"I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good."

            Westbound CPKC marine doublestack train 149 with some bonus autoracks on the head end approaches the summit of Notch Hill on the north track, while the midtrain DPU of eastbound priority manifest 200 passes on the south.  The two locomotives at the front, and midtrain DPU of 149 are working hard to carry their 188 wells and cars over the last major grade on their westbound journey from Chicago, IL to the Deltaport terminal at Roberts Bank, BC.

The 149 has been ascending a steady 1% compensated grade since the base of the hill at Tappen, ~10 rail miles to the east.  The north track was built in 1979 as the westernmost project in a series of four major CP infrastructure projects to reduce the maximum westbound grade to 1%.

Train 200 is now rapidly accelerating down the 1.8% maximum grade on the south track for a true 10 rail miles to Tappen.  When the new, and longer north track was built, its milepost locations were 'stretched' so that the convergence point with the older south track were at a uniform mileage.

Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Sorrento (show map)

Taken on: July 30, 2024

Tags:

Notch Hill

9828

#149

#200

CPKC

Railroad

Mountain Railroading

Shuswap Subdivision

Doublestack

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Manifest Train

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/6.3, 1/500 sec, 500mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	50.0-500.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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