With 5 GEVOs on the point and 2 more mid-train, Grande Prairie-Swan Landing train A459 crosses over the Big Berland river near Mile 51 of CN's Grande Cache Sub.
Certainly not breaking any speed records, CP SD70ACU 7020 leads 132 grain loads up hill west of Lake Louise on the north track of CP's Laggan Sub at around 7-8mph.
The first half of this coal train has been loaded and the power is about to run around it to head back up to the mainline. It is impossible to haul a loaded 112 car coal train in this area due to ... (more)