CN and CN Specialized Services (CNSS) recently completed the first-ever rail move of twin-pack wind turbine blades from German manufacturer Enercon GmbH and Canadian logistics firm Salco Energy Services Inc.
The 51 sets of twin-pack blades are being installed at a wind park in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The park is on schedule to become the province’s first fully operational wind farm by year’s end.
The 135-foot-long blades were transported by sea from the Port of Emden, Germany. The first of three ships arrived at the Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario, in early May. CNSS, which arranged rail-car modifications for the move, coordinated the transloading of the blades from vessels to rail cars.
CN ran six trains to move the equipment from Thunder Bay to Dawson Creek, where CNSS provided services for unloading the blades for transportation to the wind farm.
The Class I serves main wind farm regions in Canada and the United States from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, and the U.S. Midwest, as well as nine ports suitable for the importation off wind turbine components.
Source: Progressive Railroading Daily News
