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Floral's finest
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Russian
Saskatoon railfan
Registered: July 2004
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Posts: 958
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Once upon a time Floral was your typical Prairie town. Today the elevator is gone, people are nowhere to be seen and its no longer present on many maps…
On the bright side it’s home to LaFarge Cement, who have their own GE 50T switcher! The plant is switched by CP, being only a couple miles from Sutherland (first point East). If the housing boom continues they way its going – Floral could become a suburb in 5-10 years.
Besides wayfreights, 455 manifest also switches the plant on occasion. The cargo from Winnipeg is so close to completing its journey, yet so far - only six more miles!
Interstingly this is the 2nd time I've seen a critter from Lafarge's Winnipeg Fort Whyte operation, which I never bothered to railfan! The other one stayed in Winnipeg at the former Manitoba Sugar site, only a couple miles away: http://tinyurl.com/5wt7mh
Not sure why the light came out green (it's yellow), overall coloring is quite skewed in this photo - reality is not this pretty!
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Rating:  10.00
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Keywords: CP Lafarge Cement Canada GE 50T Floral Saskatoon 3
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Location: Floral, SK
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Railroad: CP
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Locomotive/Train: Lafarge express (joke)
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Date: January 18th, 2008
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Roster Notebook: GE 50T
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zartok-35
Conductor
Registered: October 2005
Posts: 308
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Wed May 7, 2008 1:59am
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Rating: 10
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CalMurray
CP/CN Praire Divison Fan
Registered: August 2004
Location: Redvers Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 728
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Wed June 25, 2008 12:21am
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Rating: 10
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Gordie Howe was born there.
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A part of the CANON S3 CULT. LOL.
CP/CN Praire Division Fan.
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cn854
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Registered: April 2006
Posts: 6
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Tue August 5, 2008 7:55pm
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Glad to see the old gal got a new paint job, shot her about 30 years ago in Fort Whyte and at Steeprock MB.
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Russian
Saskatoon railfan
Registered: July 2004
Location: Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Posts: 958
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Wed August 6, 2008 6:29am
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Let me guess, she was yellow before.
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- Roman
See my photos in the Gallery.
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