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  1. Carlton 771

    Carlton 771

    When I heard chatter about 771 on the radio, I thought they meant the Symington coal was going into the yard eastbound. It was actually the CTRW 771- 2 GP10s and a CN Boxcar, coming off the Warman lead. Note the rear of CN 450, which was passing my person at the time, and was center of my...
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    • 1064 450 771 carlton cn ctrw gp10 saskatoon trail warman
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    • Category: Canada
  2. Heatwave distortion

    Heatwave distortion

    Happens to the best of us! Now that the CN 8800s are common as wheat out here, I can't say this train is 'special' or 'unusual'. But, the new power was just too cool. It's strange to see them on the 450.
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    • 450 another away cn distortion es44dc going heatwave new nice riverview saskatoon sd70m-2 shot yet
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    • Category: Canada
  3. 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
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  4. CN 4796

    CN 4796

    Freshly painted GP38-2W leads a trio of GP38-2's home on a wayfreight. Don't be fooled by the rosy picture, I've cropped out 4703's primer color cab for a reason. 4:09pm CN 520 (W/B) 1 minute CN 4796-4782-4703 9 hoppers/11 tankers/34 hoppers
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    • 4703 4782 4796 520 cn fresh gp38-2 gp38-2w local mainline paint saskatoon sub transcon turn watrous wayfreight zebra
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canadian National
  5. CN 1438 (GMD1u)

    CN 1438 (GMD1u)

    Can you tell he looks tired?
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    • 1438 630 cn gmd1u local saskatoon tramp zebra
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    • Category: Canadian National
  6. 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
  7. High-tec rodent

    High-tec rodent

    Looks kinda roomy inside?
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    • 3063 beaver cp gp38-2 rodent saskatoon sutherland
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  8. So long CN 4779

    So long CN 4779

    Wrecked and retired in 2004, this classic CN zebra widecab was stored for years in Edmonton before being sold to NRE. Pictured here on its final mainline/CN/Canadian trip. Maybe it will be fixed up and turned into a lessor? Not a lot of those units running with widecabs... Not sure why CN...
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    • 452 4779 cn gp38-2 nrex saskatoon wrecked
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    • Category: Derailments and Wrecks
  9. Intermodal DPU

    Intermodal DPU

    CP uses DPU all the time on potash trains (except for 654), however in winter it's used on the Intermodals as well. With CN picking up DPU for manifests, hopefully this practise won't be limited to CP any longer (CN runs 7 IMS's through town vs. 1 on CP). 11:40am CP 103: CP 8768/8...
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    • 103 8828 cp distributed dpu es44ac ims intermodal locotrol mid-train power saskatoon
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    • Category: Canada
  10. Distributed Breaking Car

    Distributed Breaking Car

    Before DPU came through, CN intorduced this fun boxcar. CP uses ex-BN 40's for the same purpose in Northern Ontario with SOO #'s. Generally these are put on the trail-end of a long train, at least 9000ft me thinks. 2:05pm CN 311, 149 cars CN 5788-5425 2 autoracks, 58 boxcars (45 cut), 2...
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    • 311 boxcar breaking car cn dbc distributed saskatoon
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  11. CN 8843 (SD70M-2)

    CN 8843 (SD70M-2)

    Brand new EMD product, along with a twin, lead 115 into town. "Brand new EMD" doesn't sound right after almost a decade of new GE power and half-dead SD40-2W's on the mainline. If only these engines could make a similar comeback on the CP...
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    • 115 8814 8843 brand cn new saskatoon sd70m-2
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    • Category: Canadian National
  12. Haulin' the coal

    Haulin' the coal

    Well actually, I belive these to be empties. There was a block of grain cars on the point aswell. A CN coal train, probably 773 or 785, rolls past Riverview. Unit coal is not a common sight for me, so this movement was appereciated.
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    • cn coal haulin' saskatoon the train unit
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    • Category: Canada
  13. Craik Train

    Craik Train

    The Davison grain loads quietly crept into the hole on the tail of 115. On the head today we have SD50F 5458, GP38-2 4703, and GP40-2W 9671. He sat there waiting to be overtaken again.
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    • 547 branchline cn gp38-2 gp40-2w grain saskatoon sd50f siding
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  14. CN 2307 (ES44DC)

    CN 2307 (ES44DC)

    With more ES44DC's on the horizon, perhaps CN could finally kill off the SD40-2W fleet. The executioner sure looks good though. Even compared to the "kinda new" Dash 9-44CW behind him.
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    • 2307 865 cn es44dc fresh new roster saskatoon side sub warman
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canadian National
  15. HLCX 9647

    HLCX 9647

    After leaving CN in 2000, this unit is back on home turf! CTRW leassed five (???) of them, finally dispelling their ex-CN M420(W)'s to the HBR along with GP30's and other oddballs on roster. Despite CN retiring and selling these units left and right, they're perfect for a shortline like...
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    • 772 9647 cn ctrw ex-cn gp40-2lw hlcx patch saskatoon sub warman zebra
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  16. CTRW 1004

    CTRW 1004

    CTRW 1004, a typical CTRW GP10 is leading CTRW 772 back home. Ok not yet, first he needs to come down to Saskatoon and get his train, but then he'll be leading N/B all the way to Prince Albert. Note the unusual headlight arrangement on sister 1064 behind him, sort of like a rally car...
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    • 1004 771 cn ctrw gp10 saskatoon sub warman
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  17. CTRW 1064

    CTRW 1064

    Most of this units OMNITRAX history can be seen through the paint. Can you tell it's a CTRW unit? Originally IC 9115, this GP10 has since served for Missisipi & Gulf, Mid South, Carlton Trail, Okanagan and GWRX Railroads! After a short stint on the CTRW in 1998, he came back in 2001...
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    • & 1064 771 carlton central ckr cn ctrw ex-ic gp10 gulf gwrx kansas mid missisipi okanagan ovr railway saskatoon south sub trail warman
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  18. Fresh blood

    Fresh blood

    Brand new ES44DC leads CN 865 into Saskatoon. Two 4400hp engines have become the standard for CN grain trains. The CTRW grainer right before him utilizes CN's rejects, a pair of GP10's and a newly aquired GP40-2LW, tradional CN grain train power, from only a couple years ago (remember the...
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    • 2307 2596 865 9-44cw cn dash es44dc fresh grain new saskatoon sub warman
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Canada
  19. CTRW Saskatoon

    CTRW Saskatoon

    Originally Carlton Trail was powered by ex-CN M420W's and a couple BCOL's (including a B unit!) thrown into the mix. Up to six would be put on a grain train to struggle through the hilly terrain (Northern SK is not like South SK). Today HBR and other shortlines took all the MLW's away, leaving...
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    • 1004 1064 9647 carlton central ckr cn ctrw ex-cn ex-ic gp10 gp40-2lw hlcx kansas ovr railway saskatoon sub trail warman
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    • Category: Canada
  20. Scotford Work train

    Scotford Work train

    CN has an odd habit of placing cabooses where they don't belong. The Clavet wayfreight for instances uses CN 79924, assigned to train 519, yet there's no such train in the area. Similarly this one is stamped "Scotford work train", yet based on my research Scotford is hundreds of...
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    • 630 caboose cn psc saskatoon tramp warman
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    • Category: Caboose


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