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The Empress shoves into the South Edmonton Yard, with Edmonton's Skyline providing a beautiful backdrop as the sun sets on Alberta's Capital City.  The rails end about a mile north of here, by the old CPR South Edmonton Station, which has since been turned into a restaurant.  Known as Strathcona, its a bustling part of the city - however on the railroad side of things, the South Edmonton Yard only sees sporadic service from a local freight and much of the yard has been turned into a Lumber Transload facility.; CPKC's freight trains branch off just south of here towards Lambton Park and Clover Bar Yards.  

While South Edmonton is a shadow of its former self, it is not hard to imagine a CPR Passenger train blasting out of the South Edmonton Station, with the skyline in the background as they head south to Calgary.
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Caption: The Empress shoves into the South Edmonton Yard, with Edmonton's Skyline providing a beautiful backdrop as the sun sets on Alberta's Capital City. The rails end about a mile north of here, by the old CPR South Edmonton Station, which has since been turned into a restaurant. Known as Strathcona, its a bustling part of the city - however on the railroad side of things, the South Edmonton Yard only sees sporadic service from a local freight and much of the yard has been turned into a Lumber Transload facility.; CPKC's freight trains branch off just south of here towards Lambton Park and Clover Bar Yards. While South Edmonton is a shadow of its former self, it is not hard to imagine a CPR Passenger train blasting out of the South Edmonton Station, with the skyline in the background as they head south to Calgary.

Photographer:
Rob Eull [697] (more) (contact)
Date: 10/17/2023 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific Kansas City (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 2816 (search)
Train Symbol: CP 41B-17 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: South Edmonton - CPKC Leduc Sub (search)
City/Town: Edmonton (search)
Province: Alberta (search)
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  1. For video of the 2816 at multiple locations between Calgary and Edmonton click the link!

    https://youtu.be/n5ptUXliLUU?si=szIy-Ukc5_ojDYnO

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