Atlas of Alberta Railways Figures -- Northern Alberta Railways, Proposed Routes to Vancouver and Prince Rupert Via Sturgeon Lake and Obed

Northern Alberta Railways, Proposed Routes to Vancouver and Prince Rupert Via Sturgeon Lake and Obed

	For assumed minimum traffic	For assumed maximum traffic
New Construction to Vancouver of Prince Rupert	204 miles	1,004 miles
Capital Investment to Vancouver	$13,336,000	$80,484,500
Capital Investment to Prince Rupert	$13,356,000	$80,819,500
Gradients Against Outboud Traffic to Vancouver or Prince Rupert	0.5 percent	0.5 percent
Average Distance Traffic is Hauled to Vancouver	905 miles	909 miles
Average Distance Traffic is Hauled to Prince Rupert	1,095 miles	1,100 miles
Net Outgoing Tonnage to Vancouver or Prince Rupert	150,000 tons	1,860,000 tons

Source:Report on various proposed railway routes for a western outlet to the Pacific from the Peace River district by a joint board of engineers of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways, Ottawa, 1929. NAC (PAC) RG 43, Vol. 686, No. 21, 824.