Railpictures.ca - Steve Young Photo: An eastbound auto train is approaching Edmonton. Note the beefy high railcar just behind the locomotives. It is there to clear ice from tunnels thus protecting the expensive automobiles following. Note the date. A train with seven locomotives on the front end was very rare on CN. Typically, CN would run a train with only 2 engines on the mainlines in and out of Edmonton. | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

An eastbound auto train is approaching Edmonton. Note the beefy high railcar just behind the locomotives. It is there to clear ice from tunnels thus protecting the expensive automobiles following. Note the date.
A train with seven locomotives on the front end was very rare on CN. Typically, CN would run a train with only 2 engines on the mainlines in and out of Edmonton.

Caption: An eastbound auto train is approaching Edmonton. Note the beefy high railcar just behind the locomotives. It is there to clear ice from tunnels thus protecting the expensive automobiles following. Note the date. A train with seven locomotives on the front end was very rare on CN. Typically, CN would run a train with only 2 engines on the mainlines in and out of Edmonton.

Photographer:	Steve Young [781] (more) (contact)
Date:	05/13/1987 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 5164 (search)
Train Symbol:	? (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Bissell (search)
City/Town:	Edmonton (search)
Province:	Alberta (search)
Share Link:	http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=25412

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robin lowrie

August 8, 2018 at 1:50 pm

Steve: That looks more like a “Boeing” aircraft sub-assembly car.

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