Comments on: Hitchin’ a ride. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, CN ordered a crew to take an engine west to Tofield and then head back east, picking up junk, bad orders and other cars on their way. Instead of heading light and LHF for 100+ miles, they decided to hitch a ride on Q199, which also had a bunch of empty centerbeam cars on the tailend.

By: robin lowrie

robin lowrie — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:50:57 +0000

Also, there is an actual “railfan” parking area there. The club I used to belong to actually had the occasional BBQ there. Another tragedy back in the 70′s, I believe, is when the engineer on the EB “Super” stopped his train on the bridge and he turned around, opened the door and jumped to his death.

By: liberty

liberty — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 01:41:15 +0000

I worked for Sperry and we tested the Wainwright Sub. We crossed at <5mph. Was never too keen of getting out to mark a defect on the rail on this baby! We were "kicked off " a few times one trip for trains. As a note, down below on the west side of the valley is a cairn which is dedicated to a worker who lost his life during construction. You can see it from the bridge if youre on it. Not sure if you can from the photo vantage point.

By: photo ron

photo ron — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 03:32:15 +0000

Great photo. Another place for the bucket list.

By: rrvideoman

rrvideoman — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:34:56 +0000

been there a few times…. Great location for rail fanning. Beautiful scenery and a long view.

By: MrDan

MrDan — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:14:29 +0000

Beauty!

By: Mathieu Tremblay

Mathieu Tremblay — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:36:56 +0000

Thanks The Wainwright subdivision gets between 15 and 30 trains a day, I’d say.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:34:47 +0000

My gawd. What a view !!! How busy is this line? I almost want to pack the car and motor off. (but I’d wait until spring) )