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began loading on arrival and left with two units, 49 (later 50)
loads, and a caboose. They took the first cut to Holloway and
deadheaded home to Edson.
The second crew deadheaded to Coal Valley and finished load-
ing and brought the second cut of two units, 49 (later 50)
loads, and a caboose to Holloway. There they made up the
train as four units, 98 (later 100) loads, and two cabooses, and
took the train to Edson. At Edson, an Edmonton crew would
take the train on to Edmonton.
The only time other cars got used was if the mine loaded a
train to either Neptune Terminals or Roberts Bank. They used
the same loading pattern, but the train would quite often leave
16. North American Railcar - CN (ex-Ontario Hydro)
HO scale # 11-31004001, N scale # 11-11004001.
16
17. North American Railcar – SLUX (2 line) HO Scale
11-31005001, N Scale 11-11005002.
17
CN Coal and Sulphur Operations - 9
with only three units and one caboose. The cars would come
from the general coal pool, so any UNPX or CN car, or solid sets
of SULX cars, (17) could be found in these trains. BCNE cars
could also be found when not required in BC for the Teck and
Quintette mines.
Obed Mountain Coal Co. Ltd. – Mile
172.9 Edson Sub (Lot codes DN-001,
DR-001, DT-001)
Located more than 10 miles from the CN mainline and the
loadout, this newest mine in Alberta produced the poorest
quality coal.
Cars would come from the general coal pool, so any UNPX or
CN car, or solid sets of SULX cars, could be found in these trains.
BCNE cars could also be found when not required in BC for the
Teck and Quintet mines. A double-rotary car was required.
Jasper crews loaded these trains, which they did not split
for loading. Coal from this loadout went either west or east.
Because higher-horsepower units had entered service when
the mine opened, the trains typically operated with only two
units back-to-back.
BCNE Coal service (Lot codes TR-001,
QR-001)
I will not discuss the operation of coal trains on the BCR to the
Teck and Quintette mines, but the BCNE cars (produced by
North American Railcar Corporation) were originally used in
98-car sets including a double-rotary with a CN caboose. These
cars ran as pure sets for a number of years, but they too ended
up being used on any steel train set in Alberta and British
Columbia as required by CN. These cars now run in coke ser-
vice, along with other types of steel cars.
MRH-Apr 2013
