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Darn that fence, eh? Just a little trivia, that's actually Selkirk #5934. The real 5931 was in bad shape when the City of Calgary purchased it. Since public fund raising was used, CPR renumbered #5934 as it was in much better shape at the time, to the paperwork straight and to prevent any...
Man, so much time has gone by. I remember as a kid in the 1970's following the rails embedded in the roadway there. Used to look at the boxcars that used to be inside the building in the background (Peden's tack and feed).
Any chance you took this photo in fall 2002? I have virtually the same picture taken in the same spot and everything. At first glance I actually thought I had posted my pic somewhere and it was hijacked and posted here!! heheh! That's how close it is.
Nope. Here's the story:
On January 20 1995 Westbound CPR freight train 981-20 (With locomotives 5738,5660,5938, 27 loaded and 22 empty cars)Stuck a rock slide on a left-hand 10 degree curve at mile 111 of the Nelson Subdivision (Near Procter) at aprox. 0721PST. The trains three locomotives...
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