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  1. CN 8840, 2256

    CN 8840, 2256

    CN 8840, 2256 eastbound about to pass under the Tupper St. Bridge in Portage la Praire, MB.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • cn la mb portage praire rivers sub
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  2. Going by the station

    Going by the station

    CN 2280, 5638 westbound passing by via rail station in Portage la Praire, MB.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • cn la mb portage praire rivers sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  3. DPU 9678

    DPU 9678

    CP DPU 9678 westbound with head units 8628, 8559 on the front.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • caberry cp la mb portage praire sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  4. CP 8628, 8559

    CP 8628, 8559

    CP 8628, 8559 westbound with DPU 9678 about to cross dimond at westend of Portage la Praire.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • caberry cp la mb portage praire sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  5. Bad Shot

    Bad Shot

    CN 2611 westbound out of Portage la Praire takin into sun.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • cn la mb portage praire rivers sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  6. Heading out

    Heading out

    CN 2548, 5608 throttling up eastbound out of Portage la Praire.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • cn la mb portage praire rivers sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  7. CN 2536, 2531

    CN 2536, 2531

    CN 2536, 2531 looked like a work train had a crane on the back picture taking on Tuesday Aug 5th, 2008 when line was closed it was westbound.
    • CN/BNSF
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    • cn la mb portage praire rivers sub
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  8. CN 2629, 5553

    CN 2629, 5553

    CN 2629, 5553 Portage, Manitoba
    • CN/BNSF
    • Media item
    • cn manitoba portage
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: VIA Rail / Canada
  9. On patrol

    On patrol

    A typical CN police cruiser, patrolling the mainline, as always giving a wave. From a distance it looks like your regular RCMP cruiser, in fact it only says "CN" on the small SD75I loco decal on the cab door. The photo is now historic, since the switch in the background was removed...
    • Romet
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    • cn crown cruiser ford jct police portage transcon victoria winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  10. CP 3106 - Portage Geep

    CP 3106 - Portage Geep

    Portage la Prairie is one of the best places to railfan on the Prairies, as that's where the CN & CP mainlines meet, not to mention CP's & CN's Prarie North Lines. The town itself doesn't generate much traffic however, thus there's only one unit on duty - a GP38-2, ussually CP 3106...
    • Romet
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    • 3106 cp forward gp38-2 hood la local long portage prairie reefer
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  11. Boarded up caboose

    Boarded up caboose

    Caught him on a Portage la Prairie local on June 6th, 2005 in a very intersting consist: CP 3106 (GP38-2 aka town switcher) two 60' Simplot reefers one Procor tanker, white colored and this amazing caboose, all boarded up! I've seen the local a couple times before, but never with a...
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • caboose cp la local portage prairie rare
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Caboose
  12. Canadian Tire Promotion

    Canadian Tire Promotion

    Not tlong ago Canadian Tire containers were a CP exclusive. Then they signed a deal with CN and their containers started appearing one by one, eventually dominating the scene as you can see.
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • canadian container intermodal jct mainline portage stack tire winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canada
  13. Building the Railway...

    Building the Railway...

    CN MOW employees working the mainline. The way I cropped the shot, you might think that its two mainlines meeting at a diamond, when in fact its just a curve. The "MOW tractor" is lifting the other MOW onto the rails. A very neat operation to observe.
    • Romet
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    • jct lifting mainline mow portage tractor winnipeg workers
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  14. CN business special

    CN business special

    A special indeed! Even the weather cooperated! Actually it was two business cars dead in transit: CN 1060 1949 "Sandford Fleming" Track inspection car & CN 1059 1954 "Tawaw" Reception-Marketing car Trailing CN 5456 & BCOL 766 on an intermodal. PS. The clouds...
    • Romet
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    • 1059 1060 5456 766 bc bcol business cn fake inspection jct portage rail sd40-2 sd50f winnipeg
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Railroad Art
  15. WC 6934

    WC 6934

    A bit of history on these units (WC 6900-6949) Originally CN SD40's in the 5000-5240 series, look like this: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=16213 - rebuild by Ashtom in 1997/1998, look like this: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=24256 First...
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 5241 6934 cn ex-gcfx intermodal jct portage sd40-3 wc winnipeg
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canadian National
  16. Sperry Rail Services

    Sperry Rail Services

    While I see Sperry Rail Services ala SRS often on CP, the first time I caught it was on CN. They don't normally run on CN.
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 873 jct mainline portage rail services sperry srs van winnipeg
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  17. CN GP38-2

    CN GP38-2

    While CP's GP38-2 are everywhere, in the yards, on branchline duty and on mainline trains, CN GP38-2's tend to hang around large yards, which are often enclosed, being mothers to special hump slugs. That's why I was very exited when CN sent a GP38-2 on a local along with the usual GP9RM slug...
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 7517 cn gp38-2 jct local mainline portage spring winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canadian National
  18. Strange lash-up on a local

    Strange lash-up on a local

    I've been observing this local for almost two years now. It performs switching at Fort Rouge yard, local job to Fort Garry Industrial Park #2 (aka former Manitoba Sugar site) and to the cement plant, which is where this local is coming from. I've seen the following lash-ups for power, with an *...
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 233 7220 7517 cn gp38-2 gp9 gp9rm jct local mainline portage slug spring strnage winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Canada
  19. VIA trio

    VIA trio

    Three VIA F40PH-2's, with VIA 6435 & 6449 in the lead, take the Canadian Eastbound. Ussually two units lead the tri-weekly train. Always running elephant style. Here's the same train with two F40PH-2's leading: http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=28579 All I...
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 6435 6449 canadian f40ph-2 jct portage trio via
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: VIA Rail / Canada
  20. CN van

    CN van

    Caught following a Speery Services van on the mainline. Looks like an oddball.
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • jct mainline portage services sperry van winnipeg
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars


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