Comments on: Just starting to work really hard on the job for which they were acquired, three SD38-2s (of the fleet total of four) of the Northern Alberta Railways have left the big Peace River bridge and the significant Heart River bridge behind, and at 1405 MDT are now crossing road 744 at mileage 47.56 of the Peace River subdivision, working the return half of a GSL Turn with loads from the CN Great Slave Lake Railway at Roma Jct. bound for McLennan then Edmonton and onward. With seven miles of severe grade ahead before reaching the level prairie at Judah at mileage 41.6, NA 402+404+401 will soon be in notch 8 and dropping close to their minimum continuous speed on the hill, with each unit rated for 1200 tons upgrade there. This shot is a crop of about one quarter of an expansive scene, originally done casually to verify the angled-out white Extra flags (a rivet-counter detail on all NA 400s and just a few blocks of other GMD and EMD units since the 1950s), and then the cropped view was realized as very effective on its own at capturing the essence of that operation and those units. 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: bcr_766 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46483 bcr_766 Mon, 17 May 2021 18:54:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46483 I concur, more NAR! My grandfather worked for the NAR, and i grew up in Bon Accord I concur, more NAR! My grandfather worked for the NAR, and i grew up in Bon Accord

]]> By: Eric May http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46482 Eric May Mon, 17 May 2021 01:53:46 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46482 This is awesome. This is awesome.

]]> By: awmooney http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46480 awmooney Mon, 17 May 2021 01:05:43 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46480 I can't get over the sharp clean (new?) paint. Stunning. Most of us miss the days when a paint scheme was something to be proud of. Gorgeous image !!! I can’t get over the sharp clean (new?) paint. Stunning. Most of us miss the days when a paint scheme was something to be proud of.
Gorgeous image !!!

]]> By: Ken Perry http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46477 Ken Perry Sun, 16 May 2021 23:28:51 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46477 More NAR shots to come, single GP9s to Dawson Creek being a favourite target, and glorious countryside. More NAR shots to come, single GP9s to Dawson Creek being a favourite target, and glorious countryside.

]]> By: Jacob Patterson http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46476 Jacob Patterson Sun, 16 May 2021 23:00:01 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46476 Wow, this is great Ken. Not too many of shots of these units, especially of this quality! Thanks for posting. I second Rob's comment. Wow, this is great Ken. Not too many of shots of these units, especially of this quality! Thanks for posting. I second Rob’s comment.

]]> By: SD70Dude http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46472 SD70Dude Sun, 16 May 2021 21:07:10 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46472 NAR 402 became CN 5701, later renumbered to CN 1651. It was retired and sold by CN after suffering a major mechanical failure, but was later rebuilt by the new owner and has since returned to Canada, it is currently owned by Cargill and switches their Nesbitt, MB facility: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4509729 NAR 402 became CN 5701, later renumbered to CN 1651. It was retired and sold by CN after suffering a major mechanical failure, but was later rebuilt by the new owner and has since returned to Canada, it is currently owned by Cargill and switches their Nesbitt, MB facility:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4509729

]]> By: rsmith http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=45501#comment-46471 rsmith Sun, 16 May 2021 21:06:28 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1976-09-24-1405mdt_na402+404+401-southward-gsl-turn-at-mileage-47d56-leaving-peace-river_ken-perry-9600-dpi-crop-1280x907-pixels.jpg#comment-46471 There's not enough NAR on here! Great shot in Peace River. There’s not enough NAR on here! Great shot in Peace River.

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