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The HBR wayfreight from Gillam had arrived in Churchill earlier in the morning with this trio of locomotives and a dozen or so cars. After a crew change, the power went to work as the HBR yard engine sorting the various cars and spotting them at several different locations in the yard. HLCX 1046, the trailing unit of the three is seen here revering into the yard across from the Churchill station after having run around the loaded cars so they could spot the flat loaded with pickup trucks at an unloading ramp. The locomotive lash-up consisted of HLCX 1046, LLPX 2605, and HLCX 1041. While there hasn't been a loaded grain train over these rails leading to the massive grain storage and loading facility on Hudson Bay since 2015-2016, the very active yard crew keeps the old 85 lb. bolted steel polished with lots of carloads of construction material, vehicles, supplies, and who knows what else being marshalled along the once bustling grain dumper lead.
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Caption: The HBR wayfreight from Gillam had arrived in Churchill earlier in the morning with this trio of locomotives and a dozen or so cars. After a crew change, the power went to work as the HBR yard engine sorting the various cars and spotting them at several different locations in the yard. HLCX 1046, the trailing unit of the three is seen here revering into the yard across from the Churchill station after having run around the loaded cars so they could spot the flat loaded with pickup trucks at an unloading ramp. The locomotive lash-up consisted of HLCX 1046, LLPX 2605, and HLCX 1041. While there hasn't been a loaded grain train over these rails leading to the massive grain storage and loading facility on Hudson Bay since 2015-2016, the very active yard crew keeps the old 85 lb. bolted steel polished with lots of carloads of construction material, vehicles, supplies, and who knows what else being marshalled along the once bustling grain dumper lead.

Photographer:
Paul O'Shell [439] (more) (contact)
Date: 08/04/2022 (search)
Railway: Hudson Bay Railway (search)
Reporting Marks: HLCX 1046 (search)
Train Symbol: unknown (search)
Subdivision/SNS: Churchill/Herchmer (search)
City/Town: Churchill (search)
Province: Manitoba (search)
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3 Comments
  1. Sweet

  2. A very rare location. Not many photographers venture out here. Even fewer go to The Pas or Pukatawagan

  3. Thanks for the comments guys. I covered a lot of real estate during my three days in Churchill and was rewarded with some very decent photos. I’m glad several of them are making it to the pages of RP.ca
    I’m already planning a return trip to Churchill for mid-summer next year, and this time I will detrain in The Pas and take the KRC Pukatawagan Mixed from The Pas to Pukatawagan & return as part of the journey. Stay tuned for more rare and classic railroading from Manitoba’s far north.

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