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Vancouver Wharves in North Vancouver for the entire trip.
Vancouver Wharves personnel performed the unloading, coor-
dinating this job with the unloading of potash trains.
Sultran purchased its own fleet of cars to ensure that their
product could move to market. Their first cars (SULX 1000-
16??) got built to a similar design as the coal fleet of CP and
came equipped with rotary couplers. CN and CP shared the
use of these cars as requested by Sultran, and ran on CN as
82-cars sets until sidings and unloading facilities could be
lengthened.
Many of these cars have been damaged in derailments and
retired because of twisted frames. These cars are produced
by Intermountain and are available in two different paint
schemes.
When the sulphur market picked up in the 1980’s and CN’s
older equipment grew closer to retirement, Sultran ordered
4000 cu. ft. cars similar to the Procor cars (21), but with only
two ribs on the end. By the time these cars (SULX 2000-2359)
arrived, the sulphur market had dwindled considerably.
However, CN was desperate for equipment to move larger
amounts of coal. CN reached an agreement with Sultran to use
21. North American Railcar – Sultran SULC (3 Line).
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