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  1. Sperry van

    Sperry van

    Who decided to show up to my favorite railfan spot in the middle of nowhere? Why the friendly forman of course. The crew (2 regular hi-railers as well) soon took off W/B fixing the CN TRANSCON.
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    • bus cn hi-rail hirail mainline mow saskatoon sperry srs truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  2. The Trooper

    The Trooper

    CN 630 tramp job (CN Industrial, MP 188) heads home with 5 cars, slowly following CN 347. 2:43pm CN 1434-1412 hopper/flat/gondola/2 tankers I used to see 1434 all the time in Winnipeg across the street @ Fort Garry Industrial Park/Manitoba Sugar site/Fort Rouge yard job. Now he has been...
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    • 1412 1434 cn cold gmd-1 gmd-1u gmd1 gmd1u industrial job local mainline mp188 riverview saskatoon snow watrous winter yard
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  3. It's Alive!

    It's Alive!

    CN 346 is about to cover me from head to toe. Although hard to see due to 'weather conditions' this is the river bridge: http://tinyurl.com/2mkrdd Sadly, I was not able to get the 2nd units number, although I think its CN 2584, Dash 9-44CW. CN 8011 SD70M-2 sure makes for a good plow with that...
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    • 2584 346 8011 9-44cw bridge cn dash lumber mainline saskatoon sd70m-2 snow snowstorm storm
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canada
  4. WC vs. WC

    WC vs. WC

    For starters, these aren't real WC engines. For over 30 years they were CN SD40's, the backbone of the fleet. Just like their SD40 brothers before them, who became CN 6000 SD40u series, they were sent for re-building to PSC in the 90s, who by that time was privatized by ALSTOM. Hence they got...
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    • 6906 6918 cn comparison mainline manifest roster rosters saskatoon sd40-3 watrous wc
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian National
  5. The other crossing

    The other crossing

    Motorists sure are suprised when they see a truck on the RR tracks, to be fair he does yield the right of way to them. It's the same one I caught one year ago: http://tinyurl.com/2dj4wx The foreman was managing slow orders, verbally warning the crews to slow down - this made train watching...
    • Romet
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    • 350 cn f-350 f350 foreman forf hi-rail hirail inspection mainline orders pick-up pickup saskatoon slow track truck
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  6. Midland Meet

    Midland Meet

    Midland Mainline trainsets meet at Leicester.
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    • mainline midland
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    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  7. Nights shots on the UP Main

    Nights shots on the UP Main

    Union pacific train lead by an SD70ACe starts to move after having been stopped for some time east of Watkins, IA.
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    • dusk mainline night pacific transcon union up
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  8. Nights shots on the UP Main

    Nights shots on the UP Main

    Shots at dusk of a UP train stopped just east of Watkins, IA at dusk. The train stopped for some time, then moved on as traffic was backed up this day on the main.
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    • dusk mainline night pacific transcon union up
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  9. Nights shots on the UP Main

    Nights shots on the UP Main

    Shots at dusk of a UP train stopped just east of Watkins, IA at dusk. The train stopped for some time, then moved on as traffic was backed up this day on the main.
    • kelarson
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    • dusk mainline night pacific transcon union up
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    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  10. 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
  11. VIA's other fleet

    VIA's other fleet

    VIA Rail is Canada's national rail people mover, utilizing RDC's, F40PH-2's, P42's and hundreds of passenger cars. Then there're these guys, one truck and van, based in Winnipeg - used on runs between the Winnipeg Maintenence Center (WMC) and Union station downtown. The van is ussually full of...
    • Romet
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    • cn f350 ford mainline mini-bus minibus minivan pick-up pickup shuttle transcon truck van via winnipeg wmc
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  12. New CN container

    New CN container

    Looks like CN is copying a certain well-known railway who's slogan is "We Will Deliver". Wonder when UP is going to sue, considering how hard they go after modelers for using the UP name alone! In a solid double-stack IMS train you might find a half/dozen of them. Now who does that...
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    • cn container deliver mainline new saskatoon slogan we will
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Freight Cars
  13. CN Riverview

    CN Riverview

    CN Riverview is a long sliding on the Watrous subm, where trains often meet before the line becomes single again. As you can probably guess from the smaller signal there's a yard nearby.
    • Romet
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    • cn mainline saskatoon signal
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Signals
  14. My name is?

    My name is?

    There isn't a lot of diversity in autoracks, so it was quite a catch to find a nameless one. Anyone know who's it is? There was also another nameless one on the train, but it wore BNSF colors, so I guess it is theirs. Note the thunderstorm in the distance, it actually rained on us railfans soon...
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    • autorack cn mainline nameless saskatoon
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  15. IMS power

    IMS power

    CN tries to save on power anywhere it can, even outdoing CP with more one unit-wonders lately. Yet when it comes to intemrodal, its the power hour! Two CN SD60F's sandwtich a BCR SD40-2.
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    • 5504 5558 765 bcl bcr cn ims mainline saskatoon sd40-2 sd60f
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canada
  16. My CN hotspot?

    My CN hotspot?

    If I drive 20 minutes on my bike outside of town, this is the closest CN spot I can reach. I don't like it very much as its far from home, trains go fast doing 60miles/hour and it doesn't help that it's a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. That's why I chose to railfan CP instead on a regular...
    • Romet
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    • 5720 cn mainline mixed saskatoon sd40-2(w) sd40-2w sd75i
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  17. Midland Mainline

    Midland Mainline

    Speed limit markers frame passing Midland Mainline trainsets just outside Leicester station in the UK on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006.
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    • mainline midland
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    • Category: International Passenger Trains
  18. Waiting for a W/B...

    Waiting for a W/B...

    I waited 2 hours to see a train on the CN mainline with no results. Then all of a sudden I saw a light, but it was just a hi-rail passing by... To be fair I do like the way the photo turned out.
    • Romet
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    • cn hi-rail hirail mainline pick-up saskatoon truck
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Track
  19. The old way to Chicago

    The old way to Chicago

    110 years ago that grass road was a the main line to Chicago for the Northern Pacific. Now it stands only as a grassy path to nothing. Meeker Southern operates the western 4.5 miles of this former mainline.
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    • abandoned mainline meeker
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Track
  20. Union Station - M.J. Scanlon

    Union Station - M.J. Scanlon

    The old Union Station in Pine Bluff, Arkansas now sits along the UP Pine Bluff Sub mainline and is used as the Jefferson County Historical Museum.
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    • ar arkansas bluff depot downtown jonesboro mainline missouri mopac mp pacific pine platfrom rail scanlon station track union up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Buildings and Structures


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