Comments on: Westbound grain potter from Assiniboia to Eastend Sask. with M420′s in Saskatchewan provincial colours makes a spot of empties to the Pioneer elevator at Admiral

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:25:57 +0000

Yeah they’ve been sold but ‘work’ is happening right in Readlyn with the intent to lease. There was the framework of something like a makeshift scaffold/paint booth/tent-like shop up around the one when I was through there. I didn’t bother with a shot because there really was nothing aesthetic about the scene whatsoever, and the weather was miserable at the time.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:12:05 +0000

They were offered for sale for $250k for all of the operating and parts units. I thought someone had purchased them (an outfit in Montreal that parts units for Marine applications)

By: jknott86

jknott86 — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:03:56 +0000

Wish I could’ve seen these units working when I was out there, but alas, change is the only constant. There’s a gutted one out back of the GWR shops in Assiniboia that was evidently used for parts, and the others sit on a siding in Readlyn, having been sold. It would appear that someone is trying to fix them up to lease them out. The units on either end are both nose in, which certainly impacts the photogenicity of the scene.

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:54:23 +0000

Nice!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:25:28 +0000

Nice old shot with the M420s!!