Comments on: Driving the service road north from Capreol yard, probably forbidden down leads to Dennis where 2 tracks to the yard begins and CTC ends. Climbing the fairly steep hill across the the tracks yields this shot of 217 ( the pigs up front are a dead give a way) heading west for Vancouver. The typical 3 GP40-2′s that CN seemed to put on almost everything in eastern Canada lead 7000 feet of train westward.

By: Cdntrainphotog

Cdntrainphotog — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 13:21:32 +0000

Those trailers up front (the tandem pups) were from Imperial Roadways and could be going to anywhere from Winnipeg west. IRL was a major carrier to the west from Toronto and Montreal who used very few highway units.

By: Dave Brook

Dave Brook — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:06:35 +0000

Alas, lousy for southbounds where there might be sun. The telephone poles don’t help a lot if they’re still there. I’m still surprised how isolated th railroad is north of here.

By: Davis Glass

Davis Glass — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:11:02 +0000

Sweet shot! Always wondered how it would look from up there. Also note the rare Expo 86′ trailer!