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, southeast of downtown

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, Alberta. One of

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's main

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, it primarily serves as a rail car repair shop and diesel locomotive servicing facilities on site. The yard is CPR's busiest in

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and is home terminal to crews operating north to

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, and west to

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, through the

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. The hump classification yard facility has been removed and trains are now made up by switching within the yard. Alyth Yard is designed to handle approximately 2200 rail cars at 100% capacity, and is supported by satellite yards in Ogden Park and the Calgary Intermodal Facility at Shepard.

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