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…collapsed due to the rushing waters. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for photos and to comment ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Today the bridge sees few trains. The CNR uses it to access an interchange track with the CPR and to reach a railcar repair facility. The track ends perhaps… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…believe, to a private firm or individual and appears they used it for grain storage. They were a bunch of guys working there on our visit. It’s not known when trains were lasted loaded here. In fact very little about this elevator can be found, although research continues and updates… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…most things the CPR constructed, this bridge was overbuilt and has no problems supporting the heavier/longer trains of today. Heavy flooding in June 2013 damaged the structure. The Sheep River cut a new channel in behind the south abutment and went on to wash away a large section of track… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…own station it would share this building with its rival, along with the yard. The last passenger trains to pass here were in the 1960s. The building today is a Subway fast food outlet and the old rail line can be hiked or biked. 5) My junky 1976 Pontiac Ventura,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…town. Finally, there are remains of an old turntable and roundhouse and railway divisional point complex, the subject of this report. Located south of Stettler, Big Valley is located along an ex-Canadian National branch line. Now used by Alberta Prairie Railway Excursion tourist trains, this is their southern terminus. Beyond,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…which there was no real means of escape. Not good. The trains by the way move while being loaded, but at basically a walking pace. When you consider that a train may be well over a hundred cars long, it can take hours for them to pass. So knowing that… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…be a fair trek in, paralleling the Bow River and the CPR mainline. We’d be bushwhacking it most of the time, and outside of people playing on the river, and passing trains, we’d have the place to ourselves. Right at the start we were able to get a glimpse of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…them are even loading rail cars. The large number of grain hoppers on the elevator siding would have one believing that all is well in the industry and that trains will continue to visit here for some time to come. But it’s all a daydream as we’ll soon find out… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…but now the two seem disconnected. Trains used to be the life blood of the community. Grain was shipped out, supplies shipped in, and passengers came and went. Now the trains pass through as through Champion never existed with the town seemingly forgetting the intimate connection the two used to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…huge and quite a sight to see. The Monarch Bridge is located on the CPR’s Crowsnest Subdivision, running from Lethbridge to its namesake town at the Alberta/BC border. Some dozen or so trains use this track a day (highly variable) but alas they were camera shy and none appeared during… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…can view the structure by following an easy and marked foot path that takes you to its base. Alas there were no trains to be seen on our visit which is always a bummer. This is a secondary line home to perhaps a half dozen freights per day (give or… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…empty and abandoned and on the fence that surrounded it, there were countless bird houses. Quirky! Surplus rail cars were stored nearby, but outside that purpose, the rail line here is not used. The last grain trains were loaded here a long, long time ago (late 1990s/early 2000s). This massive… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…vital link to the outside world, but now the trains just zip on by and soon are good. Most towns owe there very existence to the trains, but that once important connection has been lost. Help the Society As we do often, we take time to stand there – we… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…September Vintage vehicles found on a wonderful long weekend North Vancouver waterfront trains 1989 Automatic Electric 80 and Northern Electric WE500 phones rebuilt A rugged Pacific truck Coal mine locomotives Deanz Garage – with Sharpeshots.com Canadian Pacific Railway Alco S2 7019 CPR Selkirk locomotive 5931 More old trucks and tractors… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)