| February 1922, No. 288 | Canadian Railway and Marine World (Toronto) | Page 72, col. 1 |
Canadian National Railways construction, betterments, etc.
Western Lines Track Construction.—During 1921, on new branches, or the extension of existing branches, work was started on 13 different lines, on which at the end of 1920 there had been completed 589.39 miles of grading, 326.85 miles of track having been laid thereon. Grading was continued during 1921 on 10 of these lines, and 67.31 miles additional were got ready for track laying, while track was laid on a further 99.29 miles of the completed grading. Of the 656.70 miles of completed grading, track has been laid on 426.14 miles. One of the branch lines is partly in Saskatchewan and partly in Alberta. The following table shows the state of construction on each of the lines, the mileage in each province being given separately:—
Branch Miles graded Miles of track laid to Dec. 1920 in 1921 to Dec. 1920 in 1921 Manitoba— Oakland Branch 62.03 .. 44.18 17.70 Saskatchewan— Eston S.E. 29.53 0.519 .. 0.17 Jackfish Lake 76.43 6.57 62.74 15.06 Luck Lake 21.66 3.36 19.75 15.02 Melfort N.E. 29.94 .. .. 23.70 Peebles-Lampman 19.28 .. .. 0.50 Prince Albert N.E. 2.46 15.54 .. .. Thunderhill 97.33 0.60 80.13 13.86 Turtleford, E. 2.27 20.73 .. .. Acadia Valley 17.00 .. .. 0.64 Alberta— Acadia Valley 16.99 14.33 .. Hanna-Medicine Hat 132.11 0.08 58.82 .. Onoway Branch 76.25 0.94 60.50 11.90 Vegreville-Calgary 1.40 0.07 0.73 0.74
Railways: C.N.Rys.