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  1. CP 103 back on PNL

    CP 103 back on PNL

    CP 103 is back on the PNL, DPU naturally.
  2. Shiny boxcars

    Shiny boxcars

    Not exactly a caboose, but it does ride on the tail end, has "normal" doors and looks great! If you'll look closely you'll see that these two are connected on the side by a drawbar type device. #201 & 203, almost consequitve numbering.
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. CPR NO.2

    CPR NO.2

    Currently CPR has 1600+ locomotives, and this is the 2nd newest! Recently they have taken delivery of 140 ES44's (CP 8700-8839) and I'm proud to say that I've managed to catch the 2nd newest ones right here in Saskatoon, mid-train, third unit on a potash train. Too bad a 96xx was leading in...




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