Southern Railway of British Columbia Short Train Caboose

Southern Railway of British Columbia crossing King George Highway in Newton near 72nd ave. Most trains along this route are fairly short, serving several nearby industrial areas. It's hard to say how long this line will stay in service but someone commented it won't be torn up which is good. Over the years more and more rails have been taken out which is kind of sad. My dog doesn't like trains, trucks or buses!

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• Southern
• Railway
• British
• Columbia
• Train
• Caboose
• Locomotive

[nativegerry335]

wow!!! how much du trains run on this route??

[ethicomm]

I guess several trains a day use the route but they're not long ones. Some interest groups really want this route to be used for passenger services as it goes through some populated areas.

[canadianfreerider]

In regards to your "It's hard to say how long this line will stay in service" comment I will say it will be around for a long, long time, if it can withstand over 100 years of service it can withstand these good economic times in which railways havent experienced such an insurgance in traffic since before the invention of the car.

[ethicomm]

I really hope you're right but about 5 or 6 miles away in the area called Cloverdale, they've already ripped up several miles of this line. This line unfortunately doesn't go completely through any more. I'm going to be posting another video in the next couple of weeks of the various line that have been torn up. Lets hope the trend doesn't continue!

[Ringorangers506]

what is the importance of this line anyways if only trains with a lower capacity use it and it goes through concealed areas.

[ethicomm]

Actually I saw a train going through here a couple of weeks ago carrying around 40 cars. I'm not sure of the importance of the line but it serves numerous industrial areas. A lot of people would like to see the line used for commuter rail though.

[Nathanrailfan]

Shortlines are just pushed to the side. Depending on what CP, CN and BNSF brings to them will determine if shorelines will run freq. or not and the customers.

[Nathanrailfan]

Some of the roads died when BC RAIL and E&N railroads died. THe only major lines is the BC RAIL port sub, CP Cascade Sub and CN Yale Sub that service Roberts Bank.

[TrainGuy33]

When I Was Riding SRY #381, We Where Coming Up To The Road Blasting The Horn, Some Person Didn't Realize That We Just Hit The Road And Almost Smoked Her, She Was One Lucky person. The Engineer Actually Jumped Out Of His Seat To see If We Hit Here. That Was The Thrill Of A Lifetime!

[MrJacMac1986]

Dog doesnt like the P5 horn

[jmw0284]

Correction top of the hill is 92nd ave

[jmw0284]

Just so you know why the trains are short in this section. This is at the top of one of the steepest railway hills in North America. It is not uncommon to see 3-4 engines for a 30 car train.

[cochranexyz]

Sweet!!!