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few more images of my memories up on the BC Rail Tumbler sub.   Doug

01 southbound loaded coal train approaching "Murray Shop" at mile 73.3
02 view of the coal loads, another gloomy day, early 1985
03 head end is just about at Murray and the bottom of the grade from Quintette.  the grade is about 8 miles descending and varies up to 1.5 percent.

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another southbound at Murray
04  a friendly wave from the Engineer
05  passing Murray, you can see  a "pusher" crew member at the switch, most likely ready to push this train up the mountain
06  some sunshine on the black diamonds

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a few more, thanks for looking.   Doug
the 6006 and 6001 at Murray shop

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These photos and the one in the last set really capture the remoteness of the Tumbler Sub. I've never been farther along the line than Porcupine, a few miles from the junction with the Chetwynd Sub., but might give it another try if CN is in fact still operating. I'd read somewhere that the mines will close again in the near future, along with the one on the mainline near Pinesul.

LF

Oops. I'm not sure how I came up with Porcupine: the name I was after is Parsnip, 8 miles from the junction.

LF

loleta Wrote:
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> These photos and the one in the last set really
> capture the remoteness of the Tumbler Sub. I've
> never been farther along the line than Porcupine,
> a few miles from the junction with the Chetwynd
> Sub., but might give it another try if CN is in
> fact still operating. I'd read somewhere that the
> mines will close again in the near future, along
> with the one on the mainline near Pinesul.
>
> LF

Thanks for sharing Doug. Always nice to see the electrics when they were fairly new. By the time I first saw one in '99, it must have racked up many miles and looked very well used.

Mike N.