Railway Track & Structures - September 2008 - (Page 51) Bridging the way to Alberta’s CN’s repurchased Athabasca Northern required extensive bridge and track work to handle traffic increases in Alberta’s burgeoning oil sands region. oil sands the 202-mile Athabasca Northern Railway from a shortline operator. CN immediately embarked on a threeyear, $135-million program to rehabilitate and upgrade the line, which moves sulphur, petroleum coke and logs, as well as equipment for the oil sands industry. Prior to CN’s investment, Fort CN faced the daunting task of upgrading ANY’s 37 very-remote timber bridges to handle 286,000-pound cars or better. (Photo courtesy Osmose Railroad Services, Inc.) Railway Track & Structures September 2008 51 I n 1788, Alexander MacKenzie documented a large source of “bitumen” in the sands of the Athabasca River Valley, north of Edmonton, Alberta. Little did he know that this discovery would one day become the world’s largest mining endeavor, with the possibility of helping to reduce North America’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil. With proven reserves second only to Saudi Arabia, the oil sands projects of Northern Alberta have taken on a global importance. Fort McMurray is the epicenter for the phenomenal growth targeting the 54,000 square miles that encompass this vast resource. The demands on the transportation infrastructure are immense. Two roadways and one rail line accommodate a community with an estimated 80,000-plus workers and the need for large equipment moves. Current production is 1.35 million barrels a day, but the goal is to achieve more than three million barrels by 2020, or possibly much earlier. In December 2007, CN purchased www.rtands.com http://www.rtands.com
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