Canadian Railroads > Heritage in the Canyon

Canadian Pacific recently unveiled the first of ten heritage painted SD70ACU engines being rebuilt from their stock of long stored SD9043ACs. The rebuild includes new cab, new wiring and lots of extras. The heritage units released are sharp looking I must say. 7010 in the Canadian Pacific script scheme was on the point of train 100 leaving the Vancouver Intermodal Facility in the Vancouver BC area on Saturday Nov 2, 2019.
 
1. Train 100 eastbound at Agassiz BC 09:55am
 
2. 7010 on the approach to the old siding of Katz, near Hope BC  10:12am
 
3. Emerging from the first Yale tunnel 10:49am
 
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4. Calamity Tunnel at mile 10, Cascade Sub, the site of a silk train derailment over 100 years ago that caused a massive calamity for the Canadian Pacific. 11:18am
 
5. Departing the crew change point of North Bend 11:57am

6. Rear view of 7010 as it departs North Bend 11:57am
 
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7. Crossing the Fraser River at Cisco 12:50pm

8. CN train 105 (I think?) crosses over the CP train 20 seconds after 7010 went by. 12:50

9. Passing through the White Canyon of the Thompson River east of Lytton. 1:11pm
 

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10. Sweeping curve along the Thompson River east of Thompson siding. 1:29pm.
 
11. Crossing the Nicola River east of Spence’s Bridge 1:52pm
 
12. Under the sand hoo doos east of Ashcroft mile 45 Thompson Sub. 2:43pm.
 
I hope you enjoy this new CP look. I'm enjoying it already.
 
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What a great series!  The lighting was damn near perfect for many of those locations.  Well done

Nice pics!!   I REALLY like Pics 10 and 11!!

Great photos!  Thanks for sharing.
Roy

What a great series of incredible photos. Thank you for sharing.

Most excellent!!

Great suff, also interesting to see how many photos can be had from one chase in the Canyon. On my trips I was happy just to find a train and a pretty picture to put together.
t4p.

Great pics.

It's amazing how they put just 1 locomotive on the front of those long trains.  

What a great set of images and a great chase. You really cleaned up.  Well Done !

Nice set of photos!

Nice looking paint scheme. Really enjoyed #6 and #7. 


Nickatnight



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/05/19 20:43 by nickatnight.

Killer series!

Magnificent series - congrats on the IOTD

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> Great pics.
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> It's amazing how they put just 1 locomotive on the
> front of those long trains.  

Maybe it has a DPU unit in back??

Excellent stuff, looks like a fun chase. I definitely miss railfanning the canyon after moving to Alberta!

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Darren Boes
Lethbridge, AB
Southern Alberta Railfan

Really good set of photos!

Great series. I hope to visit the canyon again next year.