Caption: The Roberts Bank coal export terminal originally served just CP trains, then added CN traffic, then BN petroleum coke from Cherry Point refinery in Washington state. Seen here, the New Westminster Local with a pair of BN GP9s, 1629 and 1627, is departing Gulf, about five miles from Roberts Bank, with empties, on Thursday 1979-07-19.
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Since then, Gulf siding has been extended east and had two tracks added, as shown at https://maps.app.goo.gl/V4Sq8Lqm6pBQWEvq5?g_st=im. And Roberts Bank itself has blossomed from a small coal port to a massive intermodal terminal in addition to the coal traffic.
Wow, very nice, nice to see BN action in Canada.