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Caption: A CN oil train, led by 3051 and 3130 is seen heading southbound, crossing the "mighty" Fraser river. We stopped at the modernistic VIA station in Prince George, and the VIA "Skeena" (Prince George to Prince Rupert) was still sitting west of the station and the waiting room was full of passengers. The train should have left 35 minutes earlier, but CN once again annoyed the passenger service by leaving this oil train, blocking the Skeena. We knew the CN would be pulling out soon, so went looking for a good vantage point for a photo and came up with this location on the east side of the river. The train is seen heading south to Vancouver after coming off the bridge. The line in the foreground is part of the way that connects to the line going off to the right, which heads to Edmonton. Quite the bridge !!
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Longer tank cars = propane/LPG. Should be placarded as UN 1075. CN’s been running unit trains of it from the Edmonton area to an export terminal in Prince Rupert for a year or two now.
The former BC Rail yard in Prince George (now simply known as the South Yard) is the main hub of CN operations there, so it is not surprising to see what would normally be an eastbound through train taking a side trip from the line to Edmonton.
Arnold, the track in foreground would be the BC Rail Chetwynd sub, to the extreme right and out of view was the BC Rail / CN interchange and also out of sight to the right was the “connector” for coal trains off the BC Rail to the CN. Not sure what the track is called that the train is on. We called this area the “middle yard” and at one time it was the original BC Rail Prince George yard. I have not seen this track layout since 2005 and lokks like things have changed since I was last through there on the rail.
ALL info is appreciated. I thought the Chetywnd Sub began at the extreme right rather than the foreground, which I just assumed connected subs.
Having not been here before it isn’t easy to understand the track pattern.
Thank to both of you guys setting me straight.