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I am not sure which looks more neglected.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	09/08/2013
Location:	Traynor
Province:	Saskatchewan

3 Comments | 9 Favourites

CN 111 is almost at the crew change point of Biggar as it climbs upgrade through Keppel, the track on the left is CP's Wilkie Sub.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	09/08/2013
Location:	Keppel
Province:	Saskatchewan

Comments | 10 Favourites

Modern day critter's sit between tasks at a grain elevator just east of Unity Sk.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Other
Date:	09/08/2013
Location:	Unity
Province:	Saskatchewan

Comments | 3 Favourites

Great Sandhills Railway crawls along at a whooping 10mph.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Great Sandhills Ra…
Date:	09/12/2013
Location:	Lancer
Province:	Saskatchewan

Comments | 3 Favourites

GWRS 2000 pulls loads from the elevator at Ogema past the Southern Prairie Railway shop track.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Great Western Rail…
Date:	09/11/2013
Location:	Ogema
Province:	Saskatchewan

2 Comments | 7 Favourites

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Great Western Rail…
Date:	09/11/2013
Location:	Verwood
Province:	Saskatchewan

Comments | 11 Favourites

Welcome to Gutah camp ! Gutah is at mile 864 of the former BCR, on the Fort Nelson Subdivision. This picture is looking south towards Fort St John (136 miles away) and Fort Nelson is 113 miles behind me. There is no road access to Gutah and the closest crossing is 60 miles away. Trains "go off and on" here, meaning that one trip ends on paper and a new one begins. This is a way around rest rules that prevent crews form working more than 12 hours at a time. There is a cook stationed here and section crews, train crews can book rest and "go to bed" here, but its not that common. If you do "go to bed" here, make sure it is in the correct car, there is an engineman's car (with the most comfy beds), a brakeman's car, a section car, and so on. After the tragic fatality of a conductor at Gutah (the day after I took this photo) there was talk of building an access road, but nothing has happened as of yet.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	11/27/2012
Location:	Gutah
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 3 Favourites

Having interchanged grain loads with CN near Crooked River, Thunder Rail 2004 heads back home to Arborfield SK. I remember this chase lead me down some less than ideal roads.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Thunder Rail
Date:	03/19/2009
Location:	Zenon park
Province:	Saskatchewan

7 Comments | 36 Favourites

CN 8896 and IC 2721 lead train 310 eastward leaving the mountains behind them.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/16/2013
Location:	Swan Landing
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 6 Favourites

CN 8003 and 2322 lead train 199 west into the rockies.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/16/2013
Location:	Swan Landing
Province:	Alberta

2 Comments | 9 Favourites

Here is a shot that is nice to look at on a hot summer day.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/02/2012
Location:	Fort St John
Province:	British Columbia

2 Comments | 11 Favourites

VIA #2 skirts the still waters of Swan Landing Alberta with Via 6452 and 6432 in charge. This was just one of sixteen trains I shot on the busy Edson sub this day.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	VIA Rail
Date:	08/14/13
Location:	Hinton
Province:	Alberta

1 Comments | 13 Favourites

CN #412 finally departs Swan Landing Alberta after quite a bit of work in the yard with 8882 and 2727 on the point.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	08/17/2013
Location:	Hinton
Province:	Alberta

Comments | 8 Favourites

Some times even trains need to wait there turn. Train 478 is just about to leave Fort Nelson and begin the 250 mile journey to Fort St John, but first we must stop at the river bridge and wait for highway traffic to clear. I don't think there are too many other operations like this on the CN system.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	10/21/2010
Location:	Fort Nelson
Province:	British Columbia

4 Comments | 15 Favourites

Various power sits around Fort St John yard as some "ice fog" gradually lifts.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/11/2011
Location:	Fort St John
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 8 Favourites

The old pool elevator in this shot has since been torn down, as this youtube video depicts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SC2zaPt7Q

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian Pacific
Date:	07/20/2007
Location:	Mortlach
Province:	Saskatchewan

1 Comments | 4 Favourites

This view pretty much sums up the Fort Nelson Sub, a 250 mile tunnel of trees !

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	12/07/2010
Location:	Elleh
Province:	British Columbia

7 Comments | 28 Favourites

IC 3140 and WC 2003 are in the process of switching one of Taylor's two gas plants. CN's fleet of four axel units is quite small and many are confined to the former BCR.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Illinois Central
Date:	04/09/2012
Location:	Taylor
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 3 Favourites

Here is a shot of "the grocery car", It was used to transfer food and supplies from Fort St John to Gutah camp at mile 864 of the Fort Nelson Sub. Unfortunately all but the flatcar portion was destroyed by a fire in late 2012. CN now uses a small steel container hoisted on to the back of a 10-ton hi-rail truck for deliveries to Gutah.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	BC Rail
Date:	05/13/2012
Location:	Fort St John
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 1 Favourites

An eastbound CN passes the shutdown sawmill at Valemount.

Name:	Matt Watson
Railway:	Canadian National
Date:	04/26/2009
Location:	Valemount
Province:	British Columbia

Comments | 2 Favourites

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