1986
A time of modernization and
preparation for
rail relocation from downtown Red Deer
1983-86 -- Pre-Relocation of Red Deer's rail yards, the
abandonment of the Alberta Central Railway, the final years that grain
elevators dominated the skylines of most towns and the caboose was
becoming a dying breed, a new generation of locomotives permitting much
longer trains were introduced, locomotive shortages saw colourful leased
locomotives from all over North America run through the area, the last
of the Dayliners, the re-introduction of intermodal freight and unit
trains, the realignment of Hwy. 2A south of Red Deer beside the CP line
and the final use of the old CN spur line east into downtown for
storage;
1983-86 -- Pre-Relocation of Red Deer's rail yards, the
abandonment of the Alberta Central Railway, the final years that grain
elevators dominated the skylines of most towns and the caboose was
becoming a dying breed, a new generation of locomotives permitting much
longer trains were introduced, locomotive shortages saw colourful leased
locomotives from all over North America run through the area, the last
of the Dayliners, the re-introduction of intermodal freight and unit
trains, the realignment of Hwy. 2A south of Red Deer beside the CP line
and the final use of the old CN spur line east into downtown for
storage;