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Average speed limits on CN

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Average speed limits on CN
Posted by Gotrans on Thursday, December 19, 2019 12:30 PM

Can anybody provide the approximate average speed limits on each of the subs on CN's north line ( ex Cdn Northern) and CN's south ( ex GTP) line between Edmonton and Portage la Prairie for both passenger and freight? What is the actual avg train speed?

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, December 19, 2019 12:44 PM

Get a employee Time Table for the territories - that will give you the exact speeds that are permissible and all the locations that are even more restriced. 

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Posted by Gotrans on Thursday, December 19, 2019 12:53 PM

I don't have access to a current employee timetable. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, December 19, 2019 1:28 PM

Gotrans
I don't have access to a current employee timetable. 

Might be able to find a slightly older one on the net.  They really don't change 'that' much between issues - mostly a change in the names of the Division's officials.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, December 19, 2019 2:54 PM

You can try 

steve@rrpaper.com>

I have bought several ETT's from him.

   

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, December 19, 2019 3:11 PM

If he asked this over on the String Lining thread, he'd likely have multiple detailed answers within the hour... 

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Posted by SD70Dude on Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:38 PM

Here's a 2005 CN Prairie Sub-Region timetable.  The Rivers (Winnipeg-Melville) and Watrous (Melville-Biggar) Subdivisions are the CTC-signalled mainline, while the Gladstone (Portage La Prairie-Dauphin), Togo (Dauphin-Canora), Margo (Canora-Humboldt), Aberdeen (Humboldt-North Battleford), and Blackfoot (North Battleford-Vermillion) Subdivisions are the non-signalled (Occupancy Control System, or OCS) Prairie North Line.

http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CN/CN%20ETTs/CN%20Western%20Prairie%20ETT%20%2311%201-1-2005.pdf

Here are the remaining two, the Wainwright (Biggar-Edmonton) and Vegreville (Vermillion-Edmonton) Subdivisions.

http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/Timetables%2007/Saskatoon/Wainwright.pdf

http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/Timetables%2007/Edmonton/Vegreville%2707.pdf

 

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