Old Time Trains

Saskatchewan

Gallery 1: Alphabetical A to Y

Ag-Pro Grain

Ag-Pro Grain (acq. 1985 ex Saskatchewan Power 800-010) GE 23-ton #13151 7/1941
Moose Jaw May 11, 1998 Gordon Strathdee

Preserved at Saskatchewan Railway Museum, Saskatoon.

Cargill

Davidson

CN Craik Sub. circa M. 88

CRGX 603 acq. 10/2015 ex NREX/NS 3816, CR 6951 nee PC 6951. SD38 EMD 36432 4/1970
Enroute at Winnipeg October 25, 2015

Moose Jaw

End of Central Butte Sub.

CRGX 570 ex MVPX 570 (D) enroute at Winnipeg 12/2014 to Cargill. Ex BRC 570. SD38-3 hump mother,
ex CR/PC 6249 SD40 EMD 36905 12/1970

Yorkton

ca. Mile 23.8 CP Wynyard Sub.

CRGX 613 (ex MVPX 3564, ex NS 3564, ex HLCX 8152, nee BN 8152)
SD40-2 EMD 786256-63 7/1980

ConAgra

ConAgra 001 (Acq.1997) EMD SW900 #20936 12/1955 Yorkton, June 24, 2000 Gordon J. Strathdee
Built as NYC 9632, Re# 8632. Became PC 8632 and CR 8632. Diesel Supply (D) DLSX 0001

ConAgra 002 Mayo Schmidt SW900 900 HP EMD #28417 12/1963
Nokomis, May 29, 1999 Gordon J. Strathdee

Built as Reading 1511 it became Conrail 8711 and through Diesel Supply (D) DLSX 1799 to ConAgra in 1997.

ConAgra 003 Jim Anderson (acq.1997) EMD SW900 900 HP EMD #26804 7/1961
Built as RDG 1501, became CR 8701. Corinne May 10, 1998 Gordon J. Strathdee

EVRAZ

Formerly; IPSCO
Inter-Provincial Pipe and Steel Corp. Ltd.

Regina

aerial view . NEW

Note: Current (2019) roster: 5, 6, 10 and 11.

GMTX 196 SW1000 (ex KCS 4335 nee 1515) EMD SW1500 33977 8/1968
Enroute at Rock Island, IL 11/24/2021

EVRAZ 5 ex Ipsco 493 acq. 2/1984 (ex BN 493 nee GN 156) NW2 EMD 7791 9/1949 Matt Watson 11/04/2020

IPSCO 6 acq. 10/1989 (ex CP 6714) SW900 GMD A674 3/1955

IPSCO 7 acq. 12/1991 (ex Cdn. Fertilizers nee CP 6531) S-3 MLW 81076 3/1955

EVRAZ 10 ex IPSCO 10 acq. 1997. Note: See below for prior history. July 05, 2020

6195 IPSCO plant Regina. 7/18/2008

6195 hardly recognizable nee CP 6716. 7/18/2008

IPSCO Inc. 6195 acq. 8/2006 (ex CP 6195, nee 6716) SW900 GMD A676 3/1955 Roman Litarchuk

IPSCO 10 acq. 1997 (ex Cuyahoga Valley 1209 nee Aliquippa & Southern 1209) SW1200 EMD #21560 4/1956
Roman Litarchuk

Inter-Provincial Pipe and Steel Corp. Ltd. 4 (acq. 1974 ex LA Jct. 4) S-2 1000 hp Alco #75653 1/1948

G3 Canada .

Massive expansion is underway. Vancouver Terminal (E/2020) 48 silos 8 Million tonnes annually.
Primary terminals with 134 car unit train loop trackage and 42,000 tonne elevator capacity are all
under construction at Carmangay, AB (CP) 2020, Morinville, AB (CN) 2020,
Wetaskiwin, AB (CP) 2019, and Maidstone, SK (CN) 2019.

Brewer

EFCX 1005 acq. 9/2018 SD40-3 (ex DLCX 1005, ex DMVW 3132 ex KCS 3132/6610, nee SD40 CN 5094)
GMD A2353 6/1969 Brewer September 25, 2021

Note: Relocated 2022 to G3 (ex Bunge) Port of Quebec terminal Quebec City.
Exchanged for FURX 5563. from Quebec.

Colonsay

134 car loop for unit train loading.

EFCX 1001 SD40-2 EMD 74696-3 3/1975 Leader, SK 7/06/2015 Greg Pascut

Acq. 11/2014 ex CEFX 9373, ex SP 9373, nee SSW SD45T-2 9373
Note: Upgraded at Metro East Industries with 16 cylinder 645 prime mover.

EFCX = Formerly, Evergreen Freight Car Corp.

Pasqua

EFCX 1003 (acq. 3/2016) sits next to CP Indian Head Sub. near Mile 129. Hidden from view is a 134 car loop.
Pasqua 10/21/2018 J.Humphreys

SD45M EMD 32832 6/1967 ex MVPX 3132, ex CEFX 3132, ex SP 7469 nee 8918.

Note: The first HEP (High Efficiency Product) CP unit grain train consisting of 144 of the new NSC covered hopper cars loaded here departed Pasqua on December 3, 2018 for Thunder Bay.

G3 Prairie West

G3 Prairie West operates satellite facilities in Kindersley, Luseland, Plenty and Dodsland, SK.

Prairie West Terminal
Plenty
Circa Mile 78 CP Kerrobert Sub.

PWTX 1326 (acq. 2009) GP7u ex RMIX 1326, ex Eastern Alabama 1326, ex North Carolina & Virginia 1326,
ex Eastern 1326, ex ATSF 1326, nee GP7 ATSF 2793. GP7 EMD 16981 9/1952

North West Terminal
Unity

HLCX 8177 leased 2018 (ex BN 8177) SD40-2 EMD 786256-88 7/1980

EFCX 1006 acq. 7/2018 (ex DLCX 6991 , ex BNSF 6991/7531 nee CN 5054. SD40 GMD A2306 6/1968.

Torq Transloading

DLCX 6961 leased 7/2013 (ex BNSF 6961/7331 nee CN 5162 SD40-2 GMD A2421 1/1971

DMVW 6354 GP35R ex SP 6608 nee GP35 SP 7711) EMD 29713 12/1964
Switching Torb oil transloading at elevator Unity 11/22/2012

Saskatoon West Terminal
Vanscoy

EFCX 1003 at Unity 8/19/2018

Note: Relocated 2019 from Unity.

Gardiner Dam Terminal
Viterra, formerly James Richardson International
Strongfield.

JLCX 2100 (acq. 8/2009) ex MILW 994 GP20 nee 2405 GP9 EMD 19568 6/1954
9/09/2013 Matt Watson

Husky Energy Inc.

HSKX 905 acq. 7/2010 (nee CN 1328) SW1200RS GMD A1565 11/1958
Enroute to Lloydminster at Winnipeg 7/02/2010
Note: ex Worthington Industries WS-X1 Delta, Ohio.

HSKX 3525 Husky Energy Inc. acq. 2000 (ex BNSF 3525, BN 162, GN 29) SW1200 EMD #22481 5/1957
Enroute to Lloydminster from NRE. Ron Gerth

K+S Potash Canada

HQ: Saskatoon
Legacy Mine: Bethune, SK opened May 2017
Export by Pacific Coast Terminal, Port Moody, BC

KSPX 8806 enroute at Kansas City 11/27/2022

Note: Also, on site LEAF loco 5265 nee RSSX 10051 blt 9/2018.

First of 200 domestic service covered hopper cars from National Steel Car, Hamilton, ON delivered June 21, 2017
117 ton capacity, light weight 27 tons, length 47 feet.

La Farge Canada Inc.

La Farge Canada Inc. Floral, SK Roman Litarchuk

50-ton GE #32255 11/1954 Roman Litarchuk
Formerly Canada Cement La Farge Ltd. 3 at Steep Rock, MB originally at Fort Whyte, MB

Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd.

LDCX 2005 acq. 4/1999 (ex CP 8110) GMD A1490 8/1958 Reford. January 13, 2019 Matt Watson

GMTX 3302 "Western Pride" (leased 10/2014) SD38-2m Ex BN 8097 SD40-2
LDM Foods canola plant, Yorkton. August 24, 2015 David Maiers

Luscar Coal see Gallery 3
Coronach

Mosaic Potash
see CANDO

Parrish and Heimbecker

Pioneer Grain

Formerly, James Richardson International, ConAgra

Yorkton

Pioneer Grain 003
Avonlea July 20/2015 Bob Keenan

Richardson Pioneer 001 (ex ConAgra 001 acq. 1997) ex DLSX 001, CR/PC/NYC 8632/9632
SW900 EMD 20936 12/1955 Yorkton, August 4, 2015 David Maiers

Plains Midstream Canada

Kerrobert Unit Train Terminal
100 Pipeline Road,
Kerrobert, SK

CP Kerrobert Sub. mile 95.4

RTEX 4996 leased 1/2018 GP38-3 ex GTW 4996/6203 nee GP38 DTI 203. EMD 31067 2/1966
GMTX 2212 leased 12/2017 ex EMDX 761, ex CR nee PC 7961. GP38-2 EMD 7354-22 5/1972
Handling partially loaded unit train. Kerrobert 4/20/2018 Matt Watson

Note: 4996 relocated to Fort Saskatchewan Frac Plant in Fort Saskatchewan, AB.

Replaced c.E/2021 by leased ex CANFOR Northwood 104 NRE 2GS14B gen set 058-0209 12/2010

NPR 2854 acq. 3/2019 (ex UP 2854 nee SP 9230) SD40T-2 EMD r/b SD45-2 EMD 72601-72 5/1972
Enroute at Macklin 3/30/2019 Matt Watson

NPR = Northern Plains Railroad

MRI 2846 acq. 2018 (ex UP 2846, ex SSW 9261 nee SP 6835) SD45-2R EMD 72625-1 2/1973
With RTEX 4996 handling unit tank train August 9, 2018 Matt Watson

Note: NPR 2846 replaced 2212 off lease 6/28/2018.

MRI = Mohall Railroad, Inc.

Note: MRI and Mohall Central acquired ex BNSF nee GN and NP trackage in ND.
Both Class III railroads are operated by NPR.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan

Previously known as Potasco this mining operation in Rocanville is owned by the province.
Formerly Sylvite of Canada, a division of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting.

WRIX 35021 ex UP 2938 nee SP 8268 EMD SD40T-2 enroute at Spokane, WA 7/07/2012 Ed Sherrill

Note: Units downgraded by removal of turbocharger to equal a SD38-2.

UP 2938 in storage Roseville, CA 4/19/2009 Ryan Slaton

SP 8268 Cable, CA c.1986 Brian Woodruff

Moving as WRIX Western Rail (D) 35022 ex UP 2944 nee SP 8286

UP 2944 at Denver, CO 6/01/2010 SiYao Wang

SP 8286 Mecca, CA c.1988 Brian Woodruff

Potash Corp.of Saskatchewan 35100 acq. 5/1993 (ex CR/PC/NYC 8606) SW8 EMD 15502 2/1952
Rocanville April 12, 2012 Cal Murray

PCS 35082 acq. 1990 ex AAM (D) leased to Union Carbide, Montreal East. Ex CNR 7947
SW900 GMD A1378 2/1958 Note 35100 in the background. 6/21/2012 Cal Murray

AMLX (D) 10 ex Potasco 10 nee Sacramento Northern 201. 70-ton GE 32297 6/1955
Looks like unit was setoff bad order at Castleford, ON July 3, 1989 Fred Clark

Prairie Coal
Coronach

See Gallery 3

Richardson Oilseed
Yorkton

CRLX 2022 (ex NS 5220 nee SOU 5220) GP38-2 EMD 767017-19 1/1977

Cargill 1320 Verdemont, CA 8/05/1992 NW2 EMD 7325 6/1949

Note: No current photo available as RO 1 NW2u acq. 8/2013 ex RSSX 1320 ex SP 1320/1922 nee T&NO 80.

Richardson Pioneer
Formerly, ConAgra (see C above)

Corrine
Mile 40.5 CPR Weyburn Sub.

003 Ex ConAgra 003 EMD SW900 900 HP EMD #26804 7/1961
Built as RDG 1501, became CR 8701.

Davidson

CN Craik Sub. circa . M. 88

LLPX 1502 leased 2016 (ex CSXT 1525 nee CR 1600) GP15-1 EMD 787249-1 7/1979 Davidson 10/30/2017

Estevan

LTEX 1450 leased 5/2013 (ex NS 1450 nee CR 1692) GP15-1 EMD 787249-23 9/1979 Estevan 7/29/2016

Saskatoon

GTMX 429 enroute at Madison, IL 2/26/2014 Mark Mautner
Leased 3/2014 GP15-1 EMD 767142-19 6/1976
Ex San Joaquin Valley 107, ex California Northern 107, nee CNW 4418

Sask Power Corp.

Sask Power Corp. #Nil GE 80-ton #32811 1/1957 Saskatoon Roman Litarchuk
Shown here leased to GE Railcar next door.

Preserved at Saskatchewan Railway Museum, Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool model SWX-40 Shuttlewagon. Carrot River. September 17, 2006 Gordon J. Strathdee

Viterra

Belle Plaine

CP Indian Head Subdivision

Formerly; ILTA Grain.

Completed in the fall of 2017, the 350-acre facility can handle a wide range of pulses and other commodities,
and has a storage capacity of 22,000 tonnes, along with a 135-railcar loop track.

MVPX 3136 ex DMVW 3136, ex KCS 3136, rebuilt SD40-3 AMF 7/1998,
sold 8/1998 KCS 6612 nee CN 5188 SD40 GMD A2397 8/1971
July 6, 2020 Matt Watson

8251 (acq.6/2016) ex MVPX 8251 ex CP 1616/8251 nee 8695 GP9u GMD A1151 9/1957
June 30, 2021 Matt Watson

HLCX 3839 leased 2020. nee CR 8276 GP38-2 EMD 787192-21 6/1979
Council Bluffs, IA 1/27/2011

Yara Belle Plain Inc,

Belle Plaine

Formerly, Saskferco Products Inc.

GMTX 425 leased 2016 (ex LLPX 1509, ex CSX 1530, nee CR 1606) GP15-1 EMD 787249-7 8/1979

DLCX 24 The Big Canadian leased 2007 from Diesel Locomotive (D).
Ex CANX 73 ex CN 7310 nee 1271. GMD A1167 8/1957
November 14, 2012 Ken Mc.Cutcheon

Note: 4/2017 relocated to Amalgamated Sugar, Twin Falls, ID

Kindersley

DLCX_1319 (acq. 2/2016, ex ILSX 1319, ex CP 1579 r/b Ogden 6/1984 nee 8634).
GP9u GMD A974 10/1956 Enroute at Joliet, IL 3/11/2016

Westmoreland Mining
Coronach

Gallery 3

WATCO Transloading and Intermodal Service

Bienfait Transload.

JLCX 547 acq. c.4/2012 (ex NW 2918 nee WAB 547) GP35 EMD 29475 4/1964

Note: Last Wabash diesel.

JLCX 0953 (ex LTEX 9953 ex ADMX 0953 nee USSX 0953 Minntac Mine)
Note: Unit froze up due to failure of standby heater.
Replaced by JLCX 547 above.

JLCX = 564109 B.C. Ltd.

Weyburn Inland Terminal Ltd.

ILSX 908 (acq. 6/2001) ex BRC 503 nee 503A TR4A EMD 10517 9/1950
Weyburn, May 2012 Ken Mc.Cutcheon

Gallery Coal mining operations