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  1. Green Diamonds

    Green Diamonds

    The evil army charges onward to a mine somewhere. The train is heading east, so they must be empty.
    • zartok-35
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    • canpotex cp diamonds green hopper potash
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  2. A Second Chance

    A Second Chance

    BNSF hoppers seem to migrate to northern Alberta on a regular basis, but this one stands out. Santa Fe 350346 appears fully intact, free of any patches or other things that symbolize the demise of the Santa Fe. Here we see him heading back east on CN 314. I caught this same car going north on...
    • zartok-35
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    • 2 314 350346 atsf bay car cn fe hopper santa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  3. Repossession

    Repossession

    CN appears to have claimed full owner ship to a fleet of the old Wheat Board cars.
    • zartok-35
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    • cn cnwx grain hopper repossession
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  4. So Very Alone

    So Very Alone

    This NAHX is the only one of it's kind in an otherwise solid block block of CN 388000 bathtubs.
    • zartok-35
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    • 520 cn hopper nahx
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Freight Cars
  5. Reading and Northern Hoppers

    Reading and Northern Hoppers

    Reading and Northern coal hoppers are on the 450. Concidering where these are coming from, I wouldent be surprised if they were pulling Coke from Lloydminster. But the cars say 'Domestic coal service', so I guess it's not so.
    • zartok-35
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    • 450 and coal hopper northern reading
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  6. SP 2-Bay Hopper

    SP 2-Bay Hopper

    This SP 2-bay hopper is carry a load of gravel south past the Saginaw grain elevators on a warm summer's evening. I don't see many that look this good.
    • David Thorn
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    • hopper sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Freight Cars
  7. A Hazy shade of Kangaroo?

    A Hazy shade of Kangaroo?

    CN may not have Buffalo boxcars anymore, but there spirit lives on to a certain extent with Kangaroo hoppers! Note the small iconic 'Canadian Kangroo' decal. I would imagine these haul potash and such for export to Australlia.
    • zartok-35
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    • a australlia canadian decal hazy hopper kangaroo of shade
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  8. CN5444

    CN5444

    Alot of old friends came to visit me today. Here we see CN 5444, which I have crossed paths with atleast 3 times. Behind the SD50 is an Illinois Central SD40-2R 6058. They took CN 450 into the hole to wait for an Westbound coal train.
    • zartok-35
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    • 5444 bridge central cn hopper illinois river sasaktoon sd40-2r
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  9. Brand new SOO hopper!

    Brand new SOO hopper!

    SOO was purchased by CP years ago (1986?), since then SOO's proud name has been labelled on hundreds, if not thousands of rent-a-wreck obscure Lessor/Co-op/Shortline hoppers, most on their last leggs with former owner's names still showing. Looks like they finally got a good deal this time as...
    • Romet
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    • beand cp hopper new ps-2 saskatoon soo sutherland used
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Freight Cars
  10. Pride of The Prairies -Almost...

    Pride of The Prairies -Almost...

    And Saskatchewan grain car that is to some extent old and new. It's sad when such a fine fresh paint livery gets vandalized. SKNX 393720 jumps the fences at Riverview.
    • zartok-35
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    • car grain hopper prairies pride saskatchewan
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canada
  11. CPWX now CP

    CPWX now CP

    Lately both CN & CP have been taking the 'WX' out of the government owned hopper fleet, i.e. CPWX simply becomes CP as the patch on this hopper clearly shows. Of the 30 on this train I'd say about 1/4 were patched. Note the scorthed Earth in the foreground - result of grass fires.
    • Romet
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    • 454 board canada cp cpwx cwb government hopper wheat
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Freight Cars
  12. SOO 74347

    SOO 74347

    Soo Line covered hopper in need of paint.
    • Greg Elems
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    • 3-bay 74347 acf covered hopper soo
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  13. Covered hopper

    Covered hopper

    EFVM covered hopper class HFD at Nova Granja yard.
    • pedrop
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    • car efvm freight hopper
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Freight Cars
  14. It's all over

    It's all over

    CNWX 106418, your typical Prarie hopper of yesterday, lies on its aside, atop a pile of PS-2 hoppers, incluidng a GCCX ex-SOO. Note the wrecking crane in the background.
    • Romet
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    • cn cnwx cwb cylindrical hopper ipsco regina scrap
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  15. 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...
    • Romet
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    • 5773 752 840 bc bcol cn grain hopper hoppers rail saskatoon sd40-2 sd75i train unit
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  16. CTRW work train?

    CTRW work train?

    Where in Canada can one find an ex-CN SLQ M420(W) with a mix of ex-CP & ex-CN ballast cars? HBR in North Manitoba and CTRW in North Saskatchewan naturally. Not sure how this train got to Montreal, must have taken a wrong turn somewhere LOL. Just love such museum scenes - as good as seing the...
    • Romet
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    • 3569 ballast cn cp ctrw ex-cn exporail hbr hopper hoppers m420 m420(w) m420w montreal mow museum slq work
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  17. CNW & CP merger?

    CNW & CP merger?

    They sure have joined forces, if you believe this hopper. At least half a dozen in the yard, most likely ex-EEC's or GCCX's, CP has had many ex-CNW PS-2's go through wearing those reporting marks, most still wearing CNW's logo and paint. This way when UP takes over, they'll get their old...
    • Romet
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    • cnw cp eec ex-cnw gccx hopper ps-2 saskatoon sutherland up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  18. ADM Railway

    ADM Railway

    Although there's no such thing, one might think otherwise after visiting CN's mainline. A cut of 13 ADM ACF hoppers on a manifest. Maybe they're coming out of dead storage...
    • Romet
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    • 313 acf adm cn hopper hoppers saskatoon
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  19. CN 434-60

    CN 434-60

    Recently I posted a photo of a CP hi-rail truck pulling two ballast hoppers: http://tinyurl.com/29gxgb This is CN's version of the same exercise, taken 3 years ago in Winnipeg (you can see the downtown skyline). Interstingly CP also had a PETTBONE Swingmaster at work that day, yet he wasn't the...
    • Romet
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    • 434-60 ballast cn hopper mow open swingmaster winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  20. New Sask hopper

    New Sask hopper

    For a couple decades Saskatchewan's hopper fleet looked like this: http://tinyurl.com/35m8d3 (Chris Wilson's photo). Now they are being re-furbished and repainted into this new sheme. You eyes are not deceiving you, his twin is right behind him on this Vancouver, BC - Humbolt, SK unit grain train.
    • Romet
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    • cn cylindrical grain hopper new paint paintsheme saskatchewan saskatoon sheme sknx unit
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Freight Cars


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