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  1. CPR fleet sample

    CPR fleet sample

    A small sample of the CPR light truck fleet based in Saskatoon. About 1/3 of the fleet is hi-rail equipped. PS. If you look carefully you can see a broom in the background, it is used to clear the nearby switch to the Sutherland West lead track and the shops, from the Prarie North line.
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. CP 454-31

    CP 454-31

    CP 454 normally leaves Saskatoon around noon or 8pm. Today however he decided to go for 5:30pm, not a good time variance if you try to catch it like I do. The power is CP 5984-9111-5712, in three distinct CP paint shemes: Action red, beaver & dual-flags. It's odd that the units are all...
  5. 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...
  6. CP GP38-2 "Ingenuity" addition

    CP GP38-2 "Ingenuity" addition

    I really like CP's GP38-2's - the main power on the branchlines. At first there was the multimark version, thr non-multimark version, then a couple were repainted into dual-flags, then the beaver... And the latest is this, the "Ingenuity", or "we're too cheap to use beaver...
  7. Sutherland train city

    Sutherland train city

    This photo is for all you skeptics out there who think of Sutherland and the PNL as a secondary line without much traffic. You're right of course, but from the right vantage point, thing sure look different. CP 5951 is getting ready to take 457 out to Calgary as the potash and grain hoppers...
  8. Before the rain

    Before the rain

    Sutherland's East yard is pretty empty in this picture. You can see the car washing facility in the distance and the lumber spur to the left. It's a good location for shooting close-ups, particularly when you zoom in: http://tinyurl.com/ygyxlp http://tinyurl.com/ydr2f6...
  9. Sutherland West yard

    Sutherland West yard

    You can see most of the yard from this vantage point. To the left, just outside of the photo is the car washing facility and to the right the shops. The snow plow is parked on the edge of the shop tracks. Note the container yard in the distance. That is the yard lead on the right. If you look...
  10. GE Self-toasting

    GE Self-toasting

    While I've seen this many times, I've often not been unable to capture it, since the moment I take out the camera the smoking stops. This time I got lucky however. I was shooting brand new ES44AC, CP 8761 who is right in front of him, when all of a sudden he starts smoking. If you look really...
  11. CP 8775

    CP 8775

    Brand new ES44AC, probably less then a week old here, has made his way to Saskatoon. While I doubt it is the first one to do so, it is certainly the first one I've captured. Ironically only a couple feet to the left of it stands 8732, a slightly older ES44AC from the first order, whom I was very...
  12. CP 3061 GP38-2

    CP 3061 GP38-2

    Coming home trailing his way into the shops. That's 1603 in the background, he now works with 1546 on the east yard as a belt-pack crew better known as 1546B.
  13. Working on the RR

    Working on the RR

    Everyday yard switching at its best. I see these guys every time I go into the yard. Here's a shot of the power, always CP 1546 leading! http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=41392&si=1546 I cropped him out of this photo (its just two tanks) so that he wouldn't destruct...
  14. SOO Diesel doctor?

    SOO Diesel doctor?

    Probably not, as this SOO SD60 is far from home on the PNL. About 5 minutes after cheqing the engine over he got into the cab and drove her deeper into the power shops where a pair of AC4400CW's was waiting to sandwich it. You probably notice the ugly fence on the botton. Because of this...
  15. RALSON-JEFFERSON IOWA

    RALSON-JEFFERSON IOWA

    I'm not sure who RALSON-JEFFERSON is, but I've seen such hoppers on CN before in the wacky IC 76xxxx series roster, which includes all kind of Co-op oddballs, ex-CNW, ex-Rock and other fallen flag hoppers not to mention CN & IC/ICG ones. Interstingly this one even has CP reporting marks!
  16. CP 9300 = 6000hp

    CP 9300 = 6000hp

    I was hoping to catch CP 454 that day, as I haven't seen him for a while and he'd been officially annuled the day prior. So it was an extra suprise when I saw him with a SD90MAC leading and it wasn't a 91xx. The big boys have struck again! Don't think I can say much more about him then I've...
  17. CP 454

    CP 454

    CP 454 (E/B manifest+IMS, Sutherland-Winnipeg) is by far my favorite train on the CP PNL. Why? It fits my objective criterea: 1. Good timing, daily and always around noon 2. Good consist, lots of cars, a real good junk train - hoppers, gondolas, cente-beams, tankers, boxcars, platforms...
  18. CP local...

    CP local...

    I was sitting in the weeds for over an hour, waiting for this train to show up. Hearing that CP 9599 will be leading a non-numbered, i.e. local/extra/work train I got exited, knowing that CP likes to have one-unit wonders, often with a lone AC4400CW for power, leading a long train. When I saw a...
  19. Twins?

    Twins?

    CP 8217 & 1501 nay look alike, but their lives are quite different. CP 8217, GP9 started life in 1954 as CP 8502; CP 1501 started life in 1952 as 8409. Today 1501 is a proud leader of the 1501+1566 belt-pack switcher set, while 8217 and sister 8218 are the elite roadswitcher units assigned...
  20. CP/ex-SOO 6601

    CP/ex-SOO 6601

    The SOO SD40-2's were always my favorite on the CP roster, as they're owned by CP, but are unlike the GMD SD40-2's at the same time, not to mention they don't look as bad as the wrent-a-wreck SD40-2's, most of whom have left us. CP seems to like these units, as we get about one everyday. Maybe...




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