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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.
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Caption: 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.

Photographer:
Mathieu Tremblay [9] (more) (contact)
Date: 01/18/2014 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 5369 (search)
Train Symbol: CN Q199 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Wainwright Subdivision (search)
City/Town: Fabyan (search)
Province: Alberta (search)
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7 Comments
  1. awmooney
    January 23, 2014 at 9:34 am

    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) :o )

  2. Mathieu Tremblay
    January 23, 2014 at 8:36 pm

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

  3. MrDan
    January 23, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    Beauty!

  4. rrvideoman
    January 25, 2014 at 7:34 pm

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

  5. photo ron
    January 29, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Great photo. Another place for the bucket list.

  6. liberty
    July 17, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    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.

  7. robin lowrie
    April 11, 2019 at 3:50 pm

    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.
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