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  1. Ties for sale?

    Ties for sale?

    Two MOW Service CP gondolas loaded with ties, way over their sides. I'm guessing these are new ties, since this tie unloader was one car away: http://tinyurl.com/3752k9 In comparison CN transports their ties on regular center-beams. Note that "CP Rail" and the numbers have been...
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    • cp gondola mow saskatoon service services sutherland ties
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  2. Crossing Guard

    Crossing Guard

    This BNSF inspection truck was sitting at this crossing in Saginaw, TX for so long, he reminded me of the road crossing guards I used to have in elementary school. Photo taken September 7, 2007.
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    • bnsf crossing grade mow saginaw truck tx
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  3. 1937 CPR gondola

    1937 CPR gondola

    Lots of old junk comes through Sutherland in the form of MOW gondolas - I've seen 1950's and 40's build dates, but 1937 is a new record. My grandma was 1 years old when this thing was built, and its still rolling! Unlike the other MOW gondolas I've seen, this one is sadly not original paint...
    • Romet
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    • 1937 ancient cp gondola mow old rail saskatoon sutherland vitnage
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  4. CN backhoe

    CN backhoe

    I spent two years railfanning Winnipeg next to CN MOW shops at Portage JCT, yet I've never seen this guy. In fact this is the first RR backhoe that I've seen anywhere, all the others were leassed from contractors...
    • Romet
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    • backhoe cn mow saskatoon shops tractor
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  5. Work truck

    Work truck

    A very common hi-rail configuration on CN, can be found anywhere doing anything. Back when I didn't have a scanner, sitting next to one was the best opportunity to hear what was coming and when.
    • Romet
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    • cn hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  6. 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
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  7. CP Heavy Haul

    CP Heavy Haul

    CP 3716-G2 is pulling two 456/457 series CP ballast hoppers 300 feet, where ballasting a new set of tracks is needed. Oddly I never noticed a coupler on the back of a hi-rail before... Note the old decal on the door, CP is still promoting their SD40-2 action red fleet today - to NREX and other...
    • Romet
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    • 3716-g2 ballast cp harvester haul heavy hi-rail hirail hoppers ih international mow saskatoon sutherland truck
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  8. CPR M98-05

    CPR M98-05

    One of a couple hi-rail trucks based in Sutherland. Today he was helping grind a switch.
    • Romet
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    • cp ford grin grinding hi-rail hirail mow saskatoon sutherland truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  9. MRL MoW

    MRL MoW

    A MRL MoW crane at the Laurel Yard last October.
    • Empire Builder
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    • '06 06 2006 crane laurel link maintenance montana mow mrl mt october of rail way yard
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  10. CP M 235

    CP M 235

    Before hi-rails, you could only get around on a motor car or a fancy sedan like this one, put on RR wheels. Although this example is restored in a museum, some ended up on shortlines where they served for a long-time. Here's a photo of an un-restored ex-CP Packard that was purchased by the GWWD...
    • Romet
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    • 1938 235 buick cp inspection m235 mow museum sedan
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    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  11. Van convention?

    Van convention?

    How unusual is it to see 5 cabooses all together outside of a museum or a tourist RR setting. As you can probably guess by the couch in the foreground, this isn't the best setting by far - a converted landfill, i.e. garbage hill. These cabooses along with various work equipement, mostly bunk...
    • Romet
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    • bunk caboose cemr cp mow north scrap transcona van winnipeg yard
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    • Category: Caboose
  12. "Newer" CN crew-cab

    "Newer" CN crew-cab

    I'm using "newer", since there's an even newer IH cab design available. It's good to compare to http://tinyurl.com/2ypy7e the classic IH truck look. This truck is parked at CN's Portage JCT MOW shops, I've only seen him there once, unlike other trucks and MOW equipment (i.e CN 665-05...
    • Romet
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    • cab cn crew harvester hi-rail hirail ih international mow truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  13. CN's smallest truck?

    CN's smallest truck?

    The majority of CN trucks (not pick-ups) are of the 6axle heavy-duty variety. Then there's this guy who has a relatively short wheelbase and is based on an IH chassis! I'm suprised CN didn't utilize a Ford F350 for this purpose... You can see a bit of CN's mainline in the background - right...
    • Romet
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    • cn harvester hi-rail hirail ih international mainline mow transcon truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  14. UP Rock flinger

    UP Rock flinger

    UP Ballast regulator
    • drgw#1
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    • mow up
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  15. The only way to trench

    The only way to trench

    Here the best way to run a trench.BNSF. Is putting in some new under ground cable a long the joint line.And uses this to trench and pull cable.
    • drgw#1
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    • mow
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  16. Friendly forman

    Friendly forman

    On a warm summer day a forman passes by in a hi-rail, giving a good wave. I'm proud to say that this view is literally at the end of my street. A couple months later the scene repeated with a doodlebug: http://tinyurl.com/yrrru4
    • Romet
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    • cp cpr forman hi-rail hirail inspection mow pick-up pickup saskatoon sutherland truck wave
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  17. ASPLUNDH (contractors)

    ASPLUNDH (contractors)

    Apparently CN contracts out their cleaning services, which is shame considering the amount of brooms and other neat MOW equipment they have. Here the crew is waiting for a clearence on the CN mainline. Note the giant broom on the end!
    • Romet
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    • asplundh cn hi-rail hirail mow truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  18. BNSF hi-rail

    BNSF hi-rail

    Not sure where BNSF can use this hi-rail in Winnipeg, since they only own 2 miles of trackage, the rest is running rights over CN & CP.
    • Romet
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    • bnsf hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  19. 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...
    • Romet
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    • cn flat kenworth mow semi trailer transporter truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  20. CN Heavy-duty

    CN Heavy-duty

    By far the best hi-rail truck I've ever seen. He's got everything you could possibly want: - bugshield - rugged IH looks, compare to the modern IH offering, yuck: http://tinyurl.com/36923t - crew HQ in the back complete with a beam lamp! He's just like a SOO SD40. - massive hi-rail set-up...
    • Romet
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    • cn ditch ditchlights duty heavy hi-rail hirail lights mow truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars


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