Under an ominous sky that foretells rain, the third section of a Canadian National coal train departs the loader at Teck’s Cardinal River Operation near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. The 50-car train is set up 1+1, with GE ES44AC No. 2900 on the lead, with sister ES44AC No. 2958 set up as a rear DPU. Both locomotives will ease the the loads down a steep 3% grade of the 5.5-mile Luscar Industrial Spur, continue east (north) on the Mountain Park and Foothills Subdivisions and combining with the other two sections at Bickerdike (near Edson).
