CN To Expand LRC in Prince George
Thursday, September 6, 2012 @ 4:08 AM
Prince George, B.C. – CN has announced it will spend $12 million dollars to expand its Locomotive Reliability Centre (LRC) in Prince George.
“The facility serviced locomotives for more than 9,000 CN trains that transited the city last year” says Keith Creel, CN executive vice-president and chief operating officer. “We are at maximum capacity at the LRC, with three shifts per day, seven days a week, and we need to expand it to handle existing and forecast growth of intermodal, coal and other traffic in northern B.C.”
CN will increase floor space at the Prince George locomotive shop by 50 per cent to nearly 50,000 square feet, permitting the addition of four repair bays with pits to handle the forecast increase in locomotive inspections and repairs.
CN will also spend more than $4 million this year to extend two key sidings north of Prince George on the line toward Chetwynd , to efficiently and safely accommodate 10,000-foot coal trains serving mines in the northeastern region of the province.
Including the LRC project and siding extensions this year, CN will have spent more than $60 million since 2004 on capital projects in Prince George. The initiatives include:
- The construction and expansion of a major transloading and intermodal terminal for the export forest products via the Port of Prince Rupert;
- Yard capacity expansion and upgrades;
- Mechanical installations to repair and service freight cars and,
- Environmental controls, including a fueling station upgrading and new storm water sewers.
Creel adds “CN is a major economic player in the markets it serves, and we are investing proactively in our infrastructure to ensure the supply chains we are part of and the customers we serve have safe, efficient rail capacity to grow and compete effectively at home and abroad.”
Comments
CN is one of the biggest wildlife killers in the province.
Ive heard as mush as 15000 moose alone were killed in the last 2 years.
Does that mean that they are going to build fuelling stations in the downtown yard? I just wonder sometimes when I see fuel trucks refuelling locomotives out along the tracks, what do they have in place to prevent some of that diesel from going into the ground?
doneright, do you have any suggestions on how to solve the problem? Moose whistles, fences, stop running trains? Alot of things have been considered but mostly the proposed solutions are ineffective or would cost too much to implement.(Matter of opinion to some.) It is particularly nasty through winters with heavy snowfalls as the moose like the plowed tracks over the deep snow. Not sure about the number killed each year, but I’ve seen many.
Give more, I believe (but don’t hold me to it) that the trucks carry a fairly extensive spill kit for such occasions, as well as some mechanical safety devices on the fueling system itself. Also the nozzle connection is a sold seal and not just set into the tank like a vehicle.
no they will not be building a fueling station in the north yard. as vestedinterest said these fueling trucks have a hose that seals to the tank of the locomotive, they are very safe.
I think it would be done in the former BCR site. Sure glad its CN, not BCR making this investment.
BCR cant make the investmest… pssst… it does not exist anymore..
Comments for this article are closed.