Comments on: 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.

By: mile27

mile27 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:54:29 +0000

Good stuff, Arnold.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:44:31 +0000

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!!!!

By: railwayguy

railwayguy — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:33:09 +0000

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

By: Ian Malenfant-Picard

Ian Malenfant-Picard — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:16:41 +0000

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

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:11:40 +0000

Very nice. Not much coverage of this operation.

By: bcr_766

bcr_766 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:08:25 +0000

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