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Thunder Rail (TRR) 2004 has just been down to the Crooked River's Richardson Pioneer grain facility to collect a long string of grain cars. The train went around the wye and backed into storage track just north of namesign CN Crane where I am positioned for this photo. This shortline started up in 2005 using 19.5 miles of track formerly operated by the Carlton Trail. It consists mostly of a spur off of the CN Tisdale Sub. Various grain is the main traffic on the line.
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Caption: Thunder Rail (TRR) 2004 has just been down to the Crooked River's Richardson Pioneer grain facility to collect a long string of grain cars. The train went around the wye and backed into storage track just north of namesign CN Crane where I am positioned for this photo. This shortline started up in 2005 using 19.5 miles of track formerly operated by the Carlton Trail. It consists mostly of a spur off of the CN Tisdale Sub. Various grain is the main traffic on the line.

Photographer:
A.W. Mooney [2321] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/13/2024 (search)
Railway: Thunder Rail (search)
Reporting Marks: TRR 2004 (search)
Train Symbol: unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CN Arborfield Spur (search)
City/Town: Crooked River (search)
Province: Saskatchewan (search)
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6 Comments
  1. bcr_766
    March 3, 2026 at 9:08 am

    Great railroad, friendly too! I was up there in 2019, they invited me aboard their RS18 while we did their work for the day.

  2. Jacob Patterson
    March 3, 2026 at 4:11 pm

    Very nice. Not much coverage of this operation.

  3. Ian Malenfant-Picard
    March 4, 2026 at 12:16 am

    Nice to see a former P&W M420 still in use, i had no idea there were still some in operation.

  4. railwayguy
    March 4, 2026 at 11:33 am

    Arnold, you travel to the most remote places ! How the heck did you find this location, and where is Crooked River ? Very nice picture- like the colourful paint scheme. John

  5. awmooney
    March 4, 2026 at 6:44 pm

    John: After I sent the photo to RP I realized I should have added the map.
    Crooked River is just south of Arborfield, SK. Figure it about 50 miles east of Prince Albert.
    Sorry about that.
    Cheers!!!!

  6. mile27
    March 11, 2026 at 7:54 am

    Good stuff, Arnold.
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