Canadian National train No. 310 departs Swan Landing, Alberta, along Brule Lake on the afternoon of July 7, 2014. CN EMD SD75I No. 5756 leads a pair of GE C44-9Ws (2577 and 2599) and EMD SD70M-2 No. 8883 through this scenic setting just east of Jasper National Park.
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Canadian National GE C40-8M “cowl” No. 2403 leads CN train 347 through Brule Tunnel toward Park Gate, Alberta, as it enters Jasper National Park on the afternoon of July 12, 2014.
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Led by EMD SD60F No. 5543, an eastbound Canadian National freight departs Jasper yard on September 18, 2002. Still waiting in the yard is a pair of brand-new GE C44-9Ws on a coal train.
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Canadian National train No. 112 snakes along the shore of the Athabasca River and soon will exit Jasper National Park east of Park Gate, Alberta, on July 12, 2014. The train is about to enter Brule Tunnel, with the actual border of the park running right over the top.
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The 4.5-mile Luscar Industrial Spur has a mundane name, but this short piece of railroad is quite remarkable. In this view, a third, 50-car section of a Canadian National empty coal train climbs 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 eight 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 reportedly at the highest elevation on the Canadian National system.
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