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Hi, my name is Jesse Acorn. I've taken pictures of trains since Nov. 2009, after being fascinated when an LRT station opened up across from my school. I previously used mainly a Nikon D2H, but now I almost always use a Nikon D7100.

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While it may look like this SOO SD60 is leading a train, it's actually part of a consist returning from the wye about 2 miles west of where this picture was taken onto the Cousins spur. CP took this consist 3 miles and back from Medicine Hat yard to the Cousins spur wye just so the SOO unit wouldn't have to lead a train West.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 12/30/2010
Location: Medicine Hat
Province: Alberta
Comments | 3 Favourites
A pair of GP38-2s switch the Rimbey Gas Plant. The plant itself is the only reason CP still uses the 42.8 mile Hoadley Sub, since it is the only customer on the line.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/17/2012
Location: Rimbey
Province: Alberta
Comments | 4 Favourites
This little four track yard a little south of the Rimbey Gas Plant is used almost solely for the locomotives to change ends of the train. After that, they switch the Gas Plant and usually head on straight back to Red Deer. The Rimbey Gas Plant itself is the only reason CP still uses the 42.8 mile Hoadley Sub, since it is the only customer on the line.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/17/2012
Location: Rimbey
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
After a day out switching on CP's Brechter and Lacombe subdivisions which run east of Lacombe, a trio of GP38-2s accelerate out of lacombe on their way back to Red Deer.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/13/2012
Location: Lacombe
Province: Alberta
Comments | 3 Favourites
CN 4765 and 7077 switch the end of what I think is called the "Bonaventure" industrial spur.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/24/2013
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
Comments | 4 Favourites
On November 11, 2010, CN had a little "accident" in Scotford yard. In this view, two small cranes lift a tipped centerflow hopper back onto the rails. The incident appeared to have been caused by one train hitting the side of another, but I'm not entirely sure. About 10-15 cars derailed with most tipped on their side.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/21/2010
Location: Fort Saskatchewan
Province: Alberta
Comments | 4 Favourites
A neat catch in CN train 418 coming off the Westlock sub, this grain car has been used as a large canvas by the graffiti artist "Theory." While I don't find most graffiti particularly interesting, this car really caught my eye.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/05/2012
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
3 Comments | 3 Favourites
One of CN's shiny "new" ex-Oakway SD60s leads an almost entirely pipe train West out of Walker yard.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 02/24/2013
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
A nice little 4-car train passes by mile 6 on the Edson sub. Lead loco #5373 is one of CN's 10 ex-UP SD40-2s, and started out as Missouri Pacific #806. Notice the lack of a shock absorber on the middle axle of the front truck.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/09/2010
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
One of my favorite consists of 2011 - a 5-unit all-GMD featuring SD40-2(W)s 5281 & 5284, followed by GP40-2L(W) 9524, GP9RM 7077, and finally GP38-2(W) 4782.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 11/20/2011
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
Comments | 1 Favourites
A pair of GMTX units watch the sun rise in Leader, SK. Not sure what model exactly these units are, I've heard GP38-2, GP38M-2, and GP39-2. 2683 is a little different than 2674 in its ditch light placement.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Great Sandhills Ra…
Date: 06/20/2010
Location: Leader
Province: Saskatchewan
Comments | 3 Favourites
Within 10 days before this photo was taken, 4221 had blown its turbocharger on a trip south to Swift Current. This unit would not be returned to running condition before being returned to National Railway Equipment. I remember coming into Leader on a family trip, not knowing that a shortline even existed there, and being extremely surprised by this unit. In my mind, I had always envisioned shortlines using ex-ATSF GEs in this scheme, so it was like a dream come true.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Great Sandhills Ra…
Date: 03/31/2010
Location: Leader
Province: Saskatchewan
Comments | 4 Favourites
Tie unloading crane. Yes, the train was moving (at 1 mph) and the crane operator was picking up ties to unload at that very moment. Each car has doors on each end that are removed and replaced by the crane as it makes its way along the train dropping ties off the side. There was actually one empty car near the front of the train that had to be dropped off at the siding in Bentley, since it had no removable doors.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/11/2011
Location: Gull Lake
Province: Alberta
Comments | 3 Favourites
This was the longest train on the Hoadley sub that I'd seen all year during 2012. The year saw the return of somewhat-regular traffic (Tuesdays and Fridays is what they generally tried to do). Pulled by three locos rather than the usual two, the train went the 42.8 miles to Rimbey Gas Plant with ~25 cars, but returned with zero.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/19/2012
Location: Near Lacombe
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
[Editors note: accepted due to rarity of the movement] The CP Hoadley sub was quite inactive between 2008-2010, until major work had been done replacing ties and putting down some new ballast. This is a shot of the work train from which ties were unloaded by a crane to be replaced later. The quality of the track prior to tie replacement is evident. Also, the train was going at literally 1 mph so the crane operator would have adequate time to pick up ties from the car ahead and drop them onto the ground where required.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 07/11/2011
Location: Gull Lake
Province: Alberta
Comments | 4 Favourites
A rare move that took place during the strike on CP in May 2012. This GP38AC led the CP track evaluation train on this branchline with only one customer. This line was quite inactive from around 2008-2010, until some serious tie replacement and ballast work had been completed.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 05/25/2012
Location: Near Lacombe
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
A heck of a consist for this little branchline train - CP SD40-2s 6015 & 6011, GP9u 8221, GP38-2 3035 and matching control cab 1125, and finally GP38-2 3118. This consist brought the train to Dow at Prentiss, and then the SD40-2s were left in front of the Lacombe viterra terminal with the Dow train while the other 4 units continued the journey Eastward onto the Lacombe sub.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian Pacific
Date: 06/12/2011
Location: Near Lacombe
Province: Alberta
Comments | 2 Favourites
CN GP38-2 7520 and WC GP40-2R 3026 switch a train with some wind turbine blades in the west end of Walker yard. WC 3026 is rare both in being one of two WC GP40-2Rs, but also since it has a one of a kind paint scheme which is a map of Wisconsin and celebrates the state's 150th anniversary in 1998. Rumor has it that this unit and sister 3027 are up for a fresh coat of CN paint soon.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Wisconsin Central
Date: 10/07/2012
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
Comments | 5 Favourites
Two F-units, Ex-CN F3A 9000 and ex-AC FP9 6514, sit in front of the Alberta Railway Museum's "Calder" shop.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 08/08/2010
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 4 Favourites
Still-to-be-retired SW1200RM 7304 sits in the deadline at Walker. As of January 2013, it is still there. Its paintjob is the only of the SW1200RMs having red cab sides rather than black. This is likely a result of a collision with ONR 1517 in 1991 where the cab was severely damaged.
Name: Jesse Acorn
Railway: Canadian National
Date: 10/16/2011
Location: Edmonton
Province: Alberta
1 Comments | 6 Favourites
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