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  1. BCOL tankers

    BCOL tankers

    Ever since CN took over BCOL, their equipment has been slowly integrating into CN's system. These two tankers were surrounded by IC's in addition to CN's regulars. Its hard to find BCOL boxcars with the old flower logo, never mind tankers. Note the odd pipe stack on the end. This is the...
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    • 311 bc bcol bcr bcrail cn rail saskatoon tanker
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  2. CN 452

    CN 452

    Two SD50F's are working hard to get 452 up to speed. Normally this train runs on the PNL, however CN has permanently detoured it to the mainline on the Saskatoon, SK - Portage, MB portion.
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    • 452 5442 5449 cn saskatoon sd50f smoke smoking
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    • Category: Canada
  3. Two of a kind

    Two of a kind

    BC Rail & CN purchased all but three Dash 8-40CM's. Who could have guessed back then that CN would take over BC Rail and put the D8's together on many of their trains. You can see the CN/BCOL differences pretty well in this photo, for instance one less engine opening on the BCOL unit's...
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    • 2435 313 4606 8-40cm bc bcol bcr bcrail cn dash rail saskatoon
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    • Category: Canada
  4. VIRX 7059

    VIRX 7059

    This unit started its life as a GP9 in 1955, originally CN 2021, re-numbered 4472 in 1956, then re-build to GP9RM in 1992, becoming CN 7059. This year after 57 years on CN he was retired and sold to VIRX. Unless he's going to a shortline, chances are that this is the last time he's seeing CN...
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    • 301 7059 cn ex-cn gp9rm lessor patch saskatoon virx
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    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  5. CN 2450 Dash 8-40CM

    CN 2450 Dash 8-40CM

    Although barely a teenager at 15 years old, this unit is showing quite a bit of wear and tear - just look at those amazing safety stripes on the frame. 3 varieties there - shiny, dirty and the original white. The primer panel under the cab doesn't look pretty either.
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    • 2450 8-40cm cn dash frame old panel primer safety saskatoon stripe
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    • Category: Canadian National
  6. ADM Railway

    ADM Railway

    Although there's no such thing, one might think otherwise after visiting CN's mainline. A cut of 13 ADM ACF hoppers on a manifest. Maybe they're coming out of dead storage...
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    • 313 acf adm cn hopper hoppers saskatoon
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    • Category: Canada
  7. CN 2201 Dash 9-44CW (DPU)

    CN 2201 Dash 9-44CW (DPU)

    In 2004 CN decided to get into DPU aka Locotrol, well behind most RR's, especially CP who has been running distributed power for decades! DPU equipped CN 2200-2205, were numbered separately from the rest of CN's Dash 9-44CW series (2500-2700). They were also restricted to Eastern Canada where...
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    • 2201 311 9-44cw cn dash dpu roster saskatoon
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    • Category: Canadian National
  8. CEFX SD90MAC horn

    CEFX SD90MAC horn

    10x zoom (380mm) plus 1:1 cropping equals this. That's ~1050mm equievelent. What do the paparazzi use? LOL.
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    • 104 454 cefx cp horn saskatoon sd90mac sutherland zoom
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  9. 1937 CPR gondola

    1937 CPR gondola

    Lots of old junk comes through Sutherland in the form of MOW gondolas - I've seen 1950's and 40's build dates, but 1937 is a new record. My grandma was 1 years old when this thing was built, and its still rolling! Unlike the other MOW gondolas I've seen, this one is sadly not original paint...
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    • 1937 ancient cp gondola mow old rail saskatoon sutherland vitnage
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  10. CN classic

    CN classic

    Although taken today, this is the same sight one could see 30 years ago in the 1970s. CN 560 is returning home light after completing its daily switching duties on the Watrous sub. Note the primer door on 4703, the GP38-2 is showing its age.
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    • 4703 4792 560 caboose cn gp38-2 gp38-2(w) gp38-2w light milk power run saskatoon wayfreight
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    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  11. CEFX 104 SD90MAC

    CEFX 104 SD90MAC

    Now that CP is once again leasing CEFX SD90MAC's, they have become somewhat common, leading 454 solo in this case. Normally this is a SD40-2 trio train, with CEFX SD90MAC's appearing exclusively on potash trains once a month or so. CEFX sure didn't spend a fortune decalling this unit, aside...
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    • 104 454 cefx cit cp saskatoon sd90mac sutherland
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    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  12. CN 835

    CN 835

    Although a W/B by nature, he was running light E/B to assemble his train @ Clavet. Note 5520's action orange panel under the cab and some peeling on the Dash 9-44CW.
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    • 2671 5520 835 9-44cw cn dash engines light power saskatoon sd60f
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    • Category: Canada
  13. CN backhoe

    CN backhoe

    I spent two years railfanning Winnipeg next to CN MOW shops at Portage JCT, yet I've never seen this guy. In fact this is the first RR backhoe that I've seen anywhere, all the others were leassed from contractors...
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    • backhoe cn mow saskatoon shops tractor
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    • Category: Track Equipment and M.O.W. Work
  14. CP 5790 SD40-2

    CP 5790 SD40-2

    Just shy of his 30th birthday, this old SD40-2 got itself a new coat of paint! Since the rodent scheme is out, he's wearing the newest Ingenuity scheme, the #1 choice of CP ES44AC's. The only other SD40-2 I've seen in this livery was 5789 (coincidence?) a couple month ago on 542. Hopefully he...
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    • 454 5790 cp fresh ingenuity new paint saskatoon sd40-2 sutherland
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    • Category: Canadian Pacific
  15. Radio towers?

    Radio towers?

    I've seen these loads on CN before, ussually travelling in a CN gondola.
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    • 301 cn gondola load radio saskatoon tower transistor unusual
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  16. CN 4792 GP38-2W

    CN 4792 GP38-2W

    CN 4792 leads the daily wayfreight along with a GP38-2. No, you are not seing double, CN has actually patched itself on the Geep's back, in a slightly smaller font. What a waste of time and resources! (CN was owned by the government then, hence its our money...)
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    • 4792 560 cn double gp38-2w patch saskatoon vision wayfreight
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    • Category: Canadian National
  17. Sask Power GE 80T

    Sask Power GE 80T

    This little critter has the honour of being the only industrial, i.e. non-CN/CP locomotive in town. Although he belongs to the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (you can see the landfill in the background), he's actually leassed to GE Railcar repair next door. He has since been donated to the...
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    • 80t cn corporation ge landfill power railcar repair saskatchewan saskatoon
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    • Category: Industrial and critters
  18. Cable barrels?

    Cable barrels?

    Quite a few of these loads coming through on CN & CP recently.
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    • 454 barrels cp flat load odd platform saskatoon sutherland unusual xttx
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    • Category: Unusual Loads
  19. New Sask hopper

    New Sask hopper

    For a couple decades Saskatchewan's hopper fleet looked like this: http://tinyurl.com/35m8d3 (Chris Wilson's photo). Now they are being re-furbished and repainted into this new sheme. You eyes are not deceiving you, his twin is right behind him on this Vancouver, BC - Humbolt, SK unit grain train.
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    • cn cylindrical grain hopper new paint paintsheme saskatchewan saskatoon sheme sknx unit
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  20. CP Heavy Haul

    CP Heavy Haul

    CP 3716-G2 is pulling two 456/457 series CP ballast hoppers 300 feet, where ballasting a new set of tracks is needed. Oddly I never noticed a coupler on the back of a hi-rail before... Note the old decal on the door, CP is still promoting their SD40-2 action red fleet today - to NREX and other...
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    • 3716-g2 ballast cp harvester haul heavy hi-rail hirail hoppers ih international mow saskatoon sutherland truck
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars


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