tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post5982098416128908922..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: CP TEC Train on Great Sandhills Railway TuesdayCanadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-26927608060884149902015-08-16T22:12:27.647-05:002015-08-16T22:12:27.647-05:00You would need a track profile chart to be sure. I...You would need a track profile chart to be sure. I haven't seen any CP ones but I am sure they exist somewhere.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-39791779393651943312015-08-16T20:23:42.427-05:002015-08-16T20:23:42.427-05:00That makes sense, but I am under the impression th...That makes sense, but I am under the impression that the stretch of the Brooks Sub between Redcliff (Medicine Hat) and Brooks is similarly dry. While the Leader-Bassano line certainly wouldn't make sense from a local standpoint, I would have thought it would have made better sense for mainline/through traffic, as it was also around 9 miles shorter than via Medicine Hat, and Medicine Hat has those 1.3% grades going into and out of it from either direction. That's why I was wondering; maybe that route had worse grades or something on top of the fact that there was no local traffic. I'll let you know if I find out anything; that's been a relatively (in my opinion surprisingly so) under-discussed topic on any railroad forums I've looked through, and none of the old timetables I've checked out have info on that either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10981567390464024039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-20805141152104685722015-08-16T08:29:30.338-05:002015-08-16T08:29:30.338-05:00Hi Jim, I don't really know what the grades on...Hi Jim, I don't really know what the grades on the Empress and Bassano lines were. My understanding is that there wasn't much agriculture on the Bassano sub as <a href="http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/55761.aspx" rel="nofollow">the land is very dry</a>. In my 1938 ETT the Empress sub ran between Swift Current and Empress, and the Bassano sub ran between Empress and Bassano.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-39523007434229463482015-08-15T21:52:01.972-05:002015-08-15T21:52:01.972-05:00Err, I meant the Leader-Bassano line; i.e. the por...Err, I meant the Leader-Bassano line; i.e. the portion that's abandoned today. Did either that or the GSR line have 1%+ grades?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10981567390464024039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-62268774871206420342015-08-15T20:58:08.708-05:002015-08-15T20:58:08.708-05:00Cool post. I know CP abandoned the line in the 90&...Cool post. I know CP abandoned the line in the 90's, but any idea why? I would think they'd want to avoid the heavy grades (1.3%) in Medicine Hat. Any knowledge on whether there were any grades on the GSR or Empress-Bassano line of 1% or more?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10981567390464024039noreply@blogger.com