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  1. Flying over Lyons Ferry

    Flying over Lyons Ferry

    An empty Canpotex Potash train, the OT5EO 20, is Canada-bound crossing the massive Joso Bridge in Eastern Washington, on UP's Ayer Subdivision. Original plan for this day found me traveling on US 395 towards Spokane from Pasco, until I heard this train get a warrant northward from Page...
    • DH7324
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    • canpotex cp joso ot5eo potash up
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  2. CN survivor

    CN survivor

    In the last 10 years CN shrank their GP40-2LW/GP40-2W fleet from ~280 to about 60. Hence these engines are now rare. I've only seen them three times this year and I railfan the CN main fairly often. Statistically the IC SD40 series (SD40-2/SD40-3/SD40-2R etc.) is twce as common in the area...
    • Romet
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    • 452 5359 9437 bridge cn gp40-2lw potash river saskatoon sd40-2w
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canadian National
  3. CN 452 Sep 27 '07

    CN 452 Sep 27 '07

    Today's 452 is a very special train. It has about 1/2 the usual cars and a GP40-2LW leading. Although he had lots of tankers mid-train, he looks like a unit potash on the curve. 9:13am, CN 452, 56 cars CN 9437-5359 (zebra-CN NA) 1 bulkhead, 3 coil cut, 30 hoppers (12 cut up front, 15 on the...
    • Romet
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    • 452 5359 9437 bridge cn gp40-2lw potash river saskatoon sd40-2w
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  4. Potash Corp.

    Potash Corp.

    I know live in the potash capital of the world. Yet I'm still seing the same hoppers that go through Winnipeg...
    • Romet
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    • cglx cn cylindrical hopper potash winnipeg
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  5. Power hour

    Power hour

    The city of Saskatoon is located in potash country, meaning unit potash trains, and subsequent light power moves from the mines to the city, are a common site. Whenever possible CP likes to tag the potash power onto a manifest, in addition to wayfreight power (typycilally Geeps) which work grain...
    • Romet
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    • 1037 1053 3085 3087 456 5914 9024 9557 ac4400cw cefx cp gp38-2 light manifest move overpowered potash power saskatoon sd sd40-2f sutherland wayfreight
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canada
  6. CP 8831

    CP 8831

    My first 8800, CP 8831 is the third unit, behind two AC4400CW, getting fueled after coming home as a light power move from a potash mine. Sure don't look like your typical gas station! The green John Deer tractor/golf cart you see on the side is used to move around the shops. As well, note...
    • Romet
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    • 8831 back cp engine eot es44ac fuel light move potash power saskatoon shop shops sutherland
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  7. CEFX 114

    CEFX 114

    CEFX 114, SD90MAC is leassed by UP, however he is a common visitor in Saskatoon. Why? Because seasonally UP provides their own power for unit potash trains that originate in town and end up in UP's territory. Perhaps because CP was leasing CEFX SD90MAC's themselves until recently, they prefer to...
    • Romet
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    • 114 cefx cit cp cpr potash saskatoon sd90mac sutherland unit up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  8. 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...
    • Romet
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    • #2 8838 brand cp distributed dp es44ac locotrol mid-train midtrain new no.2 potash power saskatoon sutherland unit
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  9. Branchline potash

    Branchline potash

    Branchline trains are supose to be boring, powered by SD40-2's on their last leggs and GP38-2's. Then this snake shows up! 4AC4400CW's with a ~124 car potash train, likely 672 from Vancouver. Normally empties like him get 3 engines, but he got 4, and they're all facing the same direction, which...
    • Romet
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    • 1059 672 8516 8569 9600 ac4400cw cefx cglx cp cpr potash ptex saskatoon sutherland
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Canada
  10. Got potash?

    Got potash?

    Apparently this is a bad year for CP in terms of potash shipments. Bad year? We get around one of these 124 car monsters here daily! I can't imagine what a good year would look like. The power for such trains is exlusive provided by AC4400CW/ES44AC series, ussually 3 per train. The E/B's are...
    • Romet
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    • canpotex cglx cp potash ptex saskatoon
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  11. AC Quad

    AC Quad

    Four AC4400CW's: CP 8569-8516-CEFX 1059-CP 9600 lead a 125 car potash train. Ussually three AC4400CW/ES44AC's are on the train, and they're rarely running elephant style. An alternative view: http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/44912/cat/500/ppuser/3391
    • Romet
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    • 1059 8516 8569 9800 ac4400cw cefx cp potash saskatoon
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canada
  12. Nightly Potash

    Nightly Potash

    We get many 124-140 potash trains through Saskatoon, most come through at night however. Although this one came before 4pm, it was getting dark outside already. I've caught the whole train on film, which will be posed on youtube in the near future, as well as more pictures (with artificial...
    • Romet
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    • 8569 ac4400cw cefx cp night potash saskatoon
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canada
  13. Potash special

    Potash special

    CPR loves their potash trains on the PNL. Normally a 124-140 car set gets 3 AC4400CW/ES44AC engines for power. But you know they really mean service when 3 AC4400CW's are pulling 5 hoppers. That has got to be an amazing hp/tonnage ratio (especially since they're empties), and a new record for...
    • Romet
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    • 8645 9830 ac4400cw cp local potash saskatoon
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Canada
  14. CSXT'S Fitzgerald Sub

    CSXT'S Fitzgerald Sub

    CSXT Southbound Potash Train K850 throttles up as it rumbles through Vienna, Ga.
    • William H. Davis Jr.
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    • at csxt ga. k850 potash southbound train vienna
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Eastern United States
  15. A Saskatchewan Train

    A Saskatchewan Train

    This train had nothing but Potash, Wheat, a few tankers, and 1 coil car. Saskatchewan produced freight at it's best! And, a GEVO to boot! CN 2227 and 5347 head accross the bridge.
    • zartok-35
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    • a coil gevo potash saskatchewan sd40-2w tankers train wheat
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  16. CPR potash

    CPR potash

    Looks like a lone ES44AC leading a 124car unit potash train. Yet if you look carefully towards the back of the train you can see a blue blur in between the sea of Canpotax cars. That's two CEFX AC4400CW's working mid-train.
    • Romet
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    • 8732 ac4400cw canpotax cefx cp es44ac locotrol mid-train potash remote saskatoon sutherland unit
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canada
  17. An interesting meet

    An interesting meet

    As the stack manifest clears the main, a short grain and potash train aproaches on the siding. The second train caught me by surprise.
    • zartok-35
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    • cn grain interesting manifest meet potash stack
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canada
  18. Potash Loads East

    Potash Loads East

    CN 5734 leads a heavy potash train bound for eastern ports thru Newtonville Ontario. The engineer had the units notched out, evident by the heavy heat exhaust thanks to the cold temperatures. The detector clocked him at a blistering 25mph.
    • CN Bayview
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    • cn potash sd75i
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canadian National
  19. Canpotax

    Canpotax

    Apparently unit trains of these hoppers are fairly common on CP, but this is the first time I've seen one of them.
    • Romet
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    • canpotax cp hopper potash unit winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  20. SD70ACe heading home

    SD70ACe heading home

    UP train heading to home rail at Manly Ia
    • milwman
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    • potash up
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States


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