On a cool fall afternoon, CN 102 snakes east along the Thompson River near Drynoch, BC on September 26th, 2022.
CN ES44AC 2812 glides down the main at Hinton with train A417 meeting train Q180 with CN ET44AC 3008 on the point.
CN 2812 leads an eastbound intermodal about to duck under Hyw 14, 1½ miles west of Kinsella.
With 5 GEVOs on the point and 2 more mid-train, Grande Prairie-Swan Landing train A459 crosses over the Big Berland river near Mile 51 of CN's Grande Cache Sub.
A trio of (still new, back then) CN ES44ACs prepare to depart the siding at Hinton with an empty coal train.
A trio of CN's new ES44ACs lead an empty coal train east on the Edson Sub.
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