Caption: After landing in the airport in Saskatoon and grabbing my rental, I booked it out of town to the Watrous, specifically to this spot - CN Hawoods. From my limited experience, quite a few meets take place here at Hawoods and that's what I was headed for. Sure enough, when I got there I found 114 (pictured at left) waiting in the hole. I knew it wouldn't be long for a westbound to come out of town, as this is the first spot for meets west of Saskatoon. Sure enough, 119 (pictured right) was along not soon after. I stuck around to shoot 114 departing, then grabbed 196 a little further west. I wasn't in the area much longer, and soon headed south for Craik, Aylesbury, Moose Jaw, and Mortlach.
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Great action shot James! Reminds me of my limited time in Edmonton back in July…man, the trains there!
What the heck is beside 119 units. To big for a dwarf, to small as a typical signal. Is it so flat there that half masts get the job done. LOL.
@Kevin honestly it’s like shooting fish in a barrel out there compared to things here.
@Larry yeah that’s a funny one eh? Noticed that too when I first visited Hawoods back in 2018.
@jknott86 I know, I was shocked at how busy it was compared to here…I saw at least 4 stack trains in a matter of 15-20 mins, two in each direction, at one time! Here, you’re lucky to catch one train in the span of an hour!