With a very low HPT (Horsepower per tonne) rating of 0.36, B759 climbs out of Valemount behind quite new ES44AC 2897 on the point. 170 loads of potash back, ES44AC 2803 was assisting.
One of the coolest leaders I'd seen leading a revenue train in a long time on CN heads through Lubin with train X309. GTW 5946 and CN 2109 provide the power.
A loaded sulphur train departs the south track at Von Zuben after meeting VIA #2.
Former BNSF/IC/EMDX units cruise through Charles with an extra Prince George-Vancouver train 355.
Grain loads from the Acheson elevator west of Edmonton speed through downtown Valemount behind a nice consist.
Chetwynd-Vancouver train A472 leans into "Whiskey Curve" west of Valemount.
Weighing in at just under 20,000 tons, a late M309 gathers speed over one of the fastest stretches of CN's Albreda Sub (65/55).
CN ES44DC 2327 leads 129 loads of Potash west.
The Engineer and Conductor of trains C723 and S700 (respectively) exchange waves as their trains meet east of Valemount, BC.
CN ES44DC 2240, BNSF SD70MACs 8827, 8939 and CN SD70M-2 8817 speed out of Valemount with coal empties for the PRB.
CN C723 slows to a stop at Von Zuben to meet CN S700.
Looking more like a CN freight than a joint BNSF/CN coal train, C723 heads west on the CN Robson Sub, east of Valemount, BC.
A pair of CN C40-8Ms climb out of Valemount with California bound grain loads.
Toronto, ON bound containers speed east (North) through Valemount, BC behind a pair of ES44DCs. The Valemount hotel is on the left, a perfect spot for railfans!
CN SD70 types 8960, 5777 and 8801 hustle M354's train through Valemount.