A Westbound Intermodal followed.
I mentioned somewhere that I’d try to get as many shots as possible before Canadian Pacific changes too much on account of the two Americans - Bill Ackman and Hunter Harrison - fiddling with operating procedures. Like having all the power up front, instead of the standard DPU.
I guess it will take a spill like that in the Chekamus Canyon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheakamus_River_derailment) to smarten them up that the CP isn’t the CN, notwithstanding whatever the two of them think! In that accident they straight-lined a 144 car train on a steep and curvy section. Transport Canada then issued an order limiting conventional trains (non-DPUed) to 80 cars between Squamish and Clinton.
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/48810897[/vimeo]
Finally an Eastbound!
This one was on hold at Lake Louise for quite some time, listening to the radio chatter is more entertaining than ever. There seemed to be a bit of confusion about sequences, 
despite the line being clear i.e. there were no work orders that would delay traffic.
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/48814250[/vimeo]
An interesting detail: seems like any decision needing a bit of clarification is now bumped straight up the line and then … they wait.
However it isn’t quite as bad, yet, as the one instance where a CN crew was waiting for almost half of their shift to get a decision from the higher-ups on what to do with certain cars that were in the way of their regular work. 
Now, that made for extremely interesting radio traffic while I was waiting for VIA #2. :lol:
