Trackside Log for Friday, October 5, 2007

Today was devoted to the railways. Sam and I drove out to Portage la Prairie to watch trains. Both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific main lines pass through this once vital grain hub. No elevators remain in Portage la Prairie. We were subject to very cloudy weather with spits of rain so slides were out.

• 1139 CDT Portage la Prairie, MB - CN 114 east - CN 5751-CN 5288 (photo)
• 1205 CDT Portage la Prairie, MB - CP westbound - CP 9122 (photo)
• 1317 CDT Portage la Prairie, MB - CN 111 west - CN 8007-CN 2573-CN 5403 (photo)
• 1333 CDT Portage la Prairie, MB - CN westbound - CN 2640-CN 2427 (photo)
• 1359 CDT Portage la Prairie, MB - CP eastbound - CP 8607-CP 8651

After a while we headed back toward Winnipeg and made a pitstop in Dacotah, MB. Sadly the elevator that I photographed here several years ago was now gone.

• 1522 CDT Dacotah, MB - CN 450 east - CN 5544-CN 5265 (photo)

And that was about it. There were certainly fewer trains that I was hoping for and the weather sure didn't cooperate, but at least we saw something.