CN 5373 and 5377 Lead L537 on the CN Alberta Pacific Subdivision Turn!

Hey everyone! It certainly isn’t often that something takes the right of way over trains… especially cows… However, in the timetable for the Alberta Pacific Subdivision, it is clearly stated that trains “must be prepared to stop when cattle are being herded through crossing”. These cattle crossings, which I’ve never seen anywhere else, are one of a few reasons I wanted to make the trip to Boyle, Alberta to catch the O’Morrow Turn. Around four times a week, this train runs up the Alberta Pacific Subdivision to serve the Alberta Pacific Forest Industries at O’Morrow, Alberta. The 537 brings empty boxcars as well as chemical tanks from Boyle (dropped off by 557), and returns with loads of pulp products for 556 to bring back down to Edmonton. A four man crew and usually one or two SD40s usually does the trick for this regularly scheduled move, stretching around 24 miles each way. Ordered for 0900 and usually back to Boyle between 1300 and 1400, it sure made for an awesome morning chase! It was definitely fun to see where lots of the cars I catch moving on the Coronado Subdivision are heading to and coming from, on this little branch of a branchline! Thanks for watching!

Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - CN L53751 Prepares to Depart Boyle, Alberta
1:22 - After grabbing their train, 537 heads north on the Alberta Pacific Subdivision
2:01 - The train is roughly half way to their drop off location
2:30 - Nearing O'Morrow
3:21 - As 537 arrives, they pass one of the many cattle crossings on the line
5:22 - 537 trades their cars for new ones, as the switcher quickly organizes the new arrivals
5:54 - 537 works hard to haul their loaded cars back to Boyle
6:58 - Still throttles up, 537 passes another cattle crossing
7:49 - CN L537 arrives back in Boyle, Alberta

Train ID:
CN L53751 (O’Morrow Turn)
Canadian National Alberta Pacific Subdivision

Locomotives:
CN SD40-2 5373
CN SD40-2 5377

Equipment used:
Video Camera: Canon EOS 90D
Lens: Canon 18-135mm
Microphone: Rode Video Micro
Tripod: K&F Concept TM2324 II
Video Camera: Canon EOS Rebel SL3
Tripod: Manfrotto PIXI Mini

Filmed and photographed by Alberta Bound Railfanning on June 15th, 2024 - 9:38 AM MT

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