Northern Loop Track
In the modern world large concrete silos and loop tracks have become the norm for the large grain companies. More efficient than the older wooden elevators with their single car loading, the high throughput elevators move the rewards from each years harvest to market quickly and efficiently.
While there's nothing unusual about a modern loop track, Pioneer's facility in High Level Alberta stands out from the rest due to a couple of factors. The first is this is the furthest northerly grain loading terminal in the Province of Alberta, located 1345 km (836 Miles) from the US border.
The second has nothing to do with the elevator itself, rather the track structure that serves it. The facility is located on CN's Manning Subdivision, which is 183 Miles of lighter rail and bridges that cannot handle locomotives with 6 axle trucks.
On this fall morning, six GP40-2's have spotted 104 empty grain hoppers on the loop track, which will soon be loaded with the bounty of Alberta's Peace River Country
Northern Loop Track
In the modern world large concrete silos and loop tracks have become the norm for the large grain companies. More efficient than the older wooden elevators with their single car loading, the high throughput elevators move the rewards from each years harvest to market quickly and efficiently.
While there's nothing unusual about a modern loop track, Pioneer's facility in High Level Alberta stands out from the rest due to a couple of factors. The first is this is the furthest northerly grain loading terminal in the Province of Alberta, located 1345 km (836 Miles) from the US border.
The second has nothing to do with the elevator itself, rather the track structure that serves it. The facility is located on CN's Manning Subdivision, which is 183 Miles of lighter rail and bridges that cannot handle locomotives with 6 axle trucks.
On this fall morning, six GP40-2's have spotted 104 empty grain hoppers on the loop track, which will soon be loaded with the bounty of Alberta's Peace River Country