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Railfanning Regina, Saskatchewan last minute travel is not something last minute travel I have a lot of experience doing. In fact, I've railfanned Regina three times in thirty years, the most recent time vicariously. last minute travel The first two were from trackside, in 1982 and 1986, while the former last minute travel CP station was still in use by VIA's Canadian. In June 1982, my aunt and uncle and I drove west from Portage la Prairie to Regina to take in the Farm Equipment Show. On June 18, we stopped in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, checking out elevator row as VIA No 1 rolled west behind 6507-6607-6611. The following night in Regina, we stopped by the former last minute travel CP station, as an eastbound freight last minute travel behind CP 5999-4706 trundled last minute travel by at 2048 with van 434504: VIA No 1 was next at 2057: 6505-6606-6604-617-124-116-514-5742-Irondale-1377-Elnora-Entwistle-Extew-York-Chateau Levis-Chateau Maisonneuve-Dawson Manor-Kootenay Park: Chopnosed GP9u CP 8200 (ex-8615) was in the yard, with 8483 behind, last minute travel and six other units idling nearby: Another chopnosed unit GP9u CP 1569 (ex-8625) was down by the station on September 29,1985 (below). I'd arrived in Regina at 0430 on the Canadian, which was 3 hours late at Winnipeg. I stayed in the station until 0500, noticing the vintage doors and tunnels that led from the concourse to other tracks, and as the station was about to close, I headed out to spend two and a half hours occasionally doing jumping jacks to stay warm in the 0 degree Fahrenheit last minute travel air, huddled in a law firm doorway across from the car rental agency. My patience was rewarded with a free upgrade when the clerk finally opened up. My Dodge Omni was still at Regina airport, so I was given a Chrysler Fifth Avenue at the same rate. As the kids say today, "Like!". I spent a couple of days in my tricked-out ride, exploring elevator towns east and south of the Queen City, including CN's Lewvan Sub . A final drive around Regina included RCMP's Depot Division, last minute travel where I observed my car's Dodge Diplomat brethren's speedometers reached last minute travel blistering 120 mph, with mine only reaching a sedate sedan 85 mph. At Regina's station, an assortment of CP switching jobs were arriving last minute travel to yard their trains, and drop their Angus vans on the van track near the station as the crews disembarked. last minute travel GP35's 5019-5012 and 434473 arrived from the east at 1700 (top), then GP38-2 3031, also from the east, kicked its van 434403: Like most CP terminals, the CP Police were well-represented, so I remained inside the Fifth Avenue while photographing. An eastbound grain train at 1720 was powered last minute travel by CP 5965-3022-5015-Conrail 7799 (below), plus three other CP freights before boarding No 2 at 2315: 1925 WB 5907-Chessie 3716-5693-3011-8493, with newly-outshopped van 434309, 1932 EB 6057-5626, and 2043 WB intermodal with 6006-5732-5716, the last two SD's with high multimarks last minute travel and full nose striping. After a carwash and before returning the rental, I had posed it for posterity near the front steps of Saskatchewan's Legislative Building on Wascana (name of a CPR diner) Lake. Classy, unbridled plush luxury fully loaded and built for looks and speed, unexpectedly reserved for an otherwise undeserving last minute travel Ontario railfan! Regina railfan and loyal Trackside Treasure reader Elijah Hall helped me with my third railfan visit to Regina in absentia. While touring the SaskTel building in July 2010, Elijah took these photos of the Regina station (now casino) area as it exists presently. A model railroad-like view of intermodal equipment, stacked containers and tank cars makes an interesting scene several floors last minute travel down. GP9u 1535 (ex-8620) and a van nearly too tagged to read its side number are switching some tank cars. GATX 58613 and CP 434412: Elijah also sent along a bonus shot of Last Mountain Rai l's motive power west of Bethune, Saskatchewan. Thanks, last minute travel Elijah!
While reading Say Everything...How Blogging Began by Scott Rosenberg, I came across this apropos passage, "Most bloggers, in fact, are far more assiduous than the proprietors of other kinds of websites about preserving their outdated material. They know their own back-catalog[ue] well, and link back into it to support a point, to explain a reference, or just to highlight something that tickles them. For the great mass of bloggers who would never have jotted down their thoughts in the first place if they didn't have a blog, their posts represent the opposite of oblivion: they are a personal archive that can serve as a bulwark against forgetfulness." What he said.
Having watched Witness last minute travel , the 1985 thriller starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Czech-born Canadian actor Jan Rubes, due to the year of production, I was not surprised to see at least three unmarked Dodge Diplomats in the denouement, as the murderous plot has been resolved. last minute travel Luxurious law-enforcement limos.
Well done! You ve made good use of my pictures, as well as yours. All sorts of different geeps, even some leased from the northeast roads! last minute travel The CP power shortage in the mid-1980s last minute travel must have been very exciting! That shot with the Century and the Reimer Express trailer is very nice.
Thanks Eric for the nice retro look. Love the 5th Avenue, looking much cleaner than on the mud roads of previous Trackside Treasure writeups. Nice location by the steps as well. Very interesting selection of CP and VIA pix. Seems a bit difficult to find shots of VIA F40s at Regina though. If anyone reading has such pix I would be interested last minute travel in seeing them. They would be from a narrow window last minute travel 1986-1990 I guess.
Thanks for your comments, gentlemen. Elijah, I didn t have to let you know the post featuring your photos was up...fast response time on your part. There was indeed a nice assortment of units in the eighties, and I m preparing a couple of posts on CN s lease units. CP started leasing a few years earlier, but both were large leasers in the mid-90 s, the focus of my posts. Thanks again for sharing those Regina photos, which were the inspiration for this post. Watch for more Saskatchewan posts from interestingly-named places like Wartime, Stranraer, Milestone, Conquest and Elbow. Manny, perhaps someone reading this will indeed have photos you re looking for. The Fifth Avenue was infinitely nicer than the more utilitarian Cavalier last minute travel I rented the following last minute travel year. The F40 S headed west in early 87. Eric
Had not seen that before, Bryan. Thanks last minute travel very much for the link. It even includes some of the other places last minute travel I visited out of Saskatoon. Of those places, I wonder how many still have any elevators onsite...which makes the ones I saw definite treasure found trackside. Eric
TOP IMAGE! Doubleheader back-to-back, due to VIA's Churchill train temporarily truncated at Gillam. 6452 leads a classmate out of Winnipeg, where ten-dollar bill unit 6459 led the Canadian this past week! Photo by Manny Jacob. Thanks, Manny!
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I have a habitually short attention span for header photos last minute travel - usually the photo is something I've seen that catches my eye, and I trust it'll catch yours, too. I just can't keep the same photo up there for more than a few days' run. Whenever I ask the photographer for permission, appropriate credit is always given. Either way, I'll provide more detail whenever I can in the welcome message that follows the photo. If I can't, I'll make something up.