Canadian Railroads > on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.

Date: 05/26/16 06:56
on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

This is a long posting with 18 images to upload, please bare with me.
May 26, 2006, our routine on the Exeter Switcher was changed and we ended up at Kelly Lake to relieve a northbound freight crew. The details are hazy in my mind how we got to Kelly Lake, although I think we taxied from Exeter to Kelly Lake, got a unit from a southbound train and then proceeded north with the relieved train. How this started was between two CN Trainmasters covering the area not knowing what each other were doing with the trains and crews. It turned to be a real cluster day. Two extra crew used and we did not get our assigned work done at Exeter, in other words, no customer served.
Oh well we had a nice change of pace and I managed a few photos.
images
01 622 at Williams Lake, note the time was 05:58
02 613
03 S406 all power for the regular Williams Lake yard crews

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Date: 05/26/16 06:59
Re: on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

04 S406
05 4625 south bound, we were sitting in the north wye leg at Kelly Lake, time was 14:08
06 train rolling by

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Date: 05/26/16 07:02
Re: on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

next bunch taken at mile 206 Lillooet sub, "Fifty One Creek", naturally it started to rain. We were in no rush and stopped for a photo op.
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Date: 05/26/16 07:07
Re: on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

more at mile 206, the gloomy weather pushed my Canon PowerShot to the limit
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Date: 05/26/16 07:11
Re: on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

13 last image at mile 206
14 & 15 taken at mile 211.7 which used to be called "Fill" evidently there is or was a wooden trestle years ago and it was "filled in". I have never located any images of the old bridge.

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Date: 05/26/16 07:17
Re: on this day in 2006, a road trip of sorts.
Author: hoggerdoug

last three images taken at what was once station name sign Fill. The curve is 12 degrees with 20 mph speed restriction from mile 211.5 to 211.9
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image 18, time was 15:41, assuming we went on duty at regular 06:00 we were rapidly approaching our 10 hours and looking for a relief crew.
just another CN day, certainly not the BC Rail way.
Thanks for looking. Doug