CN "DOUBLE-TRACKS OUT WEST"

Canadian National has undertaken a complete rebuilding of the 764-mile Edmonton-Vancouver line in preparation for handling 75 MGT annually by 1990, much of this in unit trains of high-capacity cars. With $450 million already expended and $1.9 billion budgeted for the 1980 decade, the project calls for concrete cross ties, alloy-steel rail, and double track over much of the route. The P-811 Track Laying System is regarded as essential in assuring the productivity and controlling costs.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1980-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 48
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete ties; Maintenance of way; Rail steel; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Track laying; Unit trains
• Identifier Terms: Canadian National; Canadian National Railways
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail steel metallurgy; Track laying systems; Track structures
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325278
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM