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The 7526 is headed to pull out some tanks north of the main and bring them back over to Clover Bar yard. The missing marker lamp panel looks like it would be a good place for birds to nest. Plus, the 7526 is still paired with it's slug the 526.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/10/2018
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 13 Favourites

GMD-1's with dandruff :^). The grain extra has just finished picking up 4 hoppers from the elevators in Redwater and now has all 35 loads rolling for Gibbons. Looking at my notes, I shot this at f8 and 1/125, surprised there is no blur in the picture. This photo taken at the Burger Baron crossing (main street) in Redwater at 10:55.

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	03/15/1986
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 13 Favourites

Here is a first for people who like them. The new street level LRT has been testing for a few months now. I'm a little surprised no one has caught this already. It's a short walk from my house and I went to the tracks on this sunny day to grab some shots. Edmonton drivers are not used to turning right and having a train, which has the right of way, going through the intersection. The LRT wins every time and this has happened several times already. Besides the accidents, I'm amazed it is running, this project has been delayed for 2 or more years with repeated delays and setbacks. The last was a very large number of cracked piers on the Argyll road overpass (and beyond) that had to be fixed up. It's testing now and go right on ahead and give this photo the half star it deserves. :^)

Name:	A.J. Foyt
Railway:	Transit
Date:	04/12/2023
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 11 Favourites

A late 50's photo of the Vancouver station to contrast with Paul O'Shells recent station picture. I believe, needs confirmation, that some kind of Royal visit had already happened or was going to happen. It certainly is well flagged. A space of 60 plus years between photos.

Name:	S. Priest
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	Late 1950's
Location:	Vancouver
Province:	British Columbia

3 Comments | 16 Favourites

The grain extra has some additional help on this sunny day with the beetle 9105 spliced between the 5607 and 5580. Amazing weather for the time of year, the winter of 87/88 had little snow. I can remember seeing people out on the golf course during Christmas week. This photo taken at mile 25.5, time approx. 15:30.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	1st week Nov. 1987
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 12 Favourites

A short Muskeg Mixed makes it easy to frame fit. :^) The units are fresh and crispy tonight. Looking into my notes, the 5517 I first spotted in stripes Sept.86 and the 5503 with hers in March 87. Lucky chance to have them both headed in the same direction. That is Baggage 7856, Coach 5095 and Caboose 79881 at the rear. It is just a short distance to the connecting track where the Lac La Biche Sub. will take the mixed train north.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	June 1987
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 18 Favourites

This unit train is returning back to Edmonton with 36 sulphur loads, scale test car CN52108 (it went up north on June 19th) and caboose 79286. The time is 19:00 and here is one of the few photos I shot at Gibbons. Except for a couple of tall hoppers in the middle, it is almost a solid train of short ones.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/27/1985
Location:	Gibbons
Province:	Alberta

10 Comments | 24 Favourites

While the crew goes in for dinner at 17:00, why not take a few sunny nose photo's. You can see the extent of the section work, all tracks have been newly ballasted. The section machines are parked on the elevator track, empty ballast cars on the main and units in the siding. Everyone is in at the Redwater Hotel. Many of the people who worked out in the field (oil field etc.) would pull up at the lunch or dinner hour, a favourite haunt.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/25/1988
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 21 Favourites

Nearly at the top of the hill from the Redwater river, 836 will soon be getting the switch at Kerensky to continue the trip to the air base. There must be a lot of flying scheduled, there are 34 tanks of fuel behind those 14 empty hoppers. You can see the 2 trailing units are working, even a little smoke from the 4345. For whatever reason (you can see the open hood door on the 4609), the lead unit on the way out, and, back again the next day, was not in operation. Nice quiet ride for the headend crew, just swooshing of air brakes. They are a little late today at 15:45, typically roll through just before lunch.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/29/1985
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 18 Favourites

Extra 4345, the grain peddler, is meeting 836 at Radway on a very foggy morning. Very lucky on this occasion, the little hole shone long enough until 836 arrived. You can see the edge of cloud coming by the silver hoppers. I find it interesting that GP38's trail both GP9's, 836 wyed their units with the 4290 leading when they returned later that evening.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/22/1985
Location:	Radway
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 17 Favourites

Empty hoppers on the way north to be filled again with sulphur chips. It is a very generous ditch between highway and railroad at this location. Makes getting the total length in the picture an easy task.

Name:	L. Priest
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	06/26/1985
Location:	Egremont
Province:	Alberta

9 Comments | 25 Favourites

584 is coming up the hill to the junction switch at Kerensky with an unbelievable train of boxcars. The units and cars create an impression of a time period much earlier than 1987. This train typically goes through town in the morning, how fortunate to have it come late at 18:30. Morning would have offered few spots for capturing a train this size.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/03/1987
Location:	Kerensky
Province:	Alberta

5 Comments | 20 Favourites

The grain extra is rounding the curve that will lead to the little hamlet of Coronado. Back at those times, having a GP9 in a GMD-1 consist was unusual. Glad I made the effort to go and catch the occasion, couldn't believe what I found when I arrived at my photo spot.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/01/1986
Location:	Coronado
Province:	Alberta

4 Comments | 16 Favourites

It is a frosty Saturday morning as the grain extra goes home to Edmonton. The 1065, 1069 and 4606 were up at the front. Photo taken at mile 23.8, time was 10:30.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/01/1986
Location:	Coronado
Province:	Alberta

7 Comments | 20 Favourites

Not only were f-units becoming hard to find in the summer of 1988, trios of GP9's also became hard subjects to photograph. There will be just a few more occurrences of GP9 trios between this date and May/89 when it came to an end. June 1989 saw a major share of railroading go to GP38's. On occasion, the re-built 4100's (infrequent) and 4000's (common) would be seen on trains. Two years later in Aug./90, I photo'd my last train on the Coronado. With over 90% of trains with GP38's, they all looked the same. The extra in this photo is just north of Edmonton at mile 6.7 at 11:30. It was nice having the rare visitor 4604 in the consist.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/27/1988
Location:	Edmonton
Province:	Alberta

9 Comments | 17 Favourites

A short unit train is at the north end of the connecting track and will pass by Egremont in about a quarter mile. Caboose 79315 brings up the rear.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	05/09/1985
Location:	Egremont
Province:	Alberta

6 Comments | 17 Favourites

This photo connects with my last post. The crew has finished gathering up the cars from the elevator track and are now going to go light engine down the siding and park across from the Redwater Hotel. Their train is sitting on the main, also parked right across from the hotel. The time is 16:45 and in about an hour, having dined on a fine supper, they will connect back onto the train and proceed to Gibbons. I should mention they were using cab 79305. While watching them switch and dig the cars out from the elevator track, you got the feeling the crew enjoyed driving the 9167 around.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/25/1988
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

8 Comments | 20 Favourites

This work extra arrived in Redwater at 16:45, stopped and picked up a few cars out of the siding and then the crew went for supper at the Redwater Hotel. This photo shows them leaving town at mile 26.6, the time is 18:00, just a quick bite to eat and it is off to Gibbons. How lucky to have a sunny evening, as this was the last time I would photo a train with an f-unit in the lead. On the 30th the 9198 went by between the 4808 and 4705. The grand finale happened on Sept. 2nd and 3rd. On the 2nd it was the 4216, 9167 and 4603 heading out. The 3rd had the 4602, 9102 and 4351 heading out, plus the return of the 4603, 9167 and 4216. I never saw any type of f-unit again on the Coronado in active service.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	07/25/1988
Location:	Redwater
Province:	Alberta

9 Comments | 23 Favourites

The previous day, this train headed out with the 4808 leading. As luck will have it, they changed ends, rather than wye, and the 1613 lead the way home. The grain extra is passing through the small town of Radway at 11:00. The history behind the 1613, it started out as the 1036, re-built to the 1613, re-built again using the 4 wheel trucks and fuel tank from the 1133 to become the final number 1443 (re-built info from CNRHA). This was the one time I saw a 1600 on the Coronado. About a week later I saw it again at the Calder diesel shop, it was in a much better trio with the 1612 taking the 4808's place.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	02/24/1989
Location:	Radway
Province:	Alberta

7 Comments | 18 Favourites

836 has an extra task on this run. Although at this spot by mile 37, there seems little for the blade to do. Further east where there are open spots for the wind to get going, drifted snow on the track can be a foot high or more. It will not be fluffy either, usually hard enough that a person can walk on top without breaking the surface. The 4350 and 9190 were heading up the train.

Name:	Seth B.
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	End of Feb. 1987
Location:	Radway
Province:	Alberta

11 Comments | 17 Favourites

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