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CN has a line running almost 100 miles from Mirror on its Edmonton - Calgary line to Rocky Mountain House. Unit sulphur trains run as needed from Rocky Mountain House to various destinations in North America and to Vancouver for shipment abroad. A local freight from Red Deer usually goes westward and eastward on alternate days and serves petrochemical plants and various industries in Red Deer (to do this it has to back down a steep grade and so a caboose is still used). On CN's tracks, we see an empty & loaded unit sulphur train with open cars from Sultrans, CN, BC Rail and Procor, the Switcher climbing out of the Red Deer valley and passing through Sylvan Lake.

The CP main line from Edmonton to Calgary has a crew change point and yard in Red Deer and hosts at least 10 main line freights each day. Main line power includes ES44ACs, AC4400CWs (both CP & CEFX), SD90MACs & SD40-2s. GP38-2s and GP9us are taken on these trains to Calgary for servicing. Branchline trains use two or three GP38-2s. On the CP main we see a variety of freights climbing and descending the Blindman River valley and crossing the prairie landscape. We also follow the CP branch line freights to Rimbey (to serve a gas plant) and to Prentiss to serve a glycol plant. The snow and ice fog help to create some dramatic scenery.