Canadian Railroads > Highest point on CN railroad

Is the highest point Luscar? Just curious.....

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does the former BC Rail count in this??   Mile 243 Lillooet sub is 3865 feet above sea level, the highest altitude on BC Rail.  Second highest is on the Tumbler sub at 3808 feet.  Doug

jc76 Wrote:
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> Is the highest point Luscar? Just curious.....
Interesting question, I have 4,006 feet as the elevation for Lascar, AB but I do not know where the measurement is taken.  On the main line Yellowhead, BC (17.6 Albreda sub)seems to be the highest point at 3,718 feet. I have not included the BCR.

 🍁  Happy Canada Day 🍁

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON  

Metric measurements should be used, not the outdated english system used by only a handful of countries.

reindeerflame Wrote:
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> Metric measurements should be used, not the
> outdated english system used by only a handful of
> countries.

Okay,  highest point on the Lillooet sub is 1177.1 meters.  Tumbler sub is 1162.8 meters.   Doug

reindeerflame Wrote:
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> Metric measurements should be used, not the
> outdated english system used by only a handful of
> countries.

????????????????????  Go pedal your inane BS somewhere else.....

It's been a while since I was in there so I'm not sure where the highest point is but I'm certain that the Luscar/Cadomin area is the highest overall.  Cadomin itself is about 4900 ft.  The Luscar mine probably about 5500 ft. and the spur that runs south from Cadomin rises to about 5200-5300 ft.  This makes it roughly 1000 ft. higher than anywhere else on the system...

Keith Robertson
Langley, BC

reindeerflame Wrote:
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> Metric measurements should be used, not the
> outdated english system used by only a handful of
> countries.
Railways were not required to change to metric for many obvious reasons, one of the prime reasons is interchange with American railroads.  The Capital Railway  in Ottawa has gone metric, the first railway here in Canada to do so.  They do not have any freight service hence no interchange with CN except to take delivery of their passenger rolling stock (O-Trains).
Also planes use feet for altitude and knots for speed but load fuel in the metric system.

Gerry Gaugl
Ottawa ON



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/15 14:47 by moonliter.

moonliter Wrote:
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> reindeerflame Wrote:
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> > Metric measurements should be used, not the
> > outdated english system used by only a handful
> of
> > countries.
> Railways were not required to change to metric for
> many obvious reasons, one of the prime reasons is
> interchange with American railroads.  The Capital
> Railway  in Ottawa has gone metric, the first
> railway here in Canada to do so.  They do not
> have any freight service hence no interchange with
> CN except to take delivery of there passenger
> rolling stock (O-Trains).
> Also planes use feet for altitude and knots for
> speed but load fuel in the metric system.
>
> Gerry Gaugl
> Ottawa ON

Interesting.

Meanwhile, in the U.S. the Federal Highway Administration and state highway agencies use the metric system for internal matters, and there is a requirement to refer to metric measurements in official publications, such as environmental documents, while the english system otherwise remains in widespread use.

LKeithR Wrote:
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> reindeerflame Wrote:
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> > Metric measurements should be used, not the
> > outdated english system used by only a handful
> of
> > countries.
>
> ????????????????????  Go pedal your inane BS
> somewhere else.....
>

Amen!!

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

moonliter Wrote:

> Also planes use feet for altitude and knots for
> speed but load fuel in the metric system.
>

And that metric system for fuel is what led to the Gimli Glider incident!

Thank you Pierre fuddleduddle!

 

Will MacKenzie
Dundas, ON

Same here!

Lighten up.

I figured it was likely Luscar...... Very Kewl place to visit..... 2.8% grade, fantastic scenery and large amounts of wildlife....and occasionally a train with CNs newest power.....

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moonliter Wrote:
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> Also planes use feet for altitude and knots for
> speed but load fuel in the metric system.

And we all know what happened when the transition to the metric system took place:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Why does CP use mileposts?

Bob Wilcox
Charlottesville, VA
My Flickr Shots

Hey, RDF.....you started it.....remember ??

Dave

bobwilcox Wrote:
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> Why does CP use mileposts?

To measure miles?

The highest point on the Yellowhead Highway is Obed Summit. Seeing as the CN mainline is parallel and adjacent to the highway at this point, I have to think it's also the highest point on the mainline.

Obed Summit is east of Hinton and not even in the Rocky Mountains.

1163.9 m = 3818.6 ft





 

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CA_Sou_MA_Agent Wrote:
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> moonliter Wrote:
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> > Also planes use feet for altitude and knots for
> > speed but load fuel in the metric system.
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> And we all know what happened when the transition
> to the metric system took place:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Maybe you should be a little more careful in the sources you cite.  While confusion over metric vs. English measures was a critical factor in this incident, it was not the only factor according to the Wikipedia article.

reindeerflame Wrote:
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> Metric measurements should be used, not the outdated english
> system used by only a handful of countries.

More accurately, only a handful of countries have completely abandoned the "English" measurement system.
There are plenty of examples in most "metric" countries where non-metric measures are legally accepted and more common or even required by law.

So unless one has really big hands, the English system survives and thrives in more than a handful of countries.