Railpictures.ca - John Eull Photo: August the 1st, beginning of a new crop year…and both CN and CP are moving grain empties west for reloading. In the foreground, a pair of SD40s (5168 and 5172) have a colourful consist of government-owned cover hoppers in tow as they approach West Tower where CN’s Rivers and Gladstone subs cross the CP Carberry sub 0.8 miles to the west. In the background, a similar CP train behind SD40-2 5723 and GP35 5021 waits its turn at the diamond. (Photo taken from the Provincial Road 240 bridge.) | Railpictures.ca – Canadian Railway Photography

August the 1st, beginning of a new crop year...and both CN and CP are moving grain empties west for reloading. In the foreground, a pair of SD40s (5168 and 5172) have a colourful consist of government-owned cover hoppers in tow as they approach West Tower where CN's Rivers and Gladstone subs cross the CP Carberry sub 0.8 miles to the west. In the background, a similar CP train behind SD40-2 5723 and GP35 5021 waits its turn at the diamond. (Photo taken from the Provincial Road 240 bridge.)

Caption: August the 1st, beginning of a new crop year...and both CN and CP are moving grain empties west for reloading. In the foreground, a pair of SD40s (5168 and 5172) have a colourful consist of government-owned cover hoppers in tow as they approach West Tower where CN's Rivers and Gladstone subs cross the CP Carberry sub 0.8 miles to the west. In the background, a similar CP train behind SD40-2 5723 and GP35 5021 waits its turn at the diamond. (Photo taken from the Provincial Road 240 bridge.)

Photographer:	John Eull [424] (more) (contact)
Date:	8/1/1987 (search)
Railway:	Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks:	CN 5168 (search)
Train Symbol:	wb (search)
Subdivision/SNS:	Portage la Prairie (search)
City/Town:	Portage la Prairie (search)
Province:	Manitoba (search)
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NiagaraMike11

May 23, 2022 at 8:31 am

Very nice John. One of my favorite railfan spots !
Kevin

May 23, 2022 at 2:24 pm

Love it. Would you have any pictures of Brandon ?

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