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  1. CBNS hi-rail

    CBNS hi-rail

    Your typical plain-white shortline hi-rail, until you see this decal on the back. Quite clever IMHO, although a pick-up truck certainly doesn't qualify as a train in my log book.
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    • cbns decal hi-rail hirail pick-up pickup safety shortline stellarton truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  2. Work truck

    Work truck

    A very common hi-rail configuration on CN, can be found anywhere doing anything. Back when I didn't have a scanner, sitting next to one was the best opportunity to hear what was coming and when.
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    • cn hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  3. IMS dune buggy

    IMS dune buggy

    Sometime this year CP outsourced their IMS operations in the city to PARSEC. This brought in three visible changes. 1. A large "We're hiring" sign. 2. Two holster tractors: http://tinyurl.com/2svftb 3. This truck. I'm not sure what exactly he does, but I do love the roll cage...
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    • buggy cage cp dodge dune ims parsec pick-up pickup roll saskatoon sutherland truck
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  4. W/B foreman @ Riverview

    W/B foreman @ Riverview

    The title says it all. A foreman hi-rail inspection happends at least once a day, often there are 2-3 different foreman along the line in and around the city on CN alone. PS. I know that the photo is a bit crooked, but if I even out the ground, the signal isn't strait either...
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    • cn foreman gmc hi-rail hirail inspection pick-up riverview saskatoon signal track truck watrous
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  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...
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    • 350 cn f-350 f350 foreman forf hi-rail hirail inspection mainline orders pick-up pickup saskatoon slow track truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  6. CN's new freight service?

    CN's new freight service?

    On my 3rd full day in the city I went to railfan the CN. It was one of the worst days I've had so far. I missed a GP38-2W led local as I was approaching the crossing, then spent two hours only to see this. To be fair I really like the idea of putting a tire on top, makes the truck look so much...
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    • cn f350 ford foreman hi-rail hirail inspection pick-up pickup saskatoon truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  7. 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...
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    • cn f350 ford mainline mini-bus minibus minivan pick-up pickup shuttle transcon truck van via winnipeg wmc
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  8. Friendly forman

    Friendly forman

    On a warm summer day a forman passes by in a hi-rail, giving a good wave. I'm proud to say that this view is literally at the end of my street. A couple months later the scene repeated with a doodlebug: http://tinyurl.com/yrrru4
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    • cp cpr forman hi-rail hirail inspection mow pick-up pickup saskatoon sutherland truck wave
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  9. BNSF hi-rail

    BNSF hi-rail

    Not sure where BNSF can use this hi-rail in Winnipeg, since they only own 2 miles of trackage, the rest is running rights over CN & CP.
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    • bnsf hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup truck winnipeg
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  10. Contractor hi-rail

    Contractor hi-rail

    I was sitting in the bush waiting to hear a train on the scanner (CBNS 306), when I suddenly hear something moving on the rails. Grab my camera and this is the result. Because of this MOW convoy (there were 2 more hi-rail cars, one SRS/Sperry and CBNS's own) the train I was waiting for was...
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    • antigonish cbns contractor f350 ford hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  11. 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.
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    • cn hi-rail hirail mainline pick-up saskatoon truck
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    • Category: Track
  12. CBNS hi-rail

    CBNS hi-rail

    First day railfanning new territtory and all I saw was a hi-rail... Parked by the MOW shed. All ex-CN. Note the bridge in the background.
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    • antigonish cbns ex-cn hi-rail hirail mow pick-up pickup shortline truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work


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