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  1. BLE 903 - SD40T-3

    BLE 903 - SD40T-3

    BLE 903, SD40T-3, rebuild ex-SP SD45T-2, trailing CN 5251, SD40-2(W). Sure looks pretty.
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    • 5251 903 ble cn jct mainline portage sd40-2(w) sd40-2w sd40t-3 sd45t-2 winnipeg
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Canadian National
  2. BLE guest on CN

    BLE guest on CN

    BLE 903, SD40T-3, rebuild ex-SP SD45T-2, trailing CN 5251, SD40-2(W). Sure looks pretty.
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    • 5251 903 ble cn curve jct mainline portage sd40-2(w) sd40-2w sd40t-3 sd45t-2 winnipeg
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canada
  3. CEMR local

    CEMR local

    Curently CEMR owns 7 ex-CN GP9RM's and 3 ex-CP SW1200 series locos (or something close), yet all they send my way in CEMR 4001 & 4002, the GP9RM's I've been catching since 2003. Oh well, they do look good though.
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    • 4001 4002 cemr ex-cn gp9rm jct mainline portage winnipeg
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  4. Rio Grande on CN

    Rio Grande on CN

    DRGW, SD40T-2, tunnel motor has made it all the way to Canada, on a CN Intermodal. CN isn't big on foreign power, so this was a real nice catch, heading on an eastbound.
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    • 5401 5733 cn drgw intermodal jct mainline portage sd40t-2 sd75i unpatched up winnipeg
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Canada
  5. Mainline meet in the Rain

    Mainline meet in the Rain

    As the local returns from the cement plant, it's being passed by an eastbound. Power: CN 2626 & 2531 (Dash 9-44CW's) and an unidentified CN SD75I or SD70I. The power for the local: CN 271 (GP9 slug) CN 7267 (GP9RM)
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    • 2531 2626 271 7267 9-44cw cn curve dash gp9 gp9rm jct mainline meet portage rain sd70i sd75i slug winnipeg
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canada
  6. New Procor hopper

    New Procor hopper

    Procor operates thousands of tankers and some hoppers, these been the cleanest I've ever seen!
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    • cn hopper jct mainline portage procor
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  7. Pretiest boxcar I've seen

    Pretiest boxcar I've seen

    This CN boxcar has a pretty nice grafifi job in my opinion.
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    • boxcar cn graffiti jct mainline portage
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Freight Cars
  8. Draper taper trio

    Draper taper trio

    Three draper taper units, SD60F Dash 8-40CM SD60F, CN 5523, 2430, 5510 on an intermodal, smoking.
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    • 2430 5510 5523 8-40cm cn dash draper intermodal mainline sd60f tape winnipeg
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  9. Away they draper tapers go

    Away they draper tapers go

    Three draper taper units, SD60F Dash 8-40CM SD60F, CN 5523, 2430, 5510 on an intermodal.
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    • 2430 5510 5523 8-40cm cn dash draper intermodal mainline sd60f tape winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canada
  10. CN Connections

    CN Connections

    What a pair! CN 5251, SD40-2(W), BC Rail 746, SD40-2, and a WC hopper. Looks like the have all the connections form coast to coast to coast.
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    • 5251 746 bc cn connect jct mainline portage rail sd40-2 sd40-2(w) sd40-2w wc winnipeg winter
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canadian National
  11. Winter on the CN

    Winter on the CN

    SD60F, CN 5517, draper tape unit, leads a mixed train with the help of a Dash 9-44CW and a SD40-2.
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    • 5517 cn jct mainline portage sd60f winnipeg winter
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canada
  12. Mixed yard train

    Mixed yard train

    Cut-down S-3 ALCO, CN 268, leads CN 7251, GP9RM, on switching duty. Notice the variety of cars, coil, autoracks, intermodals, boxcars, tankers, hoppers, gondolas, platforms...
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    • 268 7251 cn gp9rm jct local mainline portage s-3 winnipeg
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canadian National
  13. Garbage trucks

    Garbage trucks

    The good thing about a mixed train, is that you can see anything, including garbage trucks.
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    • cn garbage jct mainline portage trucks winter
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  14. Friendly intermodal

    Friendly intermodal

    I generally don't like intermodals, when I think that for every container there could of been a boxcar, but with good power and a wave, they're cool.
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    • cn intermodal jct mainline portage wave winter
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  15. Snowed in

    Snowed in

    CN 2694, 2004 Dash 9-44CW is having his first winter, and thus froze up a bit... Leading an eastbound intermodal with a SD75I.
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    • 2694 9-44cw cn dash face intermodal jct mainline portage snow winnipeg
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canadian National
  16. All year round.

    All year round.

    The CN mainline looking west. Autumn rain, winter cold and summer with a train in the distance. Mainline used by CN, BNSF, VIA, CEMR (shortline) and specials like AOE.
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    • autumn cn comparison jct mainline portage rain winter
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Track
  17. Lonely curve

    Lonely curve

    I wanted to catch a train on the curve, there was just no traffic. Oh well, maybe next time. Here's what it looks like with trains running: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16546&sort=1&cat=500&page=10...
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    • cn jct lonely mainline portage winter
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Track
  18. CN OHIO crane

    CN OHIO crane

    1976 CN 50474, 40 ton OHIO crane pushed a platform, also pulling another one. Notice a MOW operator on the front. I got to observe this thing lay fresh tracks from the car it pulled, then travel the mainline to rest at the MOW depot. Quite an impresive piece of machinery.
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    • 40 cn crane jct mainline mow ohio portage ton
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  19. American Spirit

    American Spirit

    ex-GN dome in front of a Canadian Northern Hotel. The AOE car has since been bought by CN, AOE went broke, the old CN hotel still stands. Note the vacum cart in the foreground.
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    • aoe canadian cn cnor dome gn mainline northern rivers transcon via winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  20. CSX guest on CN

    CSX guest on CN

    CSX SD70MAC trailing on a W/B Intermodal.
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    • 5413 5725 751 cn csx foreign intermodal mainline rivers sd50f sd70mac sd75i winnipeg
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: CSX


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