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Moose Jaw to Wilkie
Posted by Doc Murdock on Monday, May 31, 2021 11:14 AM

I know the rail bridge at Outlook, Sk is no longe is use, so I was wondering about rail traffic on either side. Do trains still operate from Moose Jaw to Outlook and from Wilkie to Kerrobert?

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Posted by SD70Dude on Monday, May 31, 2021 5:01 PM

I'm not familiar with CP subdivision names.  The centre section of the Wilkie-Kerrobert line is abandoned, stubs remain at either end for car storage or to access a grain elevator.  The interlocking with the CN Wainwright Sub must have been removed, as it does not appear in our timetable anymore.  

The Kerrobert-Outlook line appears to be out of service east of the large G3 Prairie West grain terminal between Dodsland and Plenty.  Again, the interlocking with the CN Rosetown Sub no longer appears in our timetable so it must be gone, leaving no way for CP to access the track east of that point even if the rail is still in place.  The ex-CN line past Conquest is now operated by a shortline (Mobil Grain's Big Sky Rail), and if the connecting track between the CN and CP lines is still in place they may still service the elevator there.  

On the other side of the bridge, the track has been removed north of the Viterra elevator between Loreburn and Strongfield.

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