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Northwestern Alberta's only rail link into British Columbia has completed its reconstruction and will soon begin shaking off nearly a decade of rust to the glee of local municipalities. The Canadian National Railway has spent nearly $4 million over the last year to fix the once-abandoned 74 kilometres of rail line, situated between Hythe and ...
4. VIA Rail Canada MLW FPA4 6784 built April 1959 as CN FP4A 6784 and seen in Pembroke, Ont. Oct. 1, 1986. Douglas Cour photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection 5 and 6. VIA Rail Canada MLW FPA4 6789 built April 1959 as CN FP4A 6789 and train was seen in Bayview, Ont. July 24, 1980. Bill Kuba photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection Edited 1 time(s).
Before CN tookover in 2004, BC Rail was running three regular freight trains each way everyday between Prince George and North Vancouver. CN cut it back to one train each way perday. CN started to divert "south traffic" from Exeter and Williams Lake, north to Prince George and then "around the horn" to Vancouver or points east of Prince George ...
CN published its intention to discontinue 193.50 miles of the Takla Subdivision, from Mile 79.80, a few miles north of Fort St. James, in northern British Columbia, to Mile 273.30, the station name Minaret. The Takla Subdivision is a remnant of the never completed Dease Lake Extension.
A railfan reports and shares photos of a CN train to L'Anse, Michigan on former DSSA trackage. He mentions Nancy Haun, a local railfan who videos the train regularly and posts to YouTube.
Due to changing economics the CN Rail Barge, Aqua Train, has made their final run. The Aqua rain is one of two rail barges that serve the state of Alaska. Service began in 1962 and as a general rule made two trips a month between Prince Rupert and Whittier Alaska. Over the last several years servic
9/14/24 13:21 82 degrees at CN Charlotte, Michigan as CN 3077 powers Train P 276, Two new Via Rail train sets, past the old GTW depot and over the ChS junction switch heading for Canada. It’s a 54 axle train. Thanks for the 🎺 taps and 👋 ! Full 0:53 video.
This has proven to be the case."When it was confirmed that operating at 24-axles created shunting issues (March 2024), we immediately notified VIA and took necessary measures to protect the public by reverting to CN’s 32-axle minimum requirement or imposing restrictions on the designated routes that VIA was operating this fleet on."
Some of the CN ex-BC Rail C40-8M's got black trucks and fuel tanks. But the ones that kept silver were creating a different weathered result, where they seem darker, towards a dark brown/grey that is darker that the road grime shades that seem common on engines with black trucks.
What's scary is that this (the ex-BC Rail runaway) is not an isolated incident on CN. On March 9, 1987 the CN had another runaway (and I'm sure there have been others) in Eastern Canada. On this runaway the crew was using two units, neither of which were equipped with dynamic brakes, on a branch that involved a long grade out of a mine.