Railpictures.ca - Stave Young Photo: Shortly after the eastbound “Super Continental” passed, the Westbound counterpart came into view. Note that the “Skeena” was tacked on to the rear of the #3. This was SOP at the time. The “Skeena” only ran on alternate days, so one could catch the eastbound or the westbound, but not both #3′s running like this 6 days a week. Bissell yard was put in to handle unit trains in order to keep them from clogging the confined Calder yard, a couple miles to the east . | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

Shortly after the eastbound "Super Continental" passed, the Westbound counterpart came into view. Note that the "Skeena" was tacked on to the rear of the #3. This was SOP at the time. The "Skeena" only ran on alternate days, so one could catch the eastbound or the westbound, but not both #3's running like this 6 days a week.
Bissell yard was put in to handle unit trains in order to keep them from clogging the confined Calder yard, a couple miles to the east .

Caption: Shortly after the eastbound "Super Continental" passed, the Westbound counterpart came into view. Note that the "Skeena" was tacked on to the rear of the #3. This was SOP at the time. The "Skeena" only ran on alternate days, so one could catch the eastbound or the westbound, but not both #3's running like this 6 days a week. Bissell yard was put in to handle unit trains in order to keep them from clogging the confined Calder yard, a couple miles to the east .

Photographer:	Stave Young [781] (more) (contact)
Date:	10/13/1986 (search)
Railway:	VIA Rail (search)
Reporting Marks:	VIA 6302 (search)
Train Symbol:	VIA #3 Super Continental (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Bissell (search)
City/Town:	Edmonton (search)
Province:	Alberta (search)
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3 Comments

Dave Brook

July 13, 2016 at 1:02 pm

Nice to see the cars for the Edson rock train off to the left. I think it still runs but with new stock. Those cars are the same as the old Temagami ore train.
Steve Young

July 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm

In all my time in Edmonton, I never saw the train that brought those limestone cars in to Inland Cement from the Foothills Sub.
robin lowrie

June 14, 2018 at 2:51 pm

A CN Hogger I knew loved getting the Rock Train because CN was not shy about throwing lots of good power on it. The Edmonton crews at that time took the train as far as Edson and an Edson crew took it down the Coalbranch to Leyland for filling while the Edmonton crew rested. When the Edmonton crew woke u, the train was ready to go back to Inland Cement. When I lived in Stony Plain, the westbound empty rock train went through town faster than the “Canadian”!

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