Comments on: This is the Westlock Sub, just north of Edmonton, where it crosses the Sturgeon River. The train is the daily (or near daily) southbound manifest from McLennan. This train is hauling wood products on the front, and on the rear we see grain and chemical/petroleum cars. But what is most interesting are the gondola and ore cars. I seem to recall that these would come from Hay River NWT and they are a metal concentrate. It would be shipped to Calgary, and ultimately to the smelter at Trail BC. I seem to recall seeing this material on train #484 from Edmonton to Calgary. Note the caboose passing some ballast cars. That siding is no longer there. ….and what is that ribbed thing on the bank of the trestle abutment?

By: peter

peter — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:53:08 +0000

great shot great landscape

By: robin lowrie

robin lowrie — Wed, 23 May 2018 21:35:51 +0000

The ore came from the now-closed Pine Point, N.W.T., mine which was accessed by a line branching off from a junction just south of Hay River. That lie was torn up but, rumours are circulating about re-opening that mine and trucking the ore to the junction rather than rebuild the branch.

By: Steve Young

Steve Young — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:54:12 +0000

Andrew: there is a caboose, right above the gap between the first and second locomotive. There was a small siding back there with a string of ballast cars, I think.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:48:34 +0000

Yeah, Steve. You must have been full of smiles after shooting this image. My eyes deceiving me, or is it there was no caboose on the tail end as long as 28 years ago? How time flies.

By: Steve Young

Steve Young — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:53:35 +0000

Thank you. I do have a few more to come. It was such a neat place to catch a train. Once I got used to the traffic pattern, I could catch trains on this track almost as often as I ventured up that way.

By: Mike Lockwood

Mike Lockwood — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:13:56 +0000

Beautiful shot, Steve, such a great scene.