At one time North Battleford was a major Railway town, with plenty of branchlines heading north. All gone now! The line to Prince Albert was torn up in 1995, Big River in 1998, St. Wartburg & Glaslyn earlier this year, Meadow Lake abandonment scheduled for April 2009. Originally this was a CP line (CP also ran from Prince Albert to Perdue via CN North Battleford), sold to CN, re-sold to CTRW. There were also plenty of other branchlines removed by the Prairie Branchline Rehabilitation in the 1980s.
Not much happening at the yard today. One Geep on duty & long (50?) string of Trudeau hoppers await scrapping. Previously they were stored on the Turtleford sub, however CN pulled it up last spring, hence they moved to the yards. Another Prairie landmark awaiting the torch.