Spruce Grove
AB
CN took on over 10 track twinning projects for 2018 and Broda successfully completed 2 of them. The Spruce Grove Project was the most technically challenging out of all CN’s projects that year – it was the longest twinning, traversed sections of extreme terrain, and went through the middle of two cities and a very influential county.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
– 20 km of tree clearing and mulching
– Over 300,000 m3 of material moved
– Over 100,000 tons of granular material installed
– 210 meters of MSE wall completed
– Over 300 lock blocks installed to stabilize backslopes
– Over 20 meters of culver extensions installed
– Over 300 meters of underground storm pipe installed
– 20-30 trains per day on the active track traveling up to 75 mph
– 45-60 trains per day on the twinned tracks
