Just after 9:15am we (Naushad, Rozi, Shiraz, Zaheer, Shamina and myself) headed off west towards Banff. The traffic was heavy on Canada 1 (Trans Canada Hwy), and a few miles short of Canmore, we struck a traffic jam. Nearly and hour (and 12km) later we passed three guys doing what looked like minor repairs to a bridge. Why do it on Canada Day when half of Calgary is heading west? Just prior to this I had spotted a CP locomotive on a coal or sulphur train, and realised it was a rear end helper. Any chance of catching the train went out the window with the bridge repair, but just before Banff (another 30km) we caught the tail end again, but never saw the front end.
We spent a couple of hours in a very busy Banff and had McDonalds for lunch. Also spent some time at Bow Falls, a very impressive waterfall. We then carried on west before turning onto 1A (Bow Valley Parkway) as that follows the rail line more than Hwy 1 does, but it is restricted to 60kmh maximum. Half way along it we found some auto-racks on a passing siding, and the tail end of what was most likely and empty stack train. But we could never catch it, arriving at the Storm Mountain lookout about two minutes after the tail end passed. One photographer there however said he got some good images as the train passed below.
We carried on to Morant’s Curve and waited there for just under an hour but no trains came. Photographed some gophers instead.
At 4:00pm we carried on the short distance to Lake Louise, and this was also packed with holiday visitors. Photographed the lake and then we started the 190+ km back to Falconridge.
We spent a couple of hours in a very busy Banff and had McDonalds for lunch. Also spent some time at Bow Falls, a very impressive waterfall. We then carried on west before turning onto 1A (Bow Valley Parkway) as that follows the rail line more than Hwy 1 does, but it is restricted to 60kmh maximum. Half way along it we found some auto-racks on a passing siding, and the tail end of what was most likely and empty stack train. But we could never catch it, arriving at the Storm Mountain lookout about two minutes after the tail end passed. One photographer there however said he got some good images as the train passed below.
We carried on to Morant’s Curve and waited there for just under an hour but no trains came. Photographed some gophers instead.
At 4:00pm we carried on the short distance to Lake Louise, and this was also packed with holiday visitors. Photographed the lake and then we started the 190+ km back to Falconridge.
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