Comments on: I don’t know the story here. Why would a train be tied down at Banff. Note the blocked-out cab on the third unit. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Tue, 05 May 2026 15:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dave Brook http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=27215#comment-18070 Dave Brook Sun, 04 Dec 2016 22:47:36 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1994-11-26-2-CP-X6019W-Mixed-tied-down-Banff-AB.jpg#comment-18070 CP used to store a lot of grain loads at Banff for westbounds to pick up to fill out tonnage. In this case, perhaps it's just a crew that had a really bad trip and ran out of hours before getting very far. Or possibly work on Kicking Horse pass; problems in the tunnels or further west so everything was stopped and tied up while whatever was broken was fixed ....or re-railed. CP used to store a lot of grain loads at Banff for westbounds to pick up to fill out tonnage. In this case, perhaps it’s just a crew that had a really bad trip and ran out of hours before getting very far. Or possibly work on Kicking Horse pass; problems in the tunnels or further west so everything was stopped and tied up while whatever was broken was fixed ….or re-railed.

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