Old Time Trains

Alberta

Gallery 2

MEGlobal Canada, Inc

Ethylene glycol transfer facility, Blackfalds, AB

Previously, Alberta and Orient Glycol Co. Ltd. (formerly Union Carbide Canada)

Logistics provided by SGS Canada

GMTX 214 ex UPY/UP 1348 nee MP 1548. MP15DC EMD 74791-6 2/1975
Blackfalds 8/30/2014 Jon Greggs

Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd.
Formerly, Novacor

Two views Nova W-115 acq. 6/1972 nee SP 2647 SW1500 EMD 4608-57 6/1972
Joffre July 27,1998 Fred Clark

Joffre April 16, 1996 Fred Clark

Two views Nova Chemicals W117 (ex BLC 2004) Brookville Locomotive MP1500D BLC #1099-1 12/1999
Joffre June 20, 2001 Fred Clark

Joffre May 3, 2001 Fred Clark

NCLX 9118 acq. 2000 (ex W118, nee BLC 2005) Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. Joffre, AB.
Brookville Locomotive MP1500D BLC #1099-2 12/1999 At CN Edmonton diesel shop. 12/26/2007 Steve Arnot

On-Track Railway Service OTRX

RCM (Rail Car Mover) 4060 40-ton
Daugh May 30, 3007 Fred Clark

Two views of On-Track Railway Service RCM 8060 acq. 2001 (ex Algoma Steel 41) GE 80-ton #31187 5/1952
Daugh facility, Edmonton. 10/6/2007 Steve Arnot

Procter and Gamble Cellulose

Procter & Gamble Cellulose 1, Grand Prairie, AB acq. 1973 ex Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion 22,
nee Minneapolis & St.Louis 234. RS-1 Alco #79347 10/1951 Note: No RS-1's were built new for Canada.
Donated 1988 to WCRA and finally relocated to their Railway Museum in Squamish, BC
where it was re-painted in 1998 as GN 182.

Provident Energy
Previously Williams Energy Services (see below)

Redwater

RSSX 1081 GP10 EMD 22295 1/1957 Wainwright 3/13/2014 Donovan Nickel
Ex Midsouth 1081, ex IC 8230 6/1971 nee GP9 IC 9230

Richardson Pioneer
Carseland, AB

GMTX_403 leased 3/2015. (ex NS 1407 nee CR 1619)
GP15-1 EMD 787249-35 9/1979 Carseland

SGS Canada

See: MEGlobal at Blackfalds (top of this page)

SemCAMS

Formerly, AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. nee Hudson Bay Oil & Gas

SemCAMS un-numbered unit. GMD 800HP GMDH1 A1811 9/1959 & 5/1961
Kaybob November 8, 2010 Tim Stevens

Built 9/1959 as GMD 800 demonstrator. Rebuilt 5/1961 and sold to ERCO. Resold 10/1973
through S.G.Paikin (D) as PSPX 85 to Limestone Quarries 3-6902
Sold 9/1978 it became Raritan River Steel Co. 3, Perth Amboy, N.J.,
then 1/1981 to Hudson Bay Oil & Gas which became
AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. 3, Kaybob, Alberta.
2000 became SemCAMS

Source Energy Services

Circa Mile 65 CN Grande Prairie Subdivision.

GMTX 2201 under a beautiful prairie sky! Wembley 8/18/2016 Matt Watson
Leased 2016 ex EMDX 741, CR 7941, nee PC 7941.
GP38-2 EMD 7354-2 5/1972

Two lease units from Progress Rail enroute at Hamilton 12/18/2014.

PRLX 3818 GP38 nee BO 3727
GP40 EMD 34850 3/1969

PRLX 3865 ex WSOR 3806, ex UP 1986, ex MKT 329, ex ICG 9504 nee IC 9504.
GP38AC EMD 35669 1/1970

STELCO See: AltaSteel in Gallery1

Transmark

Viterra Inc.

Formerly, Agricore
Former Lethbridge Inland Terminal, Lethbridge.

1553 (acq. 10/2015 MVPX 1553) ex CP 1553 r/b 8/1983 nee 8623 GP9u GMD A1109 2/1957
Enroute to a new high-throughput concrete elevator near Grimshaw. (Peace River region)
Storage capacity of 30,000 tonnes and be capable of loading a 104 car train.
All of the grain sourced through Grimshaw will be exported, either through Prince Rupert or the Port of Vancouver.
Winnipeg 10/25/2015 Terry May

6315 acq. 2/2014 (ex Transmark, ex DMVW, nee SP 6315 GP35E EMD 30151 5/1965
M.53..4 CP Montana Sub. Wilson (Lethbridge) 6/22/2015

Viterra Inc. 3526 acq.5/2010 (ex BNSF 3526 nee NP 172) SW1200 EMD 24036 5/1958.
Enroute to Sexsmith, AB in Riverdale, IL 5/15/2010. Marc Mainekoff
Also, (above link) at NRE Dixmoor, IL 10/3/2008

Two views (above and below) of 4201 now under new owner Viterra Inc. Lacombe 6/25/2009 Steve Arnot
4201 acq. 2001 (ex Lakeland & Waterways 4201, ex Mackenzie Northern 4201, nee SP 5796)
GP9E EMD 22978 4/1957

Viterra 602 formerly Westco Fertilizer (see below) SW9 EMD 16637 5/1952
Two photos Calgary 5/17/2014 Tim Johnston

West Fraser
Hinton Pulp Div.
see CANDO

Westco Fertilizer

formerly, Western Co-Operative Fertilizers Ltd.

Westco Fertilizer 602 Calgary 7/04/2007 Shane Kasper

W. Co-Op 384 acq. 2/1984 ex WP 602 SW9 EMD #16637 5/1952
Calgary 7/1986 John C. Benson

Weyerhaeuser Canada
Formerly Procter and Gamble Cellulose

Grande Prairie

Weyerhaeuser Canada 136 (acq. 3/1987) ex SCL 136 nee ACL 654 SW9 EMD 13131 2/1951

WTCX 310 (acq. 10/2010) ex UP 1845 SW9 EMD 17825 4/1953
Enroute from Longview WA to Weyerhaeuser Canada, Grand Prairie, AB
Everett, WA October 8, 2010 Mark Gillings

Williams Energy Services

Switched by Procor-Railserve (Joint Venture).

PRS 353 (ex SSW 2292) SW1200 EMD 31573 4/1966 Redwater August 15, 2003 Fred Clark
Previously at Dow Chemical, Prentiss.

RS 3840 acq. 2003 (ex OMLX ex NWP ex SP 3840 ex SP 3654 nee T&NO 450) GP9E EMD 25146 2/1959.
February 19, 2004 Fred Clark

Note: 3840 acquired 2015 ex Canadian Railserve RS 3840 transferred from Dow Chemical, Prentiss
after a new switching contractor (SOS Petroleum Services) took over.

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Alberta

Gallery 2

MEGlobal Canada, Inc

Ethylene glycol transfer facility, Blackfalds, AB

Previously, Alberta and Orient Glycol Co. Ltd. (formerly Union Carbide Canada)

Logistics provided by SGS Canada

GMTX 214 ex UPY/UP 1348 nee MP 1548. MP15DC EMD 74791-6 2/1975
Blackfalds 8/30/2014 Jon Greggs

Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd.
Formerly, Novacor

Two views Nova W-115 acq. 6/1972 nee SP 2647 SW1500 EMD 4608-57 6/1972
Joffre July 27,1998 Fred Clark

Joffre April 16, 1996 Fred Clark

Two views Nova Chemicals W117 (ex BLC 2004) Brookville Locomotive MP1500D BLC #1099-1 12/1999
Joffre June 20, 2001 Fred Clark

Joffre May 3, 2001 Fred Clark

NCLX 9118 acq. 2000 (ex W118, nee BLC 2005) Nova Chemicals (Canada) Ltd. Joffre, AB.
Brookville Locomotive MP1500D BLC #1099-2 12/1999 At CN Edmonton diesel shop. 12/26/2007 Steve Arnot

On-Track Railway Service OTRX

RCM (Rail Car Mover) 4060 40-ton
Daugh May 30, 3007 Fred Clark

Two views of On-Track Railway Service RCM 8060 acq. 2001 (ex Algoma Steel 41) GE 80-ton #31187 5/1952
Daugh facility, Edmonton. 10/6/2007 Steve Arnot

Procter and Gamble Cellulose

Procter & Gamble Cellulose 1, Grand Prairie, AB acq. 1973 ex Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion 22,
nee Minneapolis & St.Louis 234. RS-1 Alco #79347 10/1951 Note: No RS-1's were built new for Canada.
Donated 1988 to WCRA and finally relocated to their Railway Museum in Squamish, BC
where it was re-painted in 1998 as GN 182.

Provident Energy
Previously Williams Energy Services (see below)

Redwater

RSSX 1081 GP10 EMD 22295 1/1957 Wainwright 3/13/2014 Donovan Nickel
Ex Midsouth 1081, ex IC 8230 6/1971 nee GP9 IC 9230

Richardson Pioneer
Carseland, AB

GMTX_403 leased 3/2015. (ex NS 1407 nee CR 1619)
GP15-1 EMD 787249-35 9/1979 Carseland

SGS Canada

See: MEGlobal at Blackfalds (top of this page)

SemCAMS

Formerly, AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. nee Hudson Bay Oil & Gas

SemCAMS un-numbered unit. GMD 800HP GMDH1 A1811 9/1959 & 5/1961
Kaybob November 8, 2010 Tim Stevens

Built 9/1959 as GMD 800 demonstrator. Rebuilt 5/1961 and sold to ERCO. Resold 10/1973
through S.G.Paikin (D) as PSPX 85 to Limestone Quarries 3-6902
Sold 9/1978 it became Raritan River Steel Co. 3, Perth Amboy, N.J.,
then 1/1981 to Hudson Bay Oil & Gas which became
AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. 3, Kaybob, Alberta.
2000 became SemCAMS

Source Energy Services

Circa Mile 65 CN Grande Prairie Subdivision.

GMTX 2201 under a beautiful prairie sky! Wembley 8/18/2016 Matt Watson
Leased 2016 ex EMDX 741, CR 7941, nee PC 7941.
GP38-2 EMD 7354-2 5/1972

Two lease units from Progress Rail enroute at Hamilton 12/18/2014.

PRLX 3818 GP38 nee BO 3727
GP40 EMD 34850 3/1969

PRLX 3865 ex WSOR 3806, ex UP 1986, ex MKT 329, ex ICG 9504 nee IC 9504.
GP38AC EMD 35669 1/1970

STELCO See: AltaSteel in Gallery1

Transmark

Viterra Inc.

Formerly, Agricore
Former Lethbridge Inland Terminal, Lethbridge.

1553 (acq. 10/2015 MVPX 1553) ex CP 1553 r/b 8/1983 nee 8623 GP9u GMD A1109 2/1957
Enroute to a new high-throughput concrete elevator near Grimshaw. (Peace River region)
Storage capacity of 30,000 tonnes and be capable of loading a 104 car train.
All of the grain sourced through Grimshaw will be exported, either through Prince Rupert or the Port of Vancouver.
Winnipeg 10/25/2015 Terry May

6315 acq. 2/2014 (ex Transmark, ex DMVW, nee SP 6315 GP35E EMD 30151 5/1965
M.53..4 CP Montana Sub. Wilson (Lethbridge) 6/22/2015

Viterra Inc. 3526 acq.5/2010 (ex BNSF 3526 nee NP 172) SW1200 EMD 24036 5/1958.
Enroute to Sexsmith, AB in Riverdale, IL 5/15/2010. Marc Mainekoff
Also, (above link) at NRE Dixmoor, IL 10/3/2008

Two views (above and below) of 4201 now under new owner Viterra Inc. Lacombe 6/25/2009 Steve Arnot
4201 acq. 2001 (ex Lakeland & Waterways 4201, ex Mackenzie Northern 4201, nee SP 5796)
GP9E EMD 22978 4/1957

Viterra 602 formerly Westco Fertilizer (see below) SW9 EMD 16637 5/1952
Two photos Calgary 5/17/2014 Tim Johnston

West Fraser
Hinton Pulp Div.
see CANDO

Westco Fertilizer

formerly, Western Co-Operative Fertilizers Ltd.

Westco Fertilizer 602 Calgary 7/04/2007 Shane Kasper

W. Co-Op 384 acq. 2/1984 ex WP 602 SW9 EMD #16637 5/1952
Calgary 7/1986 John C. Benson

Weyerhaeuser Canada
Formerly Procter and Gamble Cellulose

Grande Prairie

Weyerhaeuser Canada 136 (acq. 3/1987) ex SCL 136 nee ACL 654 SW9 EMD 13131 2/1951

WTCX 310 (acq. 10/2010) ex UP 1845 SW9 EMD 17825 4/1953
Enroute from Longview WA to Weyerhaeuser Canada, Grand Prairie, AB
Everett, WA October 8, 2010 Mark Gillings

Williams Energy Services

Switched by Procor-Railserve (Joint Venture).

PRS 353 (ex SSW 2292) SW1200 EMD 31573 4/1966 Redwater August 15, 2003 Fred Clark
Previously at Dow Chemical, Prentiss.

RS 3840 acq. 2003 (ex OMLX ex NWP ex SP 3840 ex SP 3654 nee T&NO 450) GP9E EMD 25146 2/1959.
February 19, 2004 Fred Clark

Note: 3840 acquired 2015 ex Canadian Railserve RS 3840 transferred from Dow Chemical, Prentiss
after a new switching contractor (SOS Petroleum Services) took over.