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  1. Tanker warehousing

    Tanker warehousing

    Ever wonder, what Railroads do when they run out of room in the yard? They stack them! One on top the other, sometimes they roll on their sides, hopefully nothing leaks. I wonder how long IPSCO stores them like this? Maybe they're sheds of some sort... Possible a junk yard part depo. Let's...
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    • ipsco regina retired scrap tanker trankers
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  2. Old CN '40 box

    Old CN '40 box

    There I was, taking pictures of CTRW GP10's, when I happen to look the other way and see this ancient piece. Its in what appears to be a private construction lot (no rail acess), with a very old and beat-up scrapper up front. It's too bad CN #'s are patched out, otherwise we could trace its...
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    • 40' albert box boxcar cn ctrw ex-cn prince retired roofwalk
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Freight Cars
  3. The Little Green Caboose

    The Little Green Caboose

    A retired BN caboose at Bozeman.
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    • 2006 aril bn bozeman burlington caboose green little montana mt northern old retired
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Caboose
  4. CP 5876 SD40-2

    CP 5876 SD40-2

    At one time CP ran almost a thousand SD40's and SD40-2's including leased units. Today they're numbers are dropping rapidly (300 or so left) do to the new GE's arriving. I'm posting this photo today because a couple days ago the unit right behind 5876, 5390 was retired and I just found out...
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    • 5390 5876 classic cp multimark retired sd40-2 winnipeg
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  5. Retirement

    Retirement

    This old SD40-2, CP 5601, is waiting to be scrapped, sitting at the yard, freezing in the snow one last time.
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    • 5601 cp dead line mandak mrm retired scrap sd40-2 winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  6. CP 5507 - SD40

    CP 5507 - SD40

    This old SD40 rests on the dead line next to SOO 755 (SD40), CP 5580 (SD40-2), St L&H 5448 (SD40-2) in the backround and CP 5689 (SD40-2). They're all in Winnipeg to be scrapped.
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    • 5507 cp dead line mandak mrm retired scrap sd40 winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  7. SOO 770

    SOO 770

    SOO 770 has seen better days. Caught with 4 other CP/SOO retired SD40-2's. Owned by SOO, then CP, today its NREX 770, without the SOO logos.
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    • 770 cp dead line retired sd40-2 soo winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  8. Nomad

    Nomad

    Fomer Ontario Hydro unit, reassigned to CP in 1979, then to CN in 1996, then back to CP in 2000, retired in 2002, sold to NRE. Caught with 4 other CP/SOO retired SD40-2's.
    • Romet
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    • 5395 cn cp retired sd40-2 winnipeg
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  9. CP SD40A

    CP SD40A

    Former IC SD40A 6020, CP 6407, retired in 2001, rests at the station, coupled next to a SW1200 series switcher.
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    • 6020 6407 cp ic retired sd40a winnipeg
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Canadian Pacific


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