Large Scale Central

Two days at Jasper, Alberta

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#1

The morning routine: amble over to Tim Horton’s, next wander down to the station to see what’s up. But on Feb 20th the trains wouldn’t roll until noon. The S&C man told me while he was testing the crossing gates. Interesting part in that equipment cabin, no solid state! All good old reliable relays circuitry. His words: That stuff works at almost any temperature. I guess if it is well maintained.

BTW those guys doing the roofing on the station building hit a warm spell. It was only minus 5º C, the week before it was -20º C. Yep, I was kidding them that they had the coolest jobs in town.

Then the trains started rolling …

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/88027027[/vimeo]

Other than trains, I also caught a fair portion of the Olympics.

#2

Part Two

Presently almost out of space on Vimeo so here goes with YT.

#3

Enjoyed watching both parts HJ. It is nice to see trains moving slowly - just like mine on my little RR. lol

I was pleased to see the deer got out of the way of the train but I guess the ‘lill fella’ (or gal) is used to it.

The grain must be quite a bonus when the place is covered in snow.

#4

HJ;

Great vids !

Got to chk my vids for IC1009 unit ! there is a IC unit that passes thru PlaP on a regular basis but off-hand think it is a lower number …

Were those steel plates in those special short bulkheads or lgb (3-4’) rail !

It was darn cold, unnaturally longlasting my past visit to central Canada (PlaP) during the holiday season, so did not make it out often with the cameras. Just a couple short visits trackside …

doug c

#5

Thank you Gentlemen!

Part 3 is another long manifest, I didn’t count but those coal hoppers at the tail end must be almost enough for a unit train. Empties rolling East. And I would be interested how many thousands of board feet are on the center beam cars

Next vid will be a bit different.

#6

I did not count the hoppers either HJ, I just watched them roll by. Incidentally Pt.3 played nicely on Opera.

#7

In part one there is a car many of us model, but is seldom seen roaming the rails - a flat load of wheel sets! Nice work HJ.

#8

Another one from Feb 20th This one is different; CN had a bit of a power problem, three of thw motors on one of the units died … slam 25% less power on a full load train going West.

Since the service guys couldn’t fix it they …

#9

After more than an hour of shuffling engines it got even better …

That’s the kind of stuff that really makes railfanning worthwhile.

#10

The next day more Eastbounds

with more wood and more wood. Some of the packaging takes a bit of a beating.

#11

"…is seldom seen roaming the rails - a flat load of wheel sets! "

When back home and railfanning see at least one load either CN or cp .

Actually this past holiday visit there was a flat trailer load single layer approx. 10 (axles) 2 diff. sizes on the main drag (TCH 1A) curdside to what used to be my alma mater elementary school :slight_smile:

Semi ‘tractor’ was missing for a couple days, then the load dissappeared… obviously had a problem with ‘power’.

Tried for a still shot but the sun was shining right at me so it was hopeless.

thanks again for the vids HJ !!

nite

doug c

#12

The guys at VIMEO picked the right shot for the title. How about that, eh!

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/89014661[/vimeo]