Comments on: As the crew headed west from Scotford yard to switch the many industries in the Fort area, I made a quick stop by Dow Chemical to catch a photo of yard cab 76706. Today will be the last day for this section of the Vegreville Sub. As I was shooting this, there was a ceremony taking place on the new bridge over the North Saskatchewan river. This new piece of track will bypass the Fort and reconnect with the Veg. Sub. at Scotford yard. The section of track west from Scotford to Ft. Sask. will now become an industrial spur. These little yard cabooses probably had one of the shortest lifetimes. They seemed to quickly disappear as road cabooses became so readily available by their elimination from mainline duties.

By: jennlovestrains

jennlovestrains — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 23:19:29 +0000

Awesome! I am awaiting with eager anticipation!

By: Larry Parks

Larry Parks — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 02:25:41 +0000

To Jenn Loves Trains – stayed tuned in the new year. I will post a few of my photos from that day.

By: Larry Parks

Larry Parks — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:21:30 +0000

Your welcome Stuart, glad I could be of help.

By: Stuart Streit

Stuart Streit — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:54:57 +0000

Hi Larry. Yes, most helpful. Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) is also a TIH. This is a Procor owned PROX tank car leased to Dow. The ‘Converted 8-87′ is a reference to a federally mandated program known as ‘HM-175′ whereby thermal insulation was installed. This would have involved removing the tank jacket, applying a blanket of thermal insulation, and re-installing the jacket. After so much work, a repaint would have been warranted. Great photo, BTW. My favourite era.

By: jennlovestrains

jennlovestrains — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 22:29:33 +0000

I would love to see more of the ceremony pictures from that day Larry! Is there a way you could share your pics (good and bad) with me? I’m trying to find some pics of the Fort from that time. Awesome shot btw! ????

By: Larry Parks

Larry Parks — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 19:17:31 +0000

I went and dug out the box of slides to see if there was another photo of this scene which might have shown the end of the car and its number. Nope, this is shot number 38 on a 36 roll and this caboose was a good subject to fill that last frame with. All the other photos are coverage of the last train through Ft. Sask.

By: Larry Parks

Larry Parks — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 19:07:37 +0000

Stuart- To the left of the empty placard holder (I cropped the photo a little on the edges), it reads Vinyl Chloride (PVC being one of the items produced at DOW) and underneath are the other tidbits, such as the BLT date of 2 79 and underneath this is the Converted date of 8 87. Thereby, it would seem, this car is fresh from being converted. Could be making its first trip after conversion. Does any of this help?

By: Stuart Streit

Stuart Streit — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 15:04:59 +0000

Note the yellow vertical reflective stripe on the end of the tank car, a DOW initiative well ahead of the current mandated requirement. Note also, the orange horizontal stripe, a Canadian ONLY requirement for tank cars involved in the shipping of so called ‘Toxic Inhalation Hazard’ (TIH) commodities. The white reflective dot is also a Canadian ONLY requirement. Guessing that this is a freshly painted PROX chlorine tank car. Would there be a photo to verify??

By: awmooney

awmooney — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:54:30 +0000

I don’t know what happened to all these transfer cabeese, but I did check my 1986 CDN Trackside Guide and it lists 210 of these creatures built from 40 Ft box cars from 1977 to 1980. In 1986 208 survived.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:05:45 +0000

What happened to these transfer vans? Were they scrapped? Seem like good use for shoving platforms.