CN Extending Rail Sidings
Friday, July 6, 2012 @ 3:56 AM
Prince George, B.C.- CN is planning to build five extended sidings on it’s Prince Rupert to Edmonton line this year.
The work is part of the company’s multi-year capital program to be able to handle the extra freight volumes created by the growth of the Prince Rupert Port as well as prepare the railway to handle more coal from existing and new mines in the region.
"The longer sidings increase the fluidity of operations in this major CN freight corridor” says Keith Creel, CN’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer “ and allows us to haul increased volumes in safer, more efficient trains equipped with distributed power (DP) technology."
DP technology permits remote control of a locomotive or locomotives throughout a train from the lead control locomotive. DP provides faster, smoother train starts, improved braking and lower pulling forces at the head-end of a train, and improved safety.
Comments
These five new sidings will bring more jobs, more prosperity, more taxes and a plethora of everything to our fair city. Right,IPG? Keep up the good work.
what does CN’s infrastructure have to do with IPG?
If you go on the IPG website, under “Transportation and Logistics”, IPG has a lot of printed filler extolling the virtues of CNs life. A feather in our cap from IPG, but no dough for city coffers. Money well spent for IPG. Such a swell website I must add.
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