3050,3041,3023 make a hard pull up the hill into Didsbury after receiving instruction to proceed through WK3063's (OLDS wayfreight) limits.
5875,5923,9651,9559 motoring out of town following 104, will pick up 2 gp38-2's left at cassils from a grain spotter for total of 6 units
Heavy smoke lingers from todays Grass fires in Alberta
Sperry car tests on CP as grass fires create heavy smoke in the distance
361 looking back for a running inspection as we lean into the curve just west of Exshaw
The Olds Wayfreight screams hard in full DB as they sail into town while train 457 is held out of Alyth yard due to congestion.
5980, 5976,5996 await clearance through the Red Deer Switcher's (cp 5945) working limits a couple miles south at Innisfail.
Control stand shot of 5766 coupled with 5865 and 5736
5736, 5766, 5865 waiting patiently for the conductor to line the south switch at Airdrie and climb aboard for the 17 miles to Calgary
672's crew sets off power for a west bound and awaits a transfer (cp 3041) to clear the east switch at Keith before completing the final 9 mile stretch to Alyth Yard
9107,9763 whip around Morant's Curve with 1 mile to go before this expedited train will get up to 50mph
8635, 8739 awaiting a line up into downtown calgary for a crew change
5755,5576,9015,5787 have no trouble hauling these 50 cars at 60mph through the Valley