Canadian Railroads > Railfanning Manitoba

As mentioned we took our summer vacation somewhere different this year and went for Winnipeg, MB, a straight shot north up highway 75 and I29 from Tulsa, OK. Railfanning was limited as we did more exploring than anything being rather far from a mainline most of the time. However we were able to spend a day in Portage la Prairie. We arrived August 4th and left the 10th.

1) Our first find was this ex Trunk GP on the BTR in Manitou, MB

2&3) The first train was a luck of the draw catch as we found a CEMR train moving west beside highway 3 somewhere east of Brunkild i believe

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4) On Saturday the 6th we made our way to the Prairie Dog Central for what was suppose to be a steam run, but I can't complain with the green and gold GP running long hood forward

5) Back at their station the BNSF torpedo boat GP9 sits outside with....

6) Prairie Dog #3 Former CP 4-4-0 getting some work done

 

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7) On Monday the 8th we made it to Portage la Prairie and started off with an eastbound CP stack train

8) Afterwards CP 2207 comes in to do some switching as a runner and car patiently waits

9) Two SD70s on the CN pull an eastbound freight by the platform working around some Monday afternoon maintenance 

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10)  #1 pulls into the station for a small pick up

11) #1 gets its baggage loaded up as the people board the train

12) Alex awaits to photograph another eastbound CP train, this time grain



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/16 16:18 by BNSF-6432.

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13) The eastbound passes through town with one unit leading

14) 2 older GEs lead a eastbound CN freight beside the walking trail

15) The CP local later returns with the GP20C

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16&17) A T4 leads another eastbound by the maintenance shack and the VIA station

18) Finally we get a westbound freight but is blocked by a cloud

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19) West of Portage we found a SD40 for CWB parked at a grain elevator

20) Over in Holland we encountered some ties being removed from a former CP line

21) The next day we found a Cargill SD38? in Elm Creek on the 9th

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22&23) Also on the 9th we encountered a light set of power west of Elm Creek along highway 2 to grab some cars.

24) Coming back by Elm Creek we got a better roster shot of CRGX 602

PQM

 

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For not much railfanning, you did OK.  Nice stuff.

Bill G.

Thanks for posting! Friendly Manitoba, my original home province...

Interesting in the first shot that the shoving platform is a former Delaware and Hudson 35XXX series caboose.

Art House

Great set of photos! 

And that GP9 looks really sharp in that BNSF scheme.  Other than SD9s, not too many high-hood units made it into BNSF orange and green paint.

Rich

yes, love that Geep. Is that the ex-Midland of Manitoba unit?

for a truly unique experience, go back there in 5 months say jan 4th thru the 10th, 2017 and you will have a different take on things, I promise... :-) dave, out.