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Summer 2004

Canadian Pacific Railway Employee Communications
Room 500 401-9th Ave S.W. Calgary AB T2P 4Z4
System Flashes

 
China's Got Us Covered - While vacationing in China, my eyes fell upon a familiar picture in the waiting room of the Harbin passenger train station. There on a table was a magazine with a front cover photo of "Morant's Curve", a popular spot for railway photographs, on the CPR main line west of Calgary. My excited pantomime with lots of pointing convinced the passenger staff that I was from the same country as the location in the photo. The friendly staff immediately smiled and presented the magazine to me as a gift.
 
It turns out their gift was the current issue of the Harbin Railway Bureau Communist Party Youth League magazine. The publication contains stories about youth league members volunteering to do such things as distribute tea at stations, learn about air brakes, and participate in sports and social events. There was nothing in the issue about the CPR. Rather I suspect the editor simply "borrowed" a picture from the internet to dress up the front cover. No harm done; the magazine is a fine souvenir.
 
Harbin is a large city in northeast China and is the sister city of Edmonton. Both cities share similar geography and climate. Harbin is famous for the spectacular ice places constructed during its annual winter festival.
 
 

 
All-female crew - On 19 Jul 2004, our yard at Golden sent its first all-female crew to work. The women, from left, trainperson Lisa Depelsmaeker, conductor Kim Murphy, and engineer Cheryl Duckworth, worked the Donald switcher, spotting cars at a sand plant and then a plywood and laminated veneer plant, before returning to the yard.
 
 

 
RAC Special - CPR, the Railway Association of Canada and CN recently hosted an inspection and familiarization trip from Deltaport (Roberts Bank) to Calgary. On board were guests from Transport Canada, the Transportation Safety Board, and other federal government officials. A brand new CPR AC4400CW heads the consist.
 
 

 
Canada's Newest Shortline? - From left, Chick Emery CEO of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA), Ernie Rewucki former CPR vice-president of engineering services, Bob Nash CPR general manager of signals & communications, and engineering student Jim Bertrand conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a suburban lawn in northwest Calgary. The shortline is a full-scale, six-foot track panel, equipped with temperature probes connected to a soil moisture/temperature transmitter. A weather station is mounted on an adjacent crossing post. Both wireless units transmit minute-by-minute info to a data logger. The project, sponsored by Transport Canada, CPR, and CN, is part of Jim's fourth year civil engineering studies at University of Calgary to investigate the effects of weather on rail track structure and to assess the accuracy of instruments used to measure rail temperature.
 
 

 
Barbecue Celebrates 456 Injury-Free Work Days - On 5 Jun 2004 Calgary Intermodal Facility held a special day for staff and families to show appreciation for an excellent safety record as of late. Yard contractor Goliath Tractor supplied all the food and drink for the function which was attended by about 200 people. The day featured train and toplifter rides, as well as demonstrations from the local fire department. Both the CPR and STARS mascots were there, and were a big hit with the kids.

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