My visit to the CP yard was awesome. It was so awesome I thought I was going to faint.
I got to put on all the safety gear. I got to wear a vest and engineering glasses. I loved putting on the safety gear. My mom put it on too. I liked it because it was what a real CP engineer would wear. I loved it so much only because it was CP. I loved putting on all the safety gear.
I got to put on all the safety gear. I got to wear a vest and engineering glasses. I loved putting on the safety gear. My mom put it on too. I liked it because it was what a real CP engineer would wear. I loved it so much only because it was CP. I loved putting on all the safety gear.
We went up to the train control tower. It is really high up.
There was a great view there. I could see the locomotive shop, all the train cars, and all of CP yard. I saw lots of trains. A train can be as long as 14 thousand feet long.
Doug the engineer gave me a reverser. A reverser is a key to a train. Doug was so nice to give it to me.
Each train always has an Engineer and a Conductor on board. The Engineer drives the train and the Conductor is responsible for everything else.
Each train always has an Engineer and a Conductor on board. The Engineer drives the train and the Conductor is responsible for everything else.
I saw lots of CP locomotives, like this one:
A locomotive has 4400 horse power per engine.
There can be as many as 5 locomotives on a train.
The first one has the Engineer and Conductor in it, and the rest are controlled by remote control. That is so cool!
A locomotive has 4400 horse power per engine.
There can be as many as 5 locomotives on a train.
The first one has the Engineer and Conductor in it, and the rest are controlled by remote control. That is so cool!
I also met Tony Marquis, a CP Vice President. His first job was a GO-
train driver. He has 6 brothers and sisters and they've all worked in
the train business. So did his dad. Tony said trains are in his blood. I
think they are in mine too.
I also met Tina who worked for CN Rail for 20 years and CP for 2 years. She told me It can take a train more than 2 kilometres to stop when it is going really fast. But it depends on how heavy the train is.
And Salem flew in all the way from Calgary to meet me.
We talked a lot about rail safety and not walking on the tracks or putting coins on the tracks.
Here she is showing me a map of CP and other railways too.
train driver. He has 6 brothers and sisters and they've all worked in
the train business. So did his dad. Tony said trains are in his blood. I
think they are in mine too.
I also met Tina who worked for CN Rail for 20 years and CP for 2 years. She told me It can take a train more than 2 kilometres to stop when it is going really fast. But it depends on how heavy the train is.
And Salem flew in all the way from Calgary to meet me.
We talked a lot about rail safety and not walking on the tracks or putting coins on the tracks.
Here she is showing me a map of CP and other railways too.
Kurt drove us around. He is in charge of maintaining tracks from Havelock, Ontario to Toronto, Mississagua and Ottawa. He has 26 vehicles in total. Including a CP truck that's new that cuts trees and a 'air forced one', a truck that blows the snow off the tracks. Kurt was really nice.
Here is one of the brand new trucks CP Rail has. Kurt was very excited to show me it. It has really awesome lasers in it to make sure the tracks are safe:
Here is one of the brand new trucks CP Rail has. Kurt was very excited to show me it. It has really awesome lasers in it to make sure the tracks are safe:
Kurt drove on the tracks in a really cool tuck. It's called a High Rail truck and it has wheels for the road and wheels for the train tracks. My dad told me it was called a Traik (a train/truck), but it's not.
Click on the link below to see it driving on the tracks. (That's me in the front seat!) My blog is called On the Rails and here I am REALLY on the rails!
Click on the link below to see it driving on the tracks. (That's me in the front seat!) My blog is called On the Rails and here I am REALLY on the rails!
My favourite railroad crossing is Wilkinson crossing, near our cottage. A very nice man I met at the CP Yard named Drew gave me a special book with my name on it. It has lots of charts and train information in it. It is called a sub time table. It is cool.
I met so many nice people at the CP Yard. Everyone I met was very friendly. I had one of the best days of my whole life. Thank you CP Rail!
I met so many nice people at the CP Yard. Everyone I met was very friendly. I had one of the best days of my whole life. Thank you CP Rail!
Here are a few more photos from my day at the yard:
