Skeena Pacific Video

In this video, I finally caught a pair of newly painted units in CPKC colours. After the water from the storm had subsided, I returned to the location, just east of the grade crossing. I should mention that an relief crew had been sheltering nearby in a disused trackside bungalow, after they were left stranded by an earlier taxi. Just as CPKC Train #401 showed up, another crew taxi arrived, so the shot is a little truncated. I do my best not to included crews in these videos as I feel I would be intruding into their "office".
KCS4805 is leading CP9375, both in CPKC livery, with CP8565 running in mid-train. Here are 562 axles of mixed freight. The action is caught just east of the Squilax Turtle Valley Road grade crossing of the CPKC Shuswap Subdivision at my 87.2 at CP Squilax, British Columbia, Canada.
If you go to Google, select Maps and paste in 50°52'00.1"N 119°34'50.8"W you'll see the location of the camera for this video.
Technical:
Recorded with a Canon XA55 4KHD Pro video camera at 1920x1080 resolution and 60 frames per second. It is equipped with an Azden SMX-10 Stereo Microphone mounted inside a Rode Blimp Windshield. A Neewer NW74K 7-Inch 1920x1080 Field Monitor is also used. All equipment is mounted on a custom bar attached to a Canadian Studio Pro Heavy Duty 72" Tripod using a NEEWER GM006 Pro Video Fluid Head .
Credits:
Where provided, information regarding locomotive types, build and other data are from the '2024 Canadian Trackside Guide' published by (and available from) the Bytown Railway Society Inc., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Some information is also obtained from rac.jmaponline.net/canadianra...
Safety Notice:
N.B.The photographer and cameras did not encroach on the railway right-of-way in taking this video. It is dangerous, foolhardy (and illegal) to enter on railway rights-of-way. Just sayin' ... "You don't stand on a runway to watch airplanes."
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Note: any music in this video (except as attributed) is being performed publicly and is unavoidably incidental to the video. Such public performance is the responsibility of the group or organisation making the presentation and they should be contacted with reference to copyright.
Warning:
This video and audio material is copyright - James F Gilham, dba Skeena Pacific, 1976-2024 All Rights Reserved - and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission.
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[@conceyullena]

Beatiuful video, greetings from Asturias 🚂⬆️👍

[@gilbertcastaneda8208]

Another great amazing video of a liquefied petroleum gas and combo locomotive 🚂. Great railroading action. Transporting the nation's goods. Thanks.

[@wolfgangpfeilergartenbahnd6530]

Fantastically filmed.👍👍👍👍

[@ChrisD118LGC]

Great capture James, great angle #401 as with #400 are good trains to view.

[@scottcunningham7998]

Catch of the season James.....!

[@jonathancheng5650]

Captured KCS 4805 about a month ago & hope to get CP 9375 sometime.

[@johnmcgarvie4061]

Great video. Not a fan of the new corporate colors. What was up with the relief crew? Out of hours?

[@SkeenaPacific]

Yes. Actually two crews. The second crew got left behind, in the pouring rain, when the taxi left before they arrived. Not funny.

[@johnmcgarvie4061]

@@SkeenaPacific funny to hear that the two crews were out of hours as Kamloops and Revelstoke aren't that far from Squilax.

[@SkeenaPacific]

@@johnmcgarvie4061 'Stuff' happens. When running opposing trains, some up to 12,000feet, on what is basically a single track mainline, there are bound to be delays. Throw in track maintenance and inspections, pickup and dropoff of units and priority trains that 'push' by ...