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CP used to service its White Fox subdivision with a crew and typically three lightweight RS-23s from Prince Albert, heading north on CN running rights for 18 miles to a junction at Sharpe, then east on CP rails picking up grain loads from elevators.  After exchanging loads for empties and wyeing the units at Nipawin at mile zero, westward they went, peddling empties at elevators through to Meath Park, then cab hop to Sharpe at mileage 73.4 and south on CN back to Prince Albert.

Seen on Wednesday 1981-09-23 at 1353 CST, CP 8018 + 8016 + 8014 are wheeling the empties across the Saskatchewan River (71 km as a crow flies downstream of the confluence of North and South branches) bridge at mileage 1.6 just west of Nipawin, a crossing then shared with old highway 37 on a lower deck, but now closed to road traffic.  The railway there is now Torch River Rail, and extends westward only to mileage 27.2 at Choiceland.
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Caption: CP used to service its White Fox subdivision with a crew and typically three lightweight RS-23s from Prince Albert, heading north on CN running rights for 18 miles to a junction at Sharpe, then east on CP rails picking up grain loads from elevators. After exchanging loads for empties and wyeing the units at Nipawin at mile zero, westward they went, peddling empties at elevators through to Meath Park, then cab hop to Sharpe at mileage 73.4 and south on CN back to Prince Albert.

Seen on Wednesday 1981-09-23 at 1353 CST, CP 8018 + 8016 + 8014 are wheeling the empties across the Saskatchewan River (71 km as a crow flies downstream of the confluence of North and South branches) bridge at mileage 1.6 just west of Nipawin, a crossing then shared with old highway 37 on a lower deck, but now closed to road traffic. The railway there is now Torch River Rail, and extends westward only to mileage 27.2 at Choiceland.

Photographer:
Ken Perry [162] (more) (contact)
Date: 1981-09-23 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: CP 8018 (search)
Train Symbol: Nipawin Turn (search)
Subdivision/SNS: White Fox sub. (1.6) (search)
City/Town: Nipawin (search)
Province: Saskatchewan (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Sweet jesus

  2. Beautiful image!

  3. Beautiful!! I wish someone took a photo this good of Nipawin bridge’s big brother, Edmonton’s High Level Bridge.

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