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Communities hope to save line
Ken Gousseau CN was formerly a major employer in Hanna, and the “It may have an impact down the line as to whether there’s
Medicine Hat News community has historically had a strong connection with any further expansion of this facility because of the extra
the railroad. The town was created in 1912 as a divisional costs incurred,” says plant manager Mike Conley.
Several communities in southeast Alberta are rallying
point on Great Northern Railway, and derives its name
At the end of January, municipal officials from the affected
together to save a critical rail line CN recently placed on
from the company’s president, D.B. Hanna.
communities held a meeting in Hanna to discuss options
the chopping block. “It would be a sad thing to see the rail removed in Hanna,” for saving the rail line.
CN discontinued the 177.8-mile line from Oyen to Hanna,
said town Mayor Mary Collins. “It’s just another piece of
A seven-member steering committee was struck to
Drumheller and Lyalta last November. The company says
our history that falls by the wayside.”
spearhead the group’s efforts, and a provincial grant
traffic on the line, originating primarily from Calgary Further down the line in Drumheller, municipal officials request of about $250,000 was made to fund the
and Saskatoon, has been diverted to an alternate route. are worried about the increased transport truck traffic initiative.
“There was very little traffic that was generated on the
that will result from losing the rail route, and the effect it
If they receive funding, the group plans to hold two
(discontinued) segment,” says CN spokesman Kevin
will have on road infrastructure.
public forums – one in Hanna and one in Drumheller to
Franchuk. “It’s no longer required for our operations.” “It’s not fair,” he says. “Any roads we have around this gather public input on how they should proceed.
The discontinuation of the route has raised concerns
whole area – right from Oyen to Lyalta – are two-lane
In the coming months, CN may decide to put the line up
in communities along the line, with the exception of
roads and they are getting the hell beat out of them by
for sale, but the company has not yet released a specific
Lyalta, which will still be served by an existing railroad
trucks.”
timeline. If the line is not purchased by a private interest,
to Calgary. W. Ralston Inc., a company manufacturing plastic it may be dismantled.
Without available rail transport, farmers in Oyen will be
sheeting and film for the construction industry, has seen
Collins says cash-strapped municipalities may not be
forced to incur the added cost of hauling their grain 188
a significant cost increase since the line was discontinued
able to put up funds to purchase the line. At this point,
kilometres to Medicine Hat or 226 kilometres to Brooks.
late last year.
the municipalities are lobbying MLAs, MPs and CN to
“It makes it pretty tough for farmers,” says Oyen Mayor
Instead of shipping raw materials in on the rail line, the halt the discontinuation of the line, or at least prolong the
Wayne Wilson. “They haul so damn far now.”
company must incur the added expense of transporting process to allow an alternative plan to be developed.
the freight by truck from Calgary.
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