Two excavators carefully made tracks to clear logjams at CN Rail bridge

Prince George, BC – It is not something you see everyday – two excavators making tracks across the ice to clear logjams from the CN rail bridge abutments in the Fraser River…

A CN rail spokesperson says the debris build-up is typically cleared every two or three years to prevent the jams from affecting the bridge’s integrity.

He says the lower river levels and ice in the winter afford the only opportunity to do this work, and minimize any impact on the river bed. 

The equipment was able to clear jams from the west side of the bridge to a about two-thirds of the way across the Fraser – it was unsafe to do so on the remaining third.

Update: this photo just submitted of one of the machines at work…