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Norm’s experience with
prototype railcars began in
1972 while working on a
gang at Falls Creek, BC on
the Ashcroft Sub, in 1974
on a Gang on the Camrose
and Alliance Subs, and then
in 1975 on a gang again,
working on the Grande
Cache, Edson, Foothills and
Mountain Park Subs.
In 1979, he hired on with Canadian National as an operator at
various stations in Alberta, one of which was Edson, AB. Edson
was the away-from-home terminal for Jasper and Edmonton
crews, as well as the home terminal for crews working the
Alberta Coal Branch.
In 1981, Norm became a Train Dispatcher and worked all of
the territory assigned to the Edmonton dispatching office. As
he gained more experience, he was able to work as a Relief
Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher, before moving to Montreal
Headquarters to work as a Motive Power Controller and in
Technological Development from 1986 until 1988. He then
returned to Edmonton as an Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher/
Manager, Corridor Operations/Manager, crew Utilization and
worked as a relief Regional Operations Control Officer.
Much of Norm’s job as an Operator, Train Dispatcher and
Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher involved coordinating the
movement of the coal and sulphur sets between the mines and
unloading destinations, making him a something of an expert
on this topic.
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