Train Spotted | Rocky Mountaineer passenger train through Fraser Canyon BC, RMRX 8011/8019; 8012/8016 (28-Aug-2015) @Train.Spotted | Uploaded 8 years ago | Updated 51 minutes ago
2015 August 28, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
Chased two Rocky Mountaineer trains through Fraser Canyon

0:00-1:49 = Bottom of Cisco Siding Road, immediately south of the Cisco Bridges (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Bridges)
RMRX 8011 - GP40-2L (lead)
RMRX 8019 - GP40-2L (second)
21 cars

1:50-2:50 = About 500m south of the above position, and 2 minutes earlier, CP coal train pushing upriver. There was at least one mid-train pusher (CP 8791), unknown length or lead locomotives. At the same time the Rocky Mountain seen above is crawling slowly across the other bridge to give the passengers a good view.
CP 8632 - AC4400CW (pushing)

2:50-3:22 = A further 8km south the highway has now climbed high up the valley while the trains stay near river level. The same Rocky Mountaineer continues south on the near track while a CN grain train (4 locomotives up front) heads north on the other side of the river.

3:22-4:28 = Boston Bar, BC the same Rocky Mountaineer train passes through the centre of town where the abandoned train station still stands.

4:29-6:56 = Between Lytton, BC and Spences Bridge, BC, a different Rocky Mountaineer heads north on the near side of the river while a CN work train backs north on the opposite side of the river.
CN 5731 - SD75I
12 cars (10 ballast, 1 flat, 1 caboose)

RMRX 8012 - GP40-2L (lead)
RMRX 8016 - GP40-2L (second)
20 cars

6:57-7:57 = Same Rocky Mountaineer train seen above passes through Spences Bridge, BC