Canadian Railroads > Foggy Photo Friday - CN at Lindbrook, AB

Thursday was supposed to start foggy, which it did, but I went out with the promise of fog dissipating and turning sunny (it tried, but was a bit weak, as the post of the braking car shows). First train of the day was #108, behind 3032 and 2557, passing the signals at the east switch Lindbrook at 0850. Temperature was 0 degrees, I didn't catch the axle count, and the speed was 44 mph. We have had a lot more snow and water this year than last, so the ditch had something and gave me the reflection of the signals.
Fred

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Fog in Alberta must be unusual. Isn't the humidity usually too low for fog?

KG

Summer fog is rare, but we have times where there's thick fog for a week at a time. Legend has it that rain (or snow) follows 90 days after fog, it seems to work out more often than not.
I've seen fog so thick I could barely see 20 yards in front of the semi truck. When the backs of the mirrors are shedding water like it's raining, it's thick fog!

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Darren Boes
Lethbridge, AB
Southern Alberta Railfan

kgmontreal Wrote:
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> Fog in Alberta must be unusual. Isn't the
> humidity usually too low for fog?
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> KG

Well, humidity hasn't been a problem this year! I was back home in Ottawa over Easter, so I missed the 20+ cm of snow we reportedly got that weekend. It melts, and bingo, all the moisture you need. Quite a contrast to the field you'll see in the next post I was going to make anyway, showing a year ago when it was dry as a bone.
Fred

Nice shot!!