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Traveling through the east outskirts of Edmonton at 10:30, No. 1 was soon to be giving passengers a short thrill as they passed over the tall bridge across the North Sask. river.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	08/19/2018
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 7 Favourites

I saw this go by as a cabhop at 9:30 from my house in Redwater. I waited awhile before going to take photos, I knew they would be busy building a train at Egremont. My arrival at 10:30 found them about halfway done to building a train. The cars they came for were stored on the abandoned portion of the Lac La Biche Sub and the Egremont siding was not a large one. So, it was a few cars at a time, runaround them, shove them down the main, cutoff, go get a few more. This photo shows them busy doing what I just mentioned. By 12:30, a train of 65 empty covered hoppers was rolling through Redwater and on the way to Edmonton.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/18/1985
Location:	Egremont
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 12 Favourites

With the 4290 and 4345 helping out, this unit train brings home 35 loads. 50 loads requires 3 GP38's or more than 3 old timers. 50 sulphur cars really has three 38's working on the Redwater hill. In this photo the train has rounded the corner at mile 23.8 and will soon be going past the hamlet of Coronado. Time was 18:30, cab 79772 on the end.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/26/1985
Location:	Coronado
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 9 Favourites

The story behind this box started on the 6th of September. The 5th was a Thursday and the crew that would take the fuel cars to Cold Lake, typically never stayed overnight, they came home early Friday morning, 1:00ish. At 00:30 you could hear rail activity downtown. When downtown later that day, the returning Cold Lake crew had left a work train in our siding. Myself, I kept an eye open for older cars that were relegated to work service. This box fit that perfect. I just posted the 4605-4609 and while they spotted cars at the elevators, I took a clear shot of this box that appears to have been used for lubricants. Maybe someone can fill in a few details, I could find nothing for number 43518. Taking it's picture worked out very well, for later at 23:30, the Muskeg Mixed stopped in Redwater, picked up the work train and took it north to ???.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/11/1985
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 13 Favourites

A colourful 30 plus hoppers trails 584 on this September morning. The front few cars will shortly find themselves spotted at the Redwater elevators. By 11:30, the units will be back on the train and making for Radway, the next stop of the day.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/11/1985
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 17 Favourites

Well, diamonds are not forever, they wear out. The summer of 2018 saw the welders out frequently to fill in chips and keep the old diamond in running order. The new diamond here, was almost finished, a few clips and bolts left to install. Still, it will be another month before the crews arrive to pick it up and move it to the new location at East Edmonton.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/19/2019
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 11 Favourites

A trio of SD40's were taking a piggy back train north to Kamloops on a sunny summers day in July?? 1984. The only number I can make out on the slide is the last unit, the 5118.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	Summer 1984
Location:	Boston Bar
Province:	British Columbia

2 Comments | 14 Favourites

Ruffed Grouse does a good job of photo bombing as a west bound intermodal crosses a foggy river valley headed for Walker yard.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/29/2019
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

4 Comments | 12 Favourites

Doing what I considered to be one of the best jobs on the railroad at the time. Riding in the caboose on a summers day.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/17/1986
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

8 Comments | 15 Favourites

Did I hear a request for Lac La Biche? Here is a weeks worth and it will help tie some of my photos together. To start, quite awhile ago I posted an odd ball consist of the 9160, 9190 and 1081. This was a work extra heading out on Thursday, May 23rd at 9:30. Next, on Sunday the 26th, a unit train of 33 empties heads out with the 4602, 5578 and 5606. The next day Monday the 27th, another unit train heads out with the 5590, 9194, 9107 and 9159 as a cabhop at 8:30 (posted this just a few weeks ago). Later on Monday at 17:30, it is the return of the 5606, 5578, 9190 and 1081 with 34 sulphur loads (another odd consist). On Tuesday at 16:00 the 5590, 9194, 9107,and 9159 return with 50 loads. At 11:00 on Wednesday the 29th will be the photo I just posted of the 9159, 9194 and 9164 heading out with a bunch of empties. Later on Wednesday at 21:00, the Muskeg Mixed heads out with the 4332 and 4214. Which brings us to this photo, Friday the 31st at 11:30, with the 9164, 9194, 9159, 4332 and 9160 (way at the back). It is just sitting clear of the north connecting track switch at Egremont. Waiting for 836 to pass through Kerensky. They have 35 loads and caboose 79764. Later on Friday at 22:00, it is the return of the Muskeg Mixed with a single 4214. The only unit remaining up north was the 4602, from the 26th, and it snuck by at some point without my seeing it.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/31/1985
Location:	Egremont
Province:	Alberta

4 Comments | 16 Favourites

Reading back through my notes for May/85, there had been almost every combination possible of F7's with themselves or GP'9s, also, GP38's, or, the 2 types of B units. Except an ABA consist, finally on the 29th, someone at the diesel shops put one together. Here it is, entering the south end of the connecting track at Kerensky with 35 empties, the time is 11:30. Busy lunch at Redwater, this ABA at 11:30, when returning to Redwater from Kerensky, the 1082, 1075 and 1081 (units for 584) are switching the elevators. Also, the units for 836 - 4294 & 4606, the jet fuel train, are parked in the siding with one one engine out of diesel fuel. They are trying to re-fuel it, but, could never get it restarted. Had to call out a new units. Loved days like this. :^)

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/29/1985
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

11 Comments | 23 Favourites

The 5583, 5507 and 5501 have only 38 loads of sulphur behind them, 12 short of the typical 50 that 3 GP38's would bring back from up north. Still, the town is alive with the sound of diesels in the 8th notch and having just honked for the 1st big crossing, the process has started again for the crossing with the highway. Having a hill coming into town was great, you were able to see/hear the units getting a real workout. Caboose 79487 on the tailend, photo taken by Redwater picnic area at 16:00.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/17/1986
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 15 Favourites

By the looks of the exhaust, the south switch of the connecting track has been lined back to normal and 584 is getting underway. These 2 are a good pair, both have the old style numerals in the number boards. This photo taken by mile 36, time 11:40.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/18/1986
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 19 Favourites

Saturday at 10:30 and the regular crew was close to home. A few miles ahead will be Gibbons, the final town that might have some cars to pickup. The pair of GMD-1's up at the front had 20 hoppers in tow. Sunday's, for this crew was a day off, Monday's, saw them return with tanks of fuel for the air base. Photo taken at mile 23.8.

Name:	R.W.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/03/1986
Location:	Coronado
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 14 Favourites

Facing the right way. Going the wrong way. A yard crew is taking tanks from the north side of the main, over to the south side and into Clover Bar yard. The 9671 is an ex GO unit, Mr. Mooney has a nice photo of it from June 9th, 1980 at Bayview pulling GO coaches.

Name:	Brundle
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/23/2018
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 8 Favourites

Starting several months previous to this photo date, the unit trains of sulphur empties would, on occasion, bring a bunch of grain hoppers on the headend (biggie sized in this instance). Dropped off where??? I don't know, Lac La Biche maybe? This was a long train with the grain cars, the caboose has yet to appear away down there in the brown of hoppers and trees. The shadows are already very long for 14:00 in the afternoon, amazing weather for December, no snow. Caboose 79605 at the rear.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/08/1987
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 17 Favourites

The wheat symbol on the first box gives away this train. They had a quite a bunch of them too, 20 or more on the headend. Then a string of grain hoppers. That is the 4000 back there helping out. Not too uncommon, those rebuilds did turn up on occasion. Photo taken at mile 26.6, mid-afternoon.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/10/1987
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 16 Favourites

As 836 arrives in Redwater to switch the culvert plant, first up on the train is an unusual car in the form of C.R.C.S. 2. The initials are for Colonist Railcar Society. From the 1987 CTG, this sleeper came from the CPR (named Tracy) and was built in 1931. A quick look turned up that at one time, it seems, there was an effort to restore some of these colonist cars. Not exactly sure what happened over the next several years from this date to #2. There is a photo of it from 2011 at Stettler Alberta on the Alberta Prairie Railway, in CNR green, black and gold, but, wearing it's old CPR name Tracy. A very nice combination. In this photo, the units have picked up the empty gon at the culvert plant and are now pulling the train towards Redwater. Going to Redwater was all #2 got for an outing. The crew parked her in the siding and when returning at lunch the next day from eastern Alberta, the sleeper was taken back to Edmonton.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/06/1985
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

3 Comments | 9 Favourites

836 was a unit train of fuel tanks on this day, 14 in total. Caboose 79505 on the tail end. The train is passing the new mile 34 signpost. The ditch re-hab worked out great, everything is much tidier and the power poles have all been removed. Perfect for later in the day photo's. The beetle in behind is the 9102.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/10/1987
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 18 Favourites

When returning from eastern Alberta, the grain extra at Kerensky would have to make a stop to get the south connecting track switch and then line it back to normal after having passed it. Not certain exactly when, but, shortly after this photo time, a spring switch was installed so that returning trains from the Coronado could trail through the switch without stopping. In this photo, the tailend brakeman has only moments before given the signal that the switch is lined and the engineman is slowly getting the train of grain on the move as it negotiates the big curve that will take it south and down to cross the Redwater river.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	Mid-June 1986
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

7 Comments | 17 Favourites

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