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  1. Another BCOL tanker

    Another BCOL tanker

    Last summer I caught two BCOL tankers on the same train. I haven't seen one before or since then, until today when I spotted another one. At first it looked like BCOL 1962: http://tinyurl.com/2k2e44 But a closer expection reveals that yet another paint sheme. Did every tanker on BCOL look...
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    • bc bcol cn rail saskatoon tanker
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  2. CN DPU!

    CN DPU!

    CN 346 and a number of other 300 series manifests have been running with DPU lately, just like CP with their potash trains. I'm not 100% sure this is 346 though, since that train showed up later, so perhaps this is 304? Either way a very impressive consist. Not sure if this is better then a...
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    • 2242 2266 304 346 4610 bcol cn dpu manifest saskatoon
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    • Category: Canada
  3. Last shift at Thornton

    Last shift at Thornton

    The sun peaked out from behind the clouds. This was shot on my last shift at Thornton yard, the day before I transfered over to the former BC Rail.
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    • Category: Canadian National
  4. CN 840

    CN 840

    2:20pm CN 840, 83 hoppers CN 5773-BCOL 752 He's waiting for a yellow @ Riverview, to follow 346, with 347 + MP188 yard switcher waiting to head West. Normally I'm not too exited about unit grain trains, as long as they're not hauling junk up front. But add a BCOL SD40-2 and it makes all...
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    • 5773 752 840 bc bcol cn grain hopper hoppers rail saskatoon sd40-2 sd75i train unit
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    • Category: Canada
  5. BCOL log car?

    BCOL log car?

    Apparently there's such a thing. A cut of three on 347, surrounded by 105 center-beams and 15 other cars. Before today I thought only narrow gauge lines still had these. Note the faded out # (the other two were BCOL 10359 & 10426?) and red color on the inside of the forks. Tree bark...
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    • 347 bc bcol bulkhead cn flat log rail rare saskatoon tree
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  6. BCOL tankers

    BCOL tankers

    Ever since CN took over BCOL, their equipment has been slowly integrating into CN's system. These two tankers were surrounded by IC's in addition to CN's regulars. Its hard to find BCOL boxcars with the old flower logo, never mind tankers. Note the odd pipe stack on the end. This is the...
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    • 311 bc bcol bcr bcrail cn rail saskatoon tanker
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  7. Two of a kind

    Two of a kind

    BC Rail & CN purchased all but three Dash 8-40CM's. Who could have guessed back then that CN would take over BC Rail and put the D8's together on many of their trains. You can see the CN/BCOL differences pretty well in this photo, for instance one less engine opening on the BCOL unit's...
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    • 2435 313 4606 8-40cm bc bcol bcr bcrail cn dash rail saskatoon
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    • Category: Canada
  8. Railfan with a friend

    Railfan with a friend

    Whenever I go to railfan Difienbaker park, a fellow railfan Elijah, usually comes along with me since he lives nearby. On this day we're shooting a E/B manifest with two Dash 8-40CM's for power! One CN, the other BCOL. As we were standing side by side our photo's turned out identical, so I'll...
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    • 2439 8-40cm bc bcol bcr cn corn dash elijah gatx human interest products rail railfan saskatoon tanker
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    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  9. BCOL 607

    BCOL 607

    BCOL 607, RS18C
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    • bcol rs18c
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  10. BCOL S-13 @ N.Vancouver

    BCOL S-13 @ N.Vancouver

    BCOL 1001 MLW S-13 at the North Vancouver BC engine facility June 1980.
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    • Category: Canada
  11. BCOL RS3@N.Vancouver

    BCOL RS3@N.Vancouver

    BCOL RS-3 561 at the BCOL North Vancouver BC shops in June 1980.
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    • Category: Canada
  12. BCOL RS3@Lillooet

    BCOL RS3@Lillooet

    MLW RS-3 571 idles away at Lillooet BC yard in June 1980.
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    • bcol rs-3
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    • Category: Canada
  13. BCOL Quesnel

    BCOL Quesnel

    BCOL northbound making an air test at the yard in Quesnel BC in 1980.
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    • Category: Canada
  14. BCOL Alexandria

    BCOL Alexandria

    A pair of MLW RS-18Cs tied up on the short siding at Alexandria BC in 1980.
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    • Category: Canada
  15. BCOL Budds

    BCOL Budds

    Southbound BCOL passenger train about a 100 miles south of Prince George at Alexandria BC in 1980.
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    • Category: VIA Rail / Canada
  16. CN business special

    CN business special

    A special indeed! Even the weather cooperated! Actually it was two business cars dead in transit: CN 1060 1949 "Sandford Fleming" Track inspection car & CN 1059 1954 "Tawaw" Reception-Marketing car Trailing CN 5456 & BCOL 766 on an intermodal. PS. The clouds...
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    • 1059 1060 5456 766 bc bcol business cn fake inspection jct portage rail sd40-2 sd50f winnipeg
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    • Category: Railroad Art
  17. CN Business train?

    CN Business train?

    CN 5456 & BCOL 766 lead an intermodal with two business cars on it: CN 1060 1949 "Sandford Fleming" Track inspection car & CN 1059 1954 "Tawaw" Reception-Marketing car I have "rosters" of them from each side, which I'll post on the forums over the next...
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    • 1059 1060 5456 766 bc bcol business cn inspection jct portage rail sd40-2 sd50f winnipeg
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  18. BC Rail 762

    BC Rail 762

    It may not be in BC, but it's still trailing a draper taper! (CN 5530, SD60F).
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    • 5530 763 bc bcol cn jct mainline portage rail sd40-2 sd60f winnipeg
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines


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