT -8
Nick Morant @ his curve for the last run of Via's Canadian over the CP route in 1990 ...
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 16, 2018 22:02:52 GMT -8
Revelstoke rail cams courtesy of Virtual Railfan & the Revelstoke Railway Museum. Note that there are two cams, one facing east, the other west. It runs 24/7. There is a lot of freight moving through Revy. Maybe if we watch carefully we might see a train and a forum member taking photos of the train ...
See also
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 16, 2018 22:23:55 GMT -8
Revelstoke rail cams courtesy of Virtual Railfan & the Revelstoke Railway Museum. Note that there are two cams, one facing east, the other west. It runs 24/7. There is a lot of freight moving through Revy. Thanks for this. I like how in this forum thread view, I can start each webcam, and look at both directions at the same time, same screen. For me, the best thing is to hear an approaching rumble and then think "I think this might be a train" when it slowly gets louder. ...but sometimes it's just a noisy truck on the street. A great way to spend a few hours...
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Post by Mike on Nov 16, 2018 22:37:49 GMT -8
Maybe if we watch carefully we might see a train and a forum member taking photos of the train ... Funny you should say that. If they had started streaming video from the cameras a couple days earlier, they would've captured me taking a photo of this train: CP 9351 - Revelstoke by Michael, on Flickr You can see the hotel I stayed at, in the background. I can confirm that lots of trains come through town...
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 16, 2018 22:40:13 GMT -8
A great way to spend a few hours... If you watch in YouTube there is an accompanying 'chat room' which can be entertaining. Virtual Railfan also has cameras at a bunch of other sites in the USA and is adding more. They are looking at adding one somewhere in the Thompson/Fraser canyons.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 16, 2018 22:50:54 GMT -8
Maybe if we watch carefully we might see a train and a forum member taking photos of the train ... Funny you should say that. If they had started steaming video from the cameras a couple days earlier, they would've captured me taking a photo of this train: I was actually thinking about another Michael now living in Revy. There are no boats there so might as well get out and do rail photography in a very scenic place. Question for you Mike : Does the CP mainline through BC move more freight than CN does on its mainline? I am thinking that the CN mainline between Edmonton & Tete Jaune Cache (BC) is the busiest as it is also handling 10 or 12 trains daily going onto (or off of) the former Grand Trunk Pacific route to Prince Rupert.
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Post by Mike on Nov 16, 2018 23:30:51 GMT -8
Question for you Mike : Does the CP mainline through BC move more freight than CN does on its mainline? I am thinking that the CN mainline between Edmonton & Tete Jaune Cache (BC) is the busiest as it is also handling 10 or 12 trains daily going onto (or off of) the former Grand Trunk Pacific route to Prince Rupert. I'm not sure. Both railways are experiencing record traffic levels. As I'm sure you're aware, CN has spent hundreds of millions of dollars restoring capacity to their lines in Western Canada that was removed under Hunter Harrison's leadership. I imagine CP will be doing the same. I have heard that next year, there will be some major track work being done in BC on CP tracks.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 21, 2018 9:18:19 GMT -8
Here are a couple of different views of the trio of railway tunnels at Clanwilliam, west of Revelstoke on the CP line.
These tunnels are on the opposite side of the lake (at Eagle Pass) from the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 22, 2018 16:39:34 GMT -8
Here's my video view of the approach and entrance at the west portal of the Connaught Tunnel, under Rogers Pass on the CP line:
For 102 years, this tunnel has allowed trains to by-pass the avalanche-prone surface of Rogers Pass.
Since 1988, the old tunnel has been mainly used for eastbound trains, while the heavier westbound trains (ie. loaded coal trains) use the easier-grade Mt. MacDonald Tunnel.
I enjoyed the tunnel while enjoying my Kaleslaw salad with cilantro lime dressing.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 22, 2018 21:32:41 GMT -8
I enjoyed the tunnel while enjoying my Kaleslaw salad with cilantro lime dressing. How many minutes did it take to pass through the tunnel? I have a recollection of 20 minutes from way-back-when. I was taking the east bound Canadian to Speedy Creek, Saskatchewan (1980's).
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 22, 2018 22:14:27 GMT -8
I enjoyed the tunnel while enjoying my Kaleslaw salad with cilantro lime dressing. How many minutes did it take to pass through the tunnel? I have a recollection of 20 minutes from way-back-when. I was taking the east bound Canadian to Speedy Creek, Saskatchewan (1980's). We were told that it would be 20 minutes. So I set my phone timer to ring at the 19-minute mark, so that I'd be ready for the tunnel exit. ...and it turned out that we only took 18 minutes in the tunnel, and I missed my exit video.
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Post by dave2 on Nov 23, 2018 22:01:03 GMT -8
How many minutes did it take to pass through the tunnel? I have a recollection of 20 minutes from way-back-when. I was taking the east bound Canadian to Speedy Creek, Saskatchewan (1980's). We were told that it would be 20 minutes. So I set my phone timer to ring at the 19-minute mark, so that I'd be ready for the tunnel exit. ...and it turned out that we only took 18 minutes in the tunnel, and I missed my exit video. The tunnel is slightly over 5 miles long, so the train travels at just 16¾ mph?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 24, 2018 7:08:33 GMT -8
We were told that it would be 20 minutes. So I set my phone timer to ring at the 19-minute mark, so that I'd be ready for the tunnel exit. ...and it turned out that we only took 18 minutes in the tunnel, and I missed my exit video. The tunnel is slightly over 5 miles long, so the train travels at just 16¾ mph? About the only good reply I could do would be to check the arithmetic. Sorry, I have no idea what the normal speed is through the Connaught Tunnel. But I do know that it took us approximately 18 minutes, in September.
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Post by Mike on Nov 24, 2018 11:13:40 GMT -8
The tunnel is slightly over 5 miles long, so the train travels at just 16¾ mph? About the only good reply I could do would be to check the arithmetic. Sorry, I have no idea what the normal speed is through the Connaught Tunnel. But I do know that it took us approximately 18 minutes, in September. RMR trains are restricted to freight train speeds, and the speed limit for freights in the Connaught Tunnel is 20 MPH.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Nov 25, 2018 20:58:54 GMT -8
Here's the view of the Kicking Horse River area of the CP Mountain Subdivision, between Golden BC and Field BC.
- from an eastbound trip on Rocky Mountaineer, in SilverLeaf service.
This is a long video, for those that like the detail.
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