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  1. Utah Central B Boats

    Utah Central B Boats

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    • 3104 8501 crane flat haven west
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  2. MRSL PES-642431-7

    MRSL PES-642431-7

    MRSL flat car PES-642431-7 with steel coils at Joaquim Murtinho yard.
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    • brazil car flat mrsl
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    • Category: International Locomotives and Rolling Stock
  3. MRSL PCR-616039-5

    MRSL PCR-616039-5

    MRSL PCR-616039-5 flat car was built joining two old box cars rebuilt to flat ones. They are special for dual containers.
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    • brazil car flat mrs
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Locomotives and Rolling Stock
  4. CP Lloydminster

    CP Lloydminster

    Until recently CP had a mini-PNL through Lloydminster a line north of the PNL running from Wilkie to Edmonton. Now that the Wellington sub has been pulled up, Lloydminster is the final destination for turns running out of Wilkie (N/B daily at 1:00pm). Power is exclusively GP38-2s, one unit is...
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    • 3068 flat fresh paint yard
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  5. Cranes...

    Cranes...

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    • 301 310 cn crane cranes flat platform saskatoon toronto vaughn
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  6. CN 313 Special

    CN 313 Special

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    • 313 buldozer cn construction deer flat john mainline platform saskatoon special transcon watrous
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  7. Cross Country

    Cross Country

    I was out at the farm again, and another train came by again. It's probably the 102, but it could be the 104 or 106.
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    • chaplin's cn country cross farm flat intermodal prairie saskatchewan stack train
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    • Category: Scenic Views
  8. Bogies?

    Bogies?

    What appears to be axels or freightcar bogies seem to be covered on this IC flatcar. They don't seem to covered very well, let alone tied to the car for that matter.
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    • axel bogies central flat flatcar ic illinois parts saskatoon trucks
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  9. Forklift Parts

    Forklift Parts

    It's not too unusual for Forklifts to pass through on flats, but rarley are they dismantled.
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    • flat forklift parts
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  10. GMC trucks

    GMC trucks

    These were the only trucks included in the popular MSTS Train Simulator game. In real life however, it is them who are on the train! Being cab-overs the engine is fully exposed to the elements toward the back of the cab. Is this smart?
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    • cab-over cn flat load platform saskatoon trucks unusual
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  11. Flatcar with sides

    Flatcar with sides

    Not sure what it's loaded with, but this flat is in good company, a spreader to the right and a 1940's 40' box to the left. The over-patched hopper in the back makes a good modern background. This flat can easily be modelled from a 40' Athearn flat car.
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    • cp flat flatcar mow platform saskatoon sutherland
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  12. A set of four!

    A set of four!

    The 312 had only one of these the day prior. They must have been planning to move something in Winnepeg.
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    • 312 8-axel car cn duty flat heavy winnepeg
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  13. HEP power

    HEP power

    CP's AC4400CW fleet is not HEP equipped, thus this flat is used to provide power to the Holiday train. It has to be the best looking in the fleet - ironic since its one of the oldest, of '72 heritage. Lots of them still around in regular IMS service, probably the oldest IMS cars on any Class I...
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    • box container cp flat hep holiday ims old reefer saskatoon stack sutherland train
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  14. 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
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  15. Cable barrels?

    Cable barrels?

    Quite a few of these loads coming through on CN & CP recently.
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    • 454 barrels cp flat load odd platform saskatoon sutherland unusual xttx
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  16. Land of bunk cars

    Land of bunk cars

    These days CP's Transcona yard is mostly used to store bunk cars. It's too bad that the relatively new bunks on flats are blocking the older converted 40' and 50' bunk boxcars. You can see them in the background, here's a close look: http://tinyurl.com/2yqstk. Right in front of me were these...
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    • 40' 50' boxcar bunk cp flat flats platform platforms transcona winnipeg
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    • Category: Yards
  17. Local delivery?

    Local delivery?

    With downsizing and outsorcing, now when your parcel gets loaded in the van, the van is loaded on a flat and shipped by rail to wherever you live. Yeah right, 13 brand new Daimler vans, most likely from Dartmouth, NS are heading West to serve you. Such loads are somewhat common on CN IMS trains...
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    • cn daimler dartmouth flat flats httx manifest minivan ottx saskatoon ttx van vans
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  18. Still working...

    Still working...

    What looks like a fairly old CN truck, is still at it, being a flatbed for a snow blower, these are normally attached to brooms, very common on both CN & CP, both are yellow too! PS. The state of Maine is in the background. Right behind me is the CN crew residence.
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    • blower broom cn edmondston edmunddton flat flatbed old snow truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  19. Canadian Tire box

    Canadian Tire box

    Very common load on nearly every manifest and IMS out of Saskatoon.
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    • 457 53' box canadian container cp ct dttx flat saskatoon tire ttx
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  20. CN semi

    CN semi

    CN's semi-truck fleet looks very similar to CPR's: http://tinyurl.com/2uwqga white color with "CN" in red on the side. So why is this unit red? Because it's a MOW transporter, used to move tampers and other MOW equipment around on its trailer, that's conviniently wearing CN orange MOW...
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    • cn flat kenworth mow semi trailer transporter truck winnipeg
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars


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