Remote railway interlocking tower then and now

This post has been updated and can be found here: Dunshalt Alberta 1974 and 2013.

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12 responses

  1. wjossa says:

    According to Canadian Rail Magazine in May/June of 1986:

    “When the Irricana subdivision was abandoned by CP around 1977/78, the interlocking tower was destroyed and the signals stripped and toppled . So they remained, rotting in the bush, until leave was given in 1985 by CN for the Division to recover what it wanted . Unfortunately the interlocking lever frame was wrecked beyond hope, but numerous rodding guides and two reversing compensators were found…”

  2. Paul O'Neil says:

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    CN left the telegraph lines up.. it had that classic look!

  3. Jeffrey Flaker says:

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    And those poles are still there with wires. Interesting.

  4. Richard S. says:

    They have started pulling the line from Drumheller to Hanna…

  5. Coal Man says:

    This is the CN line that heads to Drumheller, right? I find it amazing that all the tracks are still in place.

    • ChrisBigDoer says:

      Yes, that’s the line. I too am curious why they have not pulled up the tracks.

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