Railpictures.ca - Bill Hooper Photo: Yard working Bonnybrook pull down at the east end of Alyth yard pulls a cut of cars across the Bow River | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Caption: Yard working Bonnybrook pull down at the east end of Alyth yard pulls a cut of cars across the Bow River

Photographer:	Bill Hooper [313] (more) (contact)
Date:	02/23/1971 (search)
Railway:	Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks:	CP 6594 (search)
Train Symbol:	Yard Engine (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Calgary Terminal (search)
City/Town:	Alyth (search)
Province:	Alberta (search)
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Eric May

August 27, 2016 at 6:39 am

That high level switch stand is interesting.
Foamer2342

August 27, 2016 at 9:58 am

Looks like bridge girder would obscure a normal hight stand
robin lowrie

May 25, 2018 at 4:55 pm

If I recall my very young years spent in Calgary, the switch in the foreground leads to what was then a bustling refinery…..but that was long gone by the late sixties when I
returned to Alberta.
robin lowrie

February 22, 2019 at 3:05 pm

Also notice the ex-GTP bridge in the background that allowed their line to reach downtown Calgary (where “Fort Calgary” site is now. CN still uses it to reach their interchange with CP and some sort of Tank car facility .

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