Re: Joint operation with CN in Thompson/Fraser Canyons
- From: Richard Sutcliffe <ras1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: CPSig chatlist <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:55:34 -0700
Bob Grace wrote
Leo, John is correct the western end of the joint operation is at
Mission
where a bridge crosses the Fraser River and connects CP and CN.
However,
the two railways recently approved an agreement to operate each others
trains to certain areas west of Mission. CN will handle trains to the
North
Shore and CP will handle trains to the south shore of Burrard Inlet. I
assume that this means that trains to the south shore would all cross
to the
CP line at Mission and all trains to the north shore would cross to
CN. I
believe the agreement also included trains from the Roberts Bank coal
and
intermodal terminals.
You are partly right Bob.
The CPR trains for the North Shore also cross to the CPR tracks at
Mission, Then pass through the Coquitlam facilities before taking the
New Westminster branch to CP Junction, on the Coquitlam/New Westminster
boundary, where they rejoin the CN on the BNSF line to Vancouver at
Braid Street. Leaving the BNSF trackage at Willingdon Ave, Burnaby,
they enter the tunnel to the Second Narrows bridge.
I think the CN crews pickup the trains at CP Junction.
Intermodal and coal trains for Roberts Bank stay on the South side of
the Fraser river to Fort Langley, where they swing South onto a line
that is a mix of CN, CPR, and Southern BC (ex BCER) to Colman, where
they join the BNSF briefly before heading West on BC Rail (the only
piece not in CN hands) to Roberts Bank.
Don't understand why it took them so long to work out these agreements
;-}
Dick Sutcliffe
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