CN 5281 East loaded grain No.873, Radisson, SK; Sept 5, 1996 Aberdeen Sub_
One of the neatest trains I photographed on my numerous trips to the Canadian Prairies was this box car grain train on the CN secondary main known as the Prairie North Line. Unfortunately the weather sucked and this was the only box car train I ever chased. It was a neat, old school, operation as they picked up 5 to eight loaded cars at each elevator along the way. This was the last season grain boxes were operated as most of the light rail branch lines they were used on had been abandoned or upgraded for the use of large capacity covered hopper cars.
CN 5281 East loaded grain No.873, Radisson, SK; Sept 5, 1996 Aberdeen Sub_
One of the neatest trains I photographed on my numerous trips to the Canadian Prairies was this box car grain train on the CN secondary main known as the Prairie North Line. Unfortunately the weather sucked and this was the only box car train I ever chased. It was a neat, old school, operation as they picked up 5 to eight loaded cars at each elevator along the way. This was the last season grain boxes were operated as most of the light rail branch lines they were used on had been abandoned or upgraded for the use of large capacity covered hopper cars.