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Curious about CP Rail. I see there locomotives with BNSF, and with UP, in Texas and in the Northwest. Has CP hooked up with multiple US rail lines across all of North America?

CPR does a lot of run-throughs with American roads today especially with NS up here in New England with CPR and NS owning the D&H, and CPR now owning the remnants of the Bangor and Aroostook, With their ownership of the former MILW via the Soo purchase, they interchange and work with BNSF and UP in that part of the country.
 
Interesting. I did not know how widespread it was. I first saw them with UP along the Columbia river and between Portland and Seattle with what appeared to be CPRail grain trains, so I thought it was an easier run through the US to the seaports, but I recently posted a railfan Google image of one with a UP tanker train, so I was beginning to wonder.
 
Though I'm Indonesian, I would like to present a shot from the neighboring country of Malaysia:

https://www.google.com/maps/@2.5807...4!1sXe6CO1RZ9EUTNJBQnp9uPQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Class 26 #26107 of Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) hauled a long consist of freight train loaded with tanktainers owned by YTL Cement (one of large-scale cement and ready-mix concrete manufacturer in Malaysia), seen here took a stop at the-then recently renovated Gemas station in Negeri Sembilan state. The Streetview photograph itself was taken in March 2014, only a few months after the completion of electrification, grade separation and double-tracking project of KTM West Coast Line from Seremban to Gemas in October 2013.
 
You're welcome!

I found that the method used by YTL Cement of Malaysia to transport bulk cement on the freight train using tanktainer is basically similar with the ones found in West Sumatra division of Indonesian Railways (where the cement is transported by rail as a bulk product before being packed into smaller sacks at the destination station), albeit those in West Sumatra division is transported with a specialized bulk cement tank car rather than using tanktainers loaded into an ordinary flatcar (of course each methods had their own strength and weakness :hehe:).

Cheers,

Arya.
 
Another Malaysian shot:

https://www.google.com/maps/@3.2389...4!1sDCm5NQgANtg2-eYoKBIlpw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This is the shot of another KTM Class 26, this time #26104 is seen here leading a bulk cement train waiting for departure from cement plant siding of YTL Cement located just to the north of Batu Caves station in Selangor. Unlike the earlier shot in my previous reply, this one used specially-designed tank cars for carrying bulk cement toward packing facilities (and yes, they are mostly weathered).
 
In October of 2007 a long eastbound Union Pacific manifest out of Rock Springs WY. Lead unit 6-axle GE UP #7765, 6-axle EMD UP #?592?, 6-axle EMD UP #4400, 6-axle EMD UP #?4391?, and 6-axle EMD BNSF? #6971. Had difficulty reading some of the numbers.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.668...4!1sDxiYZvRdf6xUmEDIA5n4Rg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I'm still having trouble adapting to EMD being bought by Progress Rail and still keep calling that line of locos an EMD even though the change was years ago.

A quick thanks to speedracer72 for giving the example of the Street View date display. I wouldn't have looked for it otherwise.
 
In October of 2007 a long eastbound Union Pacific manifest out of Rock Springs WY. Lead unit 6-axle GE UP #7765, 6-axle EMD UP #?592?, 6-axle EMD UP #4400, 6-axle EMD UP #?4391?, and 6-axle EMD BNSF? #6971. Had difficulty reading some of the numbers.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.668...4!1sDxiYZvRdf6xUmEDIA5n4Rg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I'm still having trouble adapting to EMD being bought by Progress Rail and still keep calling that line of locos an EMD even though the change was years ago.

A quick thanks to speedracer72 for giving the example of the Street View date display. I wouldn't have looked for it otherwise.

Nice view. I can only imagine having a view like that where I live.

Here's an older 10/2007 view of the same tracks with a train of auto racks. We can't make out the engine numbers due to the age of the image. It's hard to believe we thought the images in those days were so awesome.
https://goo.gl/maps/VU3nBvptKs3wdHvz5
 

Interestingly the name "Blue Tiger" coined to the whole GE DE33AC itself also perfectly fits with the symbol of Malaysia itself, because tiger is the animal designated by the government of Malaysia as their country's symbol. This became the reason why Keretapi Tanah Melayu or KTMB had their GE DE33AC or Class 26 painted with the "Blue Tiger" loco on its side body. :)
 
Some shots from Indonesia:

1. Near Madukismo Sugar Refinery, Yogyakarta

https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.829...4!1sAt11O_zxYyoaJTiXJI2ucA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

This Streetview shot from November 2019 featured a tour train of Madukismo Sugarcane Railway chartered by a school, where it was hauled by a classic diesel locomotive renovated by PT Madu Baru (owner of Madukismo Sugar Refinery and its corresponding Madukismo Sugarcane Railway) to resemble the steam locomotive once used to haul sugarcane trains from plantation area to sugar refinery and vice versa. In fact, the diesel locomotive itself was built by "VEB Lokomotivbau Karl Marx" of Babelsberg in the former East Germany (it was the same factory who produced C300 series light switcher diesel locomotive for Indonesian Railways in the past).

While the sugar refinery itself is now only served by Madukismo Sugarcane Railway, before 1980 it was also served by a branch line of Indonesian Railways' Bantul Line (Yogyakarta - Palbapang. Before 1943 it extends all the way to Sewugalur, but section past Palbapang station was forcibly torn away by Imperial Japanese Army for building wartime railway lines) that diverges from Winongo halt, with the main purpose of the branch line was for transporting sugar and its byproducts to Semarang and other cities by rail. Unfortunately the Bantul Line and its branch to Madukismo Sugar Refinery was closed due to motorization.

2. Arjawinangun Station, Cirebon

https://www.google.com/maps/@-6.645...4!1sjbNf6Hfn80C87OFGjJNQJQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

One of the 1st batch unit of CC201 series locomotive (GE U18C) of Indonesian Railways is seen here in this January 2019 Streetview shot stopping at Arjawinangun Station with a string of empty flatcars, probably waiting for its turn to perform switching duty inside the station, as this station handles cement trains from Karangtalun, Semarang etc. Unfortunately the locomotive's number is not clear enough to be read by my eyes, as the Streetview camera tooked the photograph from far distance (when the photograph was taken a portion of area in front of station building was in process of being transformed into parking and daily maintenance area for cement-carrier flatcars. Currently it has been already completed and put into regular usage).
 
This is taken at Kennedy GO Station with MP40PH-3C #623 stopped with an Eastbound train. The station is currently being refurbished with a second track and new station building. As a result, the old platform was teared down and a temporary platform was put in. This one can only accommodate 6 cars trains because of COVID, in which most trains only run with 6 coaches.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.733...4!1soRPPOUHmx18hbEtZQQJwDQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
 
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Very interesting as always, thanks. I saw another sugarcane loco nearby.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.829...4!1sMG8d5t4VTUZikOL0rjwihA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Thanks for another shot from nearby location!

And while the spirit of sugarcane railway still continues:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.134...4!1sbzQeM0P4H27uxCUJK8PBuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This August 2015 photograph showed us one of the diesel loco of Jatiroto sugar refinery in East Java performing its regular duty, having a string of empty sugarcane freight cars coupled behind it. :)
 
Thanks for another shot from nearby location!

And while the spirit of sugarcane railway still continues:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.134...4!1sbzQeM0P4H27uxCUJK8PBuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This August 2015 photograph showed us one of the diesel loco of Jatiroto sugar refinery in East Java performing its regular duty, having a string of empty sugarcane freight cars coupled behind it. :)

Nice little shunter.

Here's something I found last night.

https://goo.gl/maps/9YdxQr5pj7MeZhX67

It's just up the street from where Rob got his post from. This is dated July 2017.

Here's another view of the same sugar mill.

https://goo.gl/maps/wzMq6b8GJ4hLGa9cA
 
Nice little shunter.

Here's something I found last night.

https://goo.gl/maps/9YdxQr5pj7MeZhX67

It's just up the street from where Rob got his post from. This is dated July 2017.

Here's another view of the same sugar mill.

https://goo.gl/maps/wzMq6b8GJ4hLGa9cA

While these small-sized switchers are actually powerful enough for hauling long consist of sugarcane-carrier cars, but at some sugar mills like Jatiroto they were sometimes deployed in a two-unit formation to haul longer trains.

Speaking of the Madukismo Sugar Mill, it was actually the second one to be built on that site; the first one was Padokan Sugar Mill, constructed in the Dutch East Indies period but had to be burnt down by Indonesians in the revolution period between 1945 and 1949 to prevent it from being captured by Dutch military. The replacement of former Padokan Sugar Mill itself is the Madukismo Sugar Mill, which was constructed in order to restart the production of sugar and its byproducts in Yogyakarta region.

And another shot:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.141...4!1sIpWgpijcDCtfJw9UJr2tgQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

This one is from Jatiroto Sugarcane Railway network, but this time it carries complete set of rails with its steel ties. Unfortunately it is not clear whether the rails are new or not. :eek:
 
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