I noticed that trains from both CN and CP were running in the same direction on each side of the river. I wonder if this makes all those sidings such as the one at Spence's Bridge, obsolete?
Here's the technical explanation: (from Trains magazine forum)...
Re: Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Sharing Tracks in the Fraser Canyon
williamsb replied on Sat, Nov 10 2007 9:15 PM
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CN and CP use directional running from Basque, near Ashcroft to Matsqui / Mission, BC, about 160 miles. They go west on the CN and east on the CP. At Basque both lines are on the same side of the Thompson River, right beside each other. At Matsqui on the CN they use a CP bridge to cross the Fraser River to CP's Cascade sub at Mission. This is basically what they do but they have added a bunch of other agreements to Vancouver and Roberts Bank and you could find either railroad on each others line in a lot of places out there.
Barry, Regina
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