In Spring 2008, ETS crews built a connecting track from "E Track" to the CN spur that served the Agricore elevator. While ETS had a connection in this general area with CN, when CN lifted their track on this portion of their former line into Downtown, the connection and the crossing with the ETS tracks were removed. With the impending delivery of the SD160 fleet, a new connection had to be built to allow the flatcars Siemens's would be shipping the fleet on to access ETS trackage. The first SD160 arrived on May 9, 2008.
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March 27, 2008 | Survey stakes laid out. |
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March 27, 2008 | Materials, ties and ballast, waiting to be installed. |
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March 27, 2008 | Surveying finished later in the day and stakes in the ground. |
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April 16, 2008 | ETS crews have started laying one rail from the CN spur. |
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April 16, 2008 | ETS crews have started laying one rail from the CN spur. |
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April 16, 2008 | Turnout from E track previously installed. |
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April 16, 2008 | At the end of the day 1 rail in progress. |
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April 18, 2008 | A few days later and 2 rails are now in progress. It's going to take a bit of ballast to bring the track up the height of the CN track! |
This page last updated December 12, 2017