Comments on: The engineer of an outbound grain train patiently waits for the headend brakeman to return after completing their double over prior to heading east. Six-axle GMD and MLW units were common on the prairies during the 1970s. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: First954 http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41300#comment-39601 First954 Thu, 07 May 2020 20:17:26 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CP-5602-5520-5508-4561-Minnedosa-MB-June-20-1978-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-39601 I actually went there as I had heard that CP was using the FM Trainmasters as helper units. That may have been true at one time, but unfortunately I did not find any of them. Thanks for the comment. I actually went there as I had heard that CP was using the FM Trainmasters as helper units. That may have been true at one time, but unfortunately I did not find any of them. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: robin lowrie http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=41300#comment-39597 robin lowrie Thu, 07 May 2020 19:47:12 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CP-5602-5520-5508-4561-Minnedosa-MB-June-20-1978-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-39597 Minnedosa is a great location with a rich railway history. Trains in the "classic era" needed helpers in both directions and the yard was a only joined to the main at it's east end because the grades in both directions started right by the station. Minnedosa is a great location with a rich railway history. Trains in the “classic era” needed helpers in both directions and the yard was a only joined to the main at it’s east end because the grades in both directions started right by the station.

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