Crossing Over

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Crossing Over
Crossing Over

CN Manifest Train M306-51-04 coasts across the bridge over the Fraser River, at Mission, BC.

The head end of this eastbound CN train is on CP track, while it's tail end is clearing the junction between the CN Yale Sub mainline, and CP Page Subdivision on the south side of the river. Less than twenty seconds after this photo was taken, the train would be occupying track on three different CP Subdivisions. The Cascade Subdivision is the final 130 mile long leg of the railways east-west mainline. Diverging southwards from the Cascade Sub at Mission is the aptly named Mission Subdivision, a 10 mile long branch line to the industrial park in Abbotsford, and connections to the Southern Railway of British Columbia, and BNSF. Almost immediately south of the 1,900 foot long Fraser River Bridge, the Page Subdivision diverts from the Mission Sub westward. This short, two mile section of track built in 1969 was part of the massive infrastructure project to facilitate the transport and export of metallurgical coal from the CP owned mines in southeastern BC to Japan for use in steelmaking.

Back to the present, this CN train is entering the 'DRZ', the 154 mile long directional running zone between Mission (CN Matsqui) and Nepa (CN Coho). All eastbound traffic between these points uses the CP line, and all westbound traffic uses the CN. The CP routing features the most significant grades, notably the 1.3% eastward climb up the Haig Hill, but this cost is well offset by the almost completely downhill run for the loaded westbound unit trains using the CN routing.

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Taken on: July 4, 2024
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Camera: Nikon D750, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 240mm, ISO 220 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: 50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length: 240mm
ISO: 220
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
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Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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