The yard at DES is full of surprises

GMD1s 1421, 1433, and 1409 head south on the Scotford Industrial Spur with a transfer from CP’s Scotford Yard.

GMD1s 1409, 1433, and 1421 pull down the Scotford Industrial Spur as they build their train at the east end of Scotford Yard.

The Wainwright Rail Preservation Society owns this ex-CN GMD1u. It was donated due to crankshaft failure, and while CN tried to fix it, they somehow misplaced a few of the top panels, which were n... (more)

Recently, the GMD1s have been put back into switching use at Walker yard, after an absence of more than a month. This GMD1 is being taken towards the shops by a Dash 9 and a SD40-2 to be stored fo... (more)

GMD1s 1409, 1434, and 1400 make a light engine move into Scotford Yard.

CN's Scotford Yard Job pushes back into Shell Canada’s Scotford Refinery.

While some are wont to spend their lives looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, I'm perfectly satisfied with an old orangey-red bucket or two. 1423 and a couple of friends bask in ... (more)

The Thunder Bay North "Port Arthur beltpack" triple set pulls out of the Arnone Spur after delivering a WLO boxcar. This spur has been recently pulled from service, and will likely never return wi... (more)

Class unit 1400 and 6022 switch out Dow Glycol tank cars at Scotford.

A pair of GMD1s pull a cut of cars from a customer onto the Fort Saskatchewan Industrial Spur.

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An extra 514 is put together by an odd couple, the 1400 and 6022, at Scotford Yard. They'd eventually take the train over to the Sturgeon Industrial Spur.

CN 1434, 1433, and 1406 lead the Scotford Yard Job towards Dow Chemicals.

Yard power soaks in the evening sun as a scale test car passes by in the background.