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  1. 1238040902cbk

    1238040902cbk

    SW1200rsu 1238 gets some repairs to her pilot inside the roundhouse in Cranbrook, BC september 04
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'Lundbreck'

    Nice shot
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media '1DET-02'

    That looks like 478 to me with skeleton pole cars lifted on the headend from the Galloway pole yard on the Cranbrook sub. In fact it couldn't be a detour from the mainline because the 9703 is part of the captive 9700 - 9714 group equipped with Union Pacific distributed power equipment. These...
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'FCA QNB-644454-4E'

    That makes sense, thanks for the clarification. What an odd piece of equipment
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'FCA QNB-644454-4E'

    What would be the point of a car such as this?
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'UP DPU'

    671's stay in canada and go to the coast via the mainline, 673's go to the UP at Eastport. My guess this will be a 673 judging by the UP SD90mac's
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'blownturbofrsm25'

    There weren't any alarms on the headend as this wasn't the unit that was linked to locotrol, we just noticed it smoking like this looking back. I believe the unit was back on the road in short order as this would have been an easy repair for shop forces, just throw in a new turbo and away she goes.
  8. blownturbofrsm25

    blownturbofrsm25

    CP 8526 suffers a blown turbo near mile 25 on the Fording River sub. You wouldn't know it but the unit is in no more than throttle 1 as the engineer pulls it up to where I am standing so I can shut it down. This is a quick shot from my cell phone camera.
  9. HerzogLakeWindermere

    HerzogLakeWindermere

    Southbound empty Herzog ballast train along Lake Windermere on CP's Windermere subdivision near Invermere, British Columbia. The train will be loaded at Swansea at mile 9 on the Moyie subdivision west of Cranbrook, BC.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'MKT #138 Kansas City, KS, Aug 15, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler'

    The cab door being in that location would most likely indicate that this unit was set up to run long hood forward.
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'Geeps at Bensinville.'

    They look like GP9's to me
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'Centennial in the House'

    Nice one
  13. 8539greenhills040209

    8539greenhills040209

    Coal is king in south eastern British Columbia, this is one of 5 large coal mines in the area. CP 8539 leads a 115 car train around the loop at Greenhills, the train is almost half loaded. In about 45 hours this train will be at Roberts Bank and on the way back to the Elk Valley for another load.
  14. Windermere sub cab hop

    Windermere sub cab hop

    Work train power heading back to Cranbrook, BC with a caboose in tow southbound just north of Wasa on the Windermere subdivision. We had left our train of loaded air dumps in the back track at Torrent at mile 27.
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    Comment by 'KootenayValleyExpress' in media 'The Trooper'

    Nice one
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