Comments on: Fifty-seven miles west of Calgary, the Trans Canada Highway runs on the south side of Lac des Arcs, and as a kid riding in the back seat on family vacation, I recall looking north across that lake to a fascinating reflected view of a mill exhausting great clouds of steam. Twenty-five years later, that was discovered to be the home of Canada Cement, with a GP7 (GMD A-273 of January 1952, ex Algoma Central 166) for switching their plant at Exshaw, seen here with number 12 active on Tuesday 1989-05-30. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen C. Host http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55370#comment-62554 Stephen C. Host Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:28:30 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1989-05-30-13xxmdt_canada-cement-12-switching-at-exshaw-ab-4_ken-perry_4800-dpi-1920x1273-pixels.jpeg#comment-62554 What's amazing is if you go to Google Maps, go to street view.. it's the same today, just a different locomotive and a new door on the "Engine shed" What’s amazing is if you go to Google Maps, go to street view.. it’s the same today, just a different locomotive and a new door on the “Engine shed”

]]> By: jknott86 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55370#comment-62548 jknott86 Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:20:23 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1989-05-30-13xxmdt_canada-cement-12-switching-at-exshaw-ab-4_ken-perry_4800-dpi-1920x1273-pixels.jpeg#comment-62548 this is fantastic this is fantastic

]]> By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55370#comment-62547 awmooney Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:50:09 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1989-05-30-13xxmdt_canada-cement-12-switching-at-exshaw-ab-4_ken-perry_4800-dpi-1920x1273-pixels.jpeg#comment-62547 Another classic. Thanks, Ken. Another classic. Thanks, Ken.

]]> By: RonaldB http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=55370#comment-62542 RonaldB Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:51:32 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1989-05-30-13xxmdt_canada-cement-12-switching-at-exshaw-ab-4_ken-perry_4800-dpi-1920x1273-pixels.jpeg#comment-62542 Fabulous photo Ken. Looks like it would be perfect for a modeller too, the pic even includes a Quonset engine shed. Fabulous photo Ken. Looks like it would be perfect for a modeller too, the pic even includes a Quonset engine shed.

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