Sunday, July 8, 2012

Skeena Subdivision Mile Post 66


CN 2201 leading an Eastbound string of well cars headed for the heartland as it goes past mile marker 66 on the Skeena Subdivision.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Waiting!

CN  8938 waits for the eveninig crew to arrive to start switching container cars in and out of Maher Terminals port facility.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Locomotives Struck by Huge Rocks!

More derailment photos on the Albreda Subdivision approximately 7 Miles West of Jasper, Alberta,







Photographer unknown......

CN Derailment Mile 114.2 Albreda Sub, April 25, 2012

The following images are by an unknown photographer of a CN container  train which derailed at 1433 PDT at Mile 114.2 on the Albreda Sub (Pyramid, BC) when two sinkholes undermined the railbed. Locomotives 2288 and 8847 along with 18 carbodies where involved in the accident.









Monday, April 23, 2012

Mile Post 28 on the Skeena Subdivision

CN 2292 with IC 2465 just West of the level grade crossing at mile post 28 pulling a container train to the Port of Prince Rupert, Sunday April 22, 2012. 

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Kasiks River bridge

CN 2109 leads an Eastbound train of empty grain cars bound for the praries to be loaded before making the return trip back to the port of Prince Rupert.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Fabyan bridge derailment

Well CN has had another derailment outside of Wainwright Alberta. 31 rail cars came off the track while crossing a 845 meter long, 60 meter high trestle plunging 17 grain cars into the Battle River Valley. There are no reported injuries. Photographer unknown.









Sunday, January 22, 2012

Roberts Bank Rotary Dumper mishap

Well it looks like there was a mishap at Robert Bank Coal terminal in the rotary car dumper. The following photos show CN locomotive 8022 on its side exiting the shed. photos by unknown.




Saturday, January 21, 2012

CN Grande Cache subdivision derailment photo update

 
Here are a few more photos of the CN derailment near Hanlon , Alberta on Jan 18, 2012. I found out the crew is safe but suffering from some bums and scrapes. To hear more details read the comments on the previous post. Photo by unknown.








Friday, January 20, 2012

Grande Cache Sub derailment CN 5637 locomotive

Apparently CN had a derailment Jan 18 on the Grande Cache Subdivision when a runaway near Hanlon came out of a siding and plowed into a switching operation. This photo is by an unknown photographer.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Last day of 2011


CN crews pull the last container train of 2011 into the downtown yard on the waterfront in the early afternoon of December 31. Due to the length of the trains the crew has to split the train up to fit the sidings in the yard.