The Athabasca Northern Railway (ANR) has completed a spur line in to the oilsands project in Northern Alberta. The oil sands contain The spur was built to transport byproducts (such as sulphur) out of the region. Large components for the oil sands project will be transported by the ANR. The 507 km line from Edmonton to Fort McMurray is operated by the ANR and the Lakeland & Waterways Railway (LWR). The line has 14 locomotives, and more than 100 cars. Total freight exceed one million tonnes in 2004, up five times since 2000. The LWR carried 16,000 car loads between 2000 - 2003 up 40% The growth is expected to continue for the 2004 figures.
Can't find a good map on the 'Net! Is some of this trackage part of, or affiliated with what was once the Northern Alberta Railways? Boxcab E50
Yeah, NAR is what came to mind immediately. I lived in Ft Mac for 3 years '85-'88. Had a chance to ride the old "Muskeg Mixed" a couple of times. Wasn't much traffic back then. I'm halfway surprised (but happy as all get out) that they never abandoned the line. Do you mean that they extended the r-o-w from the old Waterways station up to one of the tarsands plants? I've got a bunch of slides of the NAR and Waterways. The problem will be in digging them out. I also don't have a good way of digitizing them. Good to hear of the old NAR again. Regards
I thought so! What caught my attention, was the word "Waterways." I knew that had a historical connection to older days of the NAR. Boxcab E50
