The third 50-car section of a Canadian National empty coal train enters the Luscar Industrial Spur near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. These 150-car trains operate in three sections to load on this spur due to the steep 3% grades. The strange jog in the track about 8 cars back is where a switch was once located for a track operating to the Gregg River loadout, which was torn out quite a few years ago. Soon, the train will be loading at the Luscar Mine loadout that is part of Teck’s Cardinal River Operation, and is at the highest elevation on the Canadian National system.
