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Westbound coal at Fraine on the Mountain Sub

Fraine is basically the west end of Rogers. There are two crossovers just of the signals 683M and 683C; last chance before the Macdonald track (1%) and the Connaught track (2.2%) separate.

 

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Westbound manifest

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Eastbound coal empties

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That's another westbound coal coming up the Macdonald track. This one has to stop for 20 minutes to let the manifest get further ahead (timing for purging the air in Macdonald Tunnel).

Thank-you Fraine. Time to head for home.

 

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I catch the 8935 again on the Windermere sub just after KC Junction crossing the Kicking Horse River near it's mouth.

 

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Back on the Mountain sub east of Golden but no westbound train for this shot. 

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/15 21:07 by KickingHorse.

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I pass the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer as it's going up the hill through the spiral tunnels and catcch it at Wapta Lake

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And then again on the south track approaching Lake Louise

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Shortly after the RMR passes, a westbound grain on the norht track.

 

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One last shot of the Rocky at Castle

 

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That is one heck of a day!!!!

Some great images!

611

KickingHorse Wrote:
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> I pass the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer as it's
> going up the hill through the spiral tunnels and
> catcch it at Wapta Lake

What is the blue car at the rear of the train?
 

 I know it isn't yet the Solstice but you sure are picking up the north side light.

What happened to that Saskatchewan hopper?.  It looks like when the SP units in the 80ies (?) were losing their paint job.

A question about the drive down to Fraine.  Do you get in there using the same access road that was used to get into the old Roger's Pusher station or is there a new road?

Rick

That's the only way in other than hi-rail. Fraine is where the road crosses the Beaver River and the tracks. The Rogers facilities are less than a mile east from there.

KH


rschonfelder Wrote:
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> A question about the drive down to Fraine.  Do
> you get in there using the same access road that
> was used to get into the old Roger's Pusher
> station or is there a new road?
>
> Rick