Saskatchewan

Yara Canada (formerly SaskFerco Products), Belle Plaine.

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

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

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Prairie Mines & Royalty
Coronach
3.1 mile spur from Mile 147.6 CP Estevan Sub to Poplar River Mine
which supplies its entire surface mined coal production to Poplar River Power Station by rail.

PRMX 6973 ex GMTX 6973, ex PREX 1731, nee ONT 1731. SD40-2 GMD A2845 3/1973
Rebuilt by Progress Rail, Tacoma WA to SD32ECO 3150 hp
GWR/PMRL interchange at Coronach 3/26/2012 Ken Mc.Cutcheon

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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

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PHLX 1 acq. 9/2010 (ex Domtar 28-137 nee CN 7734) SW1200 GMD A1809 7/1959

CN Mac Millan Yard enroute to Parrish and Heimbecker Foods, Yorkton, SK
September 18, 2011 Brendan Frisina

NOTE: The Norkraft Domtar pulp mill in Lebel-Sur-Quevillon (QC) had been stopped since November 2005 by a lock out, the mill permanently closed December 18 2008. The pulp mill and the sawmill, also closed, were responsible for 70% of the job in this one industry town of 3000 citizens located 600km north of Montreal.

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Two views of Parrish & Heimbecker 8454 an old MLW S-3 with an interesting history. MLW 77761 1/52 CNR 8454.
Sold 4/63 Manitoba Paper 30 (2nd), Pine Falls, Manitoba. Became Abitibi Paper, Manitoba Paper Div. 101.
Sold to Railside Locomotive Services 8454 and leased to Prairie Dog Central when their 3 a 4-4-0 became unserviceable.
Shown at P & H (formerly, Robin Hood Flour Mills) elevator in Moose Jaw, SK. March 25, 2010

Both photos: Ronald Bearman.

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. no number 40-ton CLC 40-H4-A1 #3043 2/63 Yorkton May 9, 1998 Gordon J. Strathdee

Note: This tiny diesel-hydraulic unit was the last domestic locomotive built by Canadian Locomotive Company

Ordered by Searle Grain Company Ltd. for their grain elevator in Fort William, Ontario.
This elevator became Saskatchewan Wheat Pool 15 which closed in 1987.
Sold in 1995 to P&H for their grain elevator in Yorktown, Sask.

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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

 

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