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  1. CPR M98-05

    CPR M98-05

    One of a couple hi-rail trucks based in Sutherland. Today he was helping grind a switch.
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    • cp ford grin grinding hi-rail hirail mow saskatoon sutherland truck
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  2. 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
  3. Stay out!

    Stay out!

    CN sure doesn't like visitors in their yards. I've seen all these signs on CN property separately before, but there sure is strength in numbers. This isn't the main entrance either, just a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, on the city's outskirts leading to the shops (CN's private road runs...
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    • chappelle cn saskatoon sign signs yard
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    • Category: Yards
  4. WC vs. WC

    WC vs. WC

    For starters, these aren't real WC engines. For over 30 years they were CN SD40's, the backbone of the fleet. Just like their SD40 brothers before them, who became CN 6000 SD40u series, they were sent for re-building to PSC in the 90s, who by that time was privatized by ALSTOM. Hence they got...
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    • 6906 6918 cn comparison mainline manifest roster rosters saskatoon sd40-3 watrous wc
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    • Category: Canadian National
  5. 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
  6. WC 3009 (GP40)

    WC 3009 (GP40)

    Not that long ago this sight would be unthinkable, back when WC engines stayed on WC rails and CN still had their 278 strong GP40-2LW fleet. Now that most of it has been retired (~60 left), with the need for 3000h.p. 4-axle power remaining, WC GP40's are brought up north to the rescue...
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    • 3009 304 5244 cn gp40 manifest roster saskatoon sd40-2 sd40-2(w) sd40-2w wc
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    • Category: Canadian National
  7. 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
  8. CP 1555

    CP 1555

    After a recent graduation from the paint shop, this old Geep sure looks good. Today it's extra special, since instead of a GP7u/9u or two GP9u's, he's switching with a GP38-2, quite strange since it's not remote control equipped. It's only a matter of time before the paint fades and stains...
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    • 1555 3059 cp fresh gp38-2 gp9u new paint saskatoon sutherland west yard
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  9. CN 4713 GP38-2

    CN 4713 GP38-2

    After leaving the Maritimes I was worried about not seing CN GP38-2's again, since this is widecab country after all. Thankfully CN has proven me wrong by replacing two GP38-2W's on the local wayfreight, with two GP38-2's. Don't really like the latest replacement though: SD75I+SD50F - just not...
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    • 4703 4713 560 cn faded fading gp38-2 noodle roster saskatoon wayfreight zebra
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    • Category: Canadian National
  10. BNSF swoosh

    BNSF swoosh

    I've been reading about it on Railroadforums for years now, but this is my first BNSF swoosh on an IMS flat, here they're mostly found on autoracks. Either way this was a good catch, since CN IMS's seem to be 99% TTX/CN flats. I became so bored watching them, I started shooting containers -...
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    • 102 5-pack bnsf cn five-pack ims saskatoon swoosh
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  11. CP office car?

    CP office car?

    Generally RR's are a big buyer of trucks from SUV's, pick-up's and heavy duty. Then there are vans, police cruisers, but a regular sedan? This is the first one I've seen marked in RR paint. What a great paintjob it is, your regular white Chevy Lumina, with a beaver decal added. No hi-rail...
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    • beaver car cherlotet chevy cp decal lumina office rodent saskatoon sedan
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  12. SK. 101

    SK. 101

    Today most of CP's hi-rail equipement is either wearing the white beaver sheme of the yellow CP Rail paint. Here we have a cross-over of the two, a classic yellow "CP Rail paint" Chevy SUV with the beaver decals and safety stripes added for a modern look. I love it, looks just like...
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    • 2500 chevrolet chevy hi-rail hirail luggage old rack safety saskatoon school stripes sutherland suv tire
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  13. Local delivery?

    Local delivery?

    With downsizing and outsorcing, now when your parcel gets loaded in the van, the van is loaded on a flat and shipped by rail to wherever you live. Yeah right, 13 brand new Daimler vans, most likely from Dartmouth, NS are heading West to serve you. Such loads are somewhat common on CN IMS trains...
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    • cn daimler dartmouth flat flats httx manifest minivan ottx saskatoon ttx van vans
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  14. 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...
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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
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    • Category: Canada
  15. 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
  16. Railfan with a friend

    Railfan with a friend

    Whenever I go to railfan Difienbaker park, a fellow railfan Elijah, usually comes along with me since he lives nearby. On this day we're shooting a E/B manifest with two Dash 8-40CM's for power! One CN, the other BCOL. As we were standing side by side our photo's turned out identical, so I'll...
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    • 2439 8-40cm bc bcol bcr cn corn dash elijah gatx human interest products rail railfan saskatoon tanker
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    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  17. CP 401021

    CP 401021

    CP 401021, assigned to Wilkie, SK is a 1930 product of CPR's Montreal Angus shops. So what is he doing in Sutherland, who have their own snow plow sitting 20 feet behind him? Who knows, maybe he took a trip on 454 to Winnipeg for maintenence and is coming back. Either way it's not even October...
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    • 1930 401021 cp plough plow rail saskatoon snow snowplough snowplow sutherland wilkie
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  18. Alley cat

    Alley cat

    A relatively old ES44AC (#7/160 on the CPR) is running long-hood forward through the shops before being wyed. Note the giant hangar in the background - the IMS forklift is normally stored there. You can see the top of the forklift itself right next to the building! Later that day, he, CP...
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    • 8706 cp es44ac forklift forward hangar hood lhf long saskatoon sutherland turn turned wye wyed
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    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  19. CP 3070

    CP 3070

    CP 3070, one of many CP GP38-2's wearing the newest paint scheme 'Ingenuity'. He was much shinier when I first saw him behind a SD90MAC-H back in August: http://tinyurl.com/2s5abk Note the 'modern door' built into the window of the old shops.
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    • 3070 cp decal gp38-2 ingenuity new paint reflection saskatoon scheme shops sutherland
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    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  20. CP 317022

    CP 317022

    Typical red CP Rail bulkhead loaded with ???. This load likely arrived on 542 from Regina, he was then switched into the lumber yard which is used as a team track. They get this sort of odd loads all the time, sometimes in pack of 10 cars, just two cars this time though. Note the safety stripes.
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    • 317 542 bulkhead cp load lumber odd rail saskatoon team track yard
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    • Category: Unusual Loads


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