Welcome Visitor. First time here? Like what you see? Bookmark us for when you are bored, and check out 'top shots' and 'fantastic (editors choice)' in the menu above, you won't be dissapointed. Join our community! click here to sign up for an account today. Sick of this message? Get rid of it by logging-in here.

584 is coming up the hill to the junction switch at Kerensky with an unbelievable train of boxcars. The units and cars create an impression of a time period much earlier than 1987. This train typically goes through town in the morning, how fortunate to have it come late at 18:30. Morning would have offered few spots for capturing a train this size.
Copyright Notice: This image ©Seth B. all rights reserved.



Caption: 584 is coming up the hill to the junction switch at Kerensky with an unbelievable train of boxcars. The units and cars create an impression of a time period much earlier than 1987. This train typically goes through town in the morning, how fortunate to have it come late at 18:30. Morning would have offered few spots for capturing a train this size.

Photographer:
Seth B. [302] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/03/1987 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 1073 (search)
Train Symbol: 584 (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Coronado Sub. (search)
City/Town: Kerensky (search)
Province: Alberta (search)
Share Link: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50649
Click here to Log-in or Register and add your vote.

20 Favourites
Photographers like Gold.Log-in or Register to show appreciation
View count: 549 Views

Share this image on Facebook, Twitter or email using the icons below
Photo ID: 49358
Sorry, there is no map for this photo. Photographer did not add GPS co-ordinates. Please add next time or ask for a correction to this photo.

All comments must be positive in nature and abide by site rules. Anything else may be removed without warning.

5 Comments
  1. Marcus Stevens
    December 23, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    Fabulous image! Must have been a great time to be track side.

  2. Paul O'Shell
    December 23, 2022 at 12:40 pm

    Another spectacular photo from the Coronado Sub. That’s quite the string of grain cars! CN’s GMD1′s will never be gone as long as we have your great pics to view!

  3. Klaucker
    December 23, 2022 at 4:14 pm

    So uniform and seemingly endless…graffiti free…another great Coronado Capture

  4. Stephen C. Host
    December 23, 2022 at 6:08 pm

    This has me curious: did any CN logo scheme gmd-1′s get a noodle on the nose and when?

  5. Brundle
    December 23, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    Thank you for the comments everyone. :-)
    It was kind of a bonus day track side. All the noise of those boxes going by, plus, the units are purring to get that big string of empties up the hill. That is a good point about the graffiti, there was spray bombs way before 1987, why, in what seems a short time, did rail cars become the preferred canvas?
Railpictures.ca © 2006-2023 all rights reserved. Photographs are copyright of the photographer and used with permission
Terms and conditions | About us