The third 50-car section of a Canadian National empty coal train enters the Luscar Industrial Spur near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. These 150-car trains operate in three sections to load on the spur due to the steep 3 percent grades. Shortly, the train will be loading at the Luscar Mine loadout that is part of Teck’s Cardinal River Operation, and is reportedly at the highest elevation on the Canadian National system. The mine produced steelmaking coal for 51 years and, unfortunately, ceased operations in June 2020.
