Comments on: Westward from Smithers, CN’s northern mainline to Prince Rupert follows first the Bulkley River to Hazelton then the Skeena River most of the way to the Pacific Ocean, crossing that river once, just west of the aptly named flagstop of Skeena Crossing. Here is train number 9, VIA’s Skeena (nicknamed the Rupert Rocket), on that steel deck truss bridge at mileage 62.3, with CN 9158 leading the VIA consist (with a CN business car carrying the markers) on Thursday 1979-10-04, as seen from the north riverbank. https://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Mon, 11 May 2026 22:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ken Perry http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53062#comment-58864 Ken Perry Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:11:13 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1979-10-04_no-9-eng-cn9158-over-skeena-river-near-skeena-crossing_ken-perry_4800-dpi.jpeg#comment-58864 Thank you, Jakob Mueller, for that correction. That was the first and last I saw that train, so took a (bad) guess. Thank you, Jakob Mueller, for that correction. That was the first and last I saw that train, so took a (bad) guess.

]]> By: Jakob Mueller http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=53062#comment-58860 Jakob Mueller Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:01:35 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1979-10-04_no-9-eng-cn9158-over-skeena-river-near-skeena-crossing_ken-perry_4800-dpi.jpeg#comment-58860 It's not a CN business car on the end - that's a "Green" series 6-6-4 sleeper. It simply hasn't been painted into VIA colours yet. It’s not a CN business car on the end – that’s a “Green” series 6-6-4 sleeper. It simply hasn’t been painted into VIA colours yet.

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