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CPR Field Hill

Trainspotting – Field BC edition

…a string of single stack cars, rare for the CPR, around here anyway. There is also a smattering of unit potash trains from Saskatchewan, lowly grain trains from across the prairies and some mixed consist manifests. Coal is not normally seen on this route. Rocky Mountain Rail Tours Trains are… (Search hits: 1 in title, 11 in body, 1 in comments.)

Trainspotting

Trainspotting BIGDoer.com style

…take a more bucolic approach. We of course plan, but not all that seriously. We want to see trains but if they don’t show, who cares. No scanners here. Some of our fondest trainspotting outings have resulted in zero trains. No matter, it’s about the experience. We’ll bring wine, of… (Search hits: 1 in title, 10 in body, 5 in comments.)

Grain Elevator Viking AB

The Trains Here, Do They Fly

…of track, Canadian National Railways east/west mainline, and the trains here, do they fly. The Trains Here, Do They Fly. By Chris Doering and Connie Biggart. (BIGDoer/Synd/) Bruce, just up the line from Viking, is a small place, a half dozen blocks square and like many prairie towns it’s seen… (Search hits: 1 in title, 10 in body, 2 in comments.)

CNR GP-9 locomotive

North Vancouver waterfront trains 1989

…exhaustion, I’d take a day off, but being my can’t-sit-still self, I’d head off on an adventure. Like what we see here, where I wander around the North Vancouver waterfront, snapping photos of trains and trucks. While a gritty industrial area like this may not seem like a good destination… (Search hits: 1 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

A Thing for Trains

Random Pick: A Thing for Trains (II)

…allows all but the longest of trains to be seen in their entirety. It’s high up, on a sweeping outside curve and with the Bow River as a backdrop. What a beautiful setting and it allows trains of up to maybe 150-160 cars to be fully within sight. The one… (Search hits: 1 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

A Thing for Trains

Random Pick: A Thing for Trains

We have this thing for trains and photograph them every chance we get. Some might call it a silly obsession and looking inwards, even we think so at times. Truth be told most photos we capture on the subject are not interesting enough to post, but what ever reason they… (Search hits: 1 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

CPR Alyth Yards

Trainspotting then and now – Calgary Alyth Yards

…yards here were established some time shortly after, growing in size and importance over the years. With the advent of unit and dedicated trains (one commodity for one customer or destination), a fairly recent occurrence, the marshaling of cars is not as important today as it once was. None the… (Search hits: 1 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

Locomotive being lifted

Aspen Crossing’s new locomotive gets delivered

…covered it best. Better pictures, better article. Good job, RailTown Media Wanna see a locomotive fly? William Hackett (via Facebook) Good to hear this locomotive will run again! Trains Magazine Shared on Trains Magazine Twitter feed. Chris Doering Wrong, 200,001 lbs! Haha! Chris Doering Thank you, we like to do… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 6 in comments.)

Tour Train Aspen Crossing

Twilight Train

…themes and schedules). Love trains? And who doesn’t? Then these articles are for you… Crazy Times in Coach, on Via’s Canadian. The Railway. A charming shortline. Under Wraps. Cocooned locomotives. Trainspotting – Field BC Edition. Trains and wine. Class of ’63. The last in a long line at another “Aspen”…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 1 in comments.)

Aspen Crossing Train Cars

Things We Saw In Mossleigh

…call…so a repeat of my dating life in the 1980s. Wait a sec…we still have the trains. Yes, we have the TRAINS! And grain elevators. Heck, let’s explore. Hanging out in Mossleigh. Go! Of course, you’re welcome to tag along. This won’t be touching on the in-depth history of things… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

Rowley Alberta Train Station

Rowley Alberta then and now – CNR Station

…coming in from a reader, and again, under much more wintry conditions, in 2016. While not much in the scene has changed, one important element has, the trains are long gone, the last one visiting a few years after the first image was captured. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

Train Battle River Railway

A day with the Battle River Railway

…head out to the enginehouse where Ted, our engineer for the day, starts up the locomotive that will be our ride. There are two engines inside the building, but given today’s trains will be of modest size, only one is needed. The machine roars to life and is moved outside… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

CPR train Glenbow AB

Calgary to Cochrane

…Location: Bow Valley between Calgary and Cochrane. Distance: Did not measure, estimate 20-25km one way. Height gain from start: Negligible Height gain cumulative: Negligible Notes: Trains, watch for trains! _________________________ BIGDoer.com: Doing it Different! Something to say in private? Click here to: Reach Us! NEWS! – First Timers – FAQ… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

Rosebery barge slip

Rosebery BC railway barge slip

…town as it is a rail yard with a few houses scattered about. The significance of the place, at least in railway terms, is that it was actually the transfer point where trains using the line were loaded onto barges. You see, this line, the CPR’s Nakusp branch, was isolated… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 3 in comments.)

BNSF #9670

Westbound Potash

…Alberta to the Kootenays of BC, and via a connection with a US carrier, to points south. This train’s bound for America. The track here was part of the CPR’s Southern Mainline most of which has been abandoned. Many trains on the line head to the States regardless of what’s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 1 in comments.)

Chapel of Saint Blaise Mural

España Day 2: Toledo Cathedral

…of in every direction of the compass. Trains, as you can seen, are electrically powered. 7) Looks to be a place where trains are maintained. BTW, we passed so many other trains, we lost count of them. It was one after another. 8) Some twenty five minutes after stating, we’re… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

Camrose AB Train Station

Camrose Heritage Railway Station & Park

…including transcontinental rival Grand Trunk Pacific. This other railway also served Camrose (starting in 1911), as did the Canadian Pacific Railway (staring in 1905). It was a busy place for trains and it’s fascinating both CNoR and GTP arrived about the same time while building towards the same destination. The… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 0 in comments.)

Saskatchewan Grain Elevator

Crazy Times in Coach, on Via’s Canadian

…said. Mandy Dearie It’s all over the news that Via is cancelling trains because of those pipeline protesters blocking tracks. The big question is will anyone notice? Chris Doering Stop it, please! Connie Biggart That’s priceless. Chris Doering Via stopped running trains and few have noticed. Michelle Thrush As of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 10 in comments.)

M Lead Canadian Pacific Railway

M Lead

…Track heads this way & that. Switchstand marks another spur track. Trains usually visited at night…so we did the same. “Carload freight is dead.” The strange things that fascinate us. The grade here, for trains, is extreme. Another stretch pulled up. Overlooking the city. At the Herald spur, the last… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 3 in comments.)

Bawlf Alberta Derailment

The Bawlf Incident

…the rails just outside the tiny community, the cars piling up near the cemetery. The cause has not been made public as of the publishing of this article. But it could have been anything. A track problem, a car problem, some catastrophic failure in something. Who knows? Trains don’t derail… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 1 in comments.)

BIGDoer-mobile

Manchester Industrial

If you’re into things like gritty industrial parks and little used railway tracks (and who isn’t?), then this post is for you! Tag along with us to wander a strange domain, that of warehouses and factories where infrequent trains, often nocturnal, roam rusty backtracks. Here’s it’s an evening in Calgary’s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 1 in comments.)

Coleman Collieries loadout

Loading coal in Coleman

…exact capacity, all the while the trains keeps moving. Much more efficient, this method allows a trains to be loaded in hours instead of a day or two. To handle the loading, Coleman Collieries had their own little locomotive, a Canadian Locomotive Company (CLC) model DTC-2. The former CPR locomotive… (Search hits: 0 in title, 7 in body, 0 in comments.)

Steam Locomotive on a Trailer

Canadian National Railways #1392

…help guide it through curves and such, six driven wheels, and none trailing. The arrangement was often called a “Ten-Wheeler”. Best described as a general purpose locomotive, it was one of hundreds on the roster and could be seen pulling local freights, mixed trains, work trains or on lesser passenger… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 2 in comments.)

APRE GMD SW1200RS

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions train Big Valley Alberta

The Alberta Prairie Railway Excursion tourist trains makes regular stops in Big Valley Alberta, a lovely and picturesque town with an historic ex-CNoR train station. This century old building welcomes those visiting no matter how they get here. We came by car but wished it we arrived by train instead…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

Crowsnest turntable 2012

Crowsnest then and now

Into the 1980s the town of Crownest was a very busy railway divisional point – a place where CPR crews rested between runs. There were coal trains heading east to market, and general freights coming and going to and from BC and connecting points. Now it’s mostly an empty field… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

Caboose Nakusp Rail Society

Nakusp Rail Society

…in this little interior community, could not be imagined. Look west and its such a scenic backdrop that you just might forget trains…for a ten or twenty seconds, anyway. There’s three railcars in the consist and they were placed here just a few years ago. They’re all Canadian Pacific Railway… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

Train Station Viking Alberta

Train Stations: Viking Alberta

…mentioned by our contact. But the big question, would it be on time? The train’s notorious for running late, but yet we believed. The Canadian is coming! The CNANADIAN is COMING! Silly us and as it played out, it passed long after we went to bed…and now we’ve lost faith… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

Rails to Tales Stettler

Coming Attractions!

…Viking Alberta. _____________ Random backroads…damn the trains here…they FLY! Paced this one – the track parallels a paved highway – once we caught up with it that is – 100kph. It was moving! Up near Viking Alberta, where the trains come often, outpace cars on the highway, and seemingly stretch… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

2-8-0 Steam Loco Smokebox

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions #41

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions #41 is a century old steamer just recently returned to service after a lengthy absence and seen here in 2019 awaiting repairs. Based out of Stettler Alberta it powered tour trains full of happy folks down the scenic line to Big Valley and now it’s back…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

40 Mile Rail Locomotives

Locomotives of 40 Mile Rail (Amazing Skies)

A chance encounter earns us a couple wonderful minutes getting to know the locomotives of 40 Mile Rail down in Southern Alberta. Trains are something we’re more into than our readers so normally not many pics like this are shared. Emphasis on normally. With such a spectacular setting we just… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

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