Alberta
Alberta Prairie steam train at Big Valley
Northwest Territories
A branch of the CN runs from Edmonton, Alberta to Hay River,
on the shores of the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories.
About 80 miles (130km) of this line lie within Northwest Territories.
Hay River is the most northerly point connected by rail to the main
North American rail network.
National Operators
International Service
- Canadian Pacific from Lethbridge meets BNSF from
Shelby, Montana at the US border between Coutts and Sweetgrass.
Local and Regional Freight Operators
- Badlands Railway
company proposing to reopen the line from Lyalta to Oyen (about 178 miles,
286km), interchanging with CN.
- Cando Ltd
provides switching services at the Imperial Oil refinery in East
Edmonton, interchanging with Canadian Pacific and CN
- Great Sandhills Railway located mainly in Saskatchewan,
enters Alberta for a short distance to reach McNeill. No direct connection
with any other railway in Alberta
Tourist Services
- Royal
Canadian Pacific luxury cruise train
- Rocky
Mountaineer luxury cruise train
- Grande Luxe
Rail Journeys luxury cruise train
- CPR Empress steam hauled excursions between Calgary
and Red Deer, about 93 miles (150km)
- Fun Train diesel hauled excursion train restored to 1950s
style operating over CN metals from Edmonton to Radway, offering dinner
and various entertainments en route with a theatre performance at
Radway (No website located at present)
- Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions steam and diesel
hauled trains from Stettler to Big Valley, about 20 miles (32km).
Dining services and other specials operate on various days
- Alberta
Railway Museum in Edmonton. Open daily from May to September,
offers rides in works trolleys every day and in loco hauled trains
on holiday weekends
- Edmonton Radial Railway Society operates historic
trams (streetcars) in Edmonton Park and in southern Edmonton
- Fort
Edmonton Park includes an operating steam railway and historic
trams (streetcars)
- Heritage Park Historical Village in Calgary
includes a steam hauled standard gauge railway circling the park.
Open daily late May to August and weekends in September
Trams (LRT)
© 2006-2010 Glyn Williams
Photo image © Richard Peat
Canadian flag image from CIA World Factbook
Alberta flag image source uncertain
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