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  1. Triangular Truss

    Triangular Truss

    Anybody ever seen one of these before?
    • zartok-35
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    • cn load ntkx strange triangular truss unusual
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  2. GMC trucks

    GMC trucks

    These were the only trucks included in the popular MSTS Train Simulator game. In real life however, it is them who are on the train! Being cab-overs the engine is fully exposed to the elements toward the back of the cab. Is this smart?
    • Romet
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    • cab-over cn flat load platform saskatoon trucks unusual
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  3. What exactally is it?

    What exactally is it?

    What ever it is, it's employed as some sort of guard for a crossing a few feet from the yards on the CP Outlook sub. It appears to be a semi-dismantled crossing fixture, and I am unaware if it controls the cars or the trains.
    • zartok-35
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    • cp crossing jaw moose odd strange unusual weird
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Signals
  4. Radio towers?

    Radio towers?

    I've seen these loads on CN before, ussually travelling in a CN gondola.
    • Romet
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    • 301 cn gondola load radio saskatoon tower transistor unusual
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  5. Cable barrels?

    Cable barrels?

    Quite a few of these loads coming through on CN & CP recently.
    • Romet
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    • 454 barrels cp flat load odd platform saskatoon sutherland unusual xttx
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  6. TRAX 10636

    TRAX 10636

    TRAX cars are ussually used for MOW but this is one of the few, maybe even the only one used in revenue service along with the usual CN/IC/WC and NBSR wood cars we get. Note that it appears to be a weld from two different cars. You can clearly see the differences on the top! Must be hard...
    • Romet
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    • antigonish cbns mow rare trax unusual wood
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars
  7. Intersting load

    Intersting load

    The photo speaks for itself.
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • buldozer cp load platform tractor unusual winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  8. Truck on truck on truck...

    Truck on truck on truck...

    I don't see this too often, but it happends.
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • cp flat load plarform trucks unusual winnipeg yard
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Unusual Loads
  9. CN Articulated hopper

    CN Articulated hopper

    CN Lines SIG has a good description on these oddballs: http://cnlines.ca/CNcyclopedia/hop/hop4.php
    • Romet
    • Media item
    • 858 articulated cn emerson hopper rare unusual winnipeg
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Freight Cars
  10. Unusual Delivery

    Unusual Delivery

    After re-railing an empty reefer, a BNSF Mantis completes the delivery to the interchange at Ballard. The reefer had gone on the ground at the de-rail switch up the hill.
    • SteveO
    • Media item
    • ballard bnsf unusual
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Derailments and Wrecks




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