Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation
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Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Saskatchewan established on October 2, 1979 to purchase and rent grain rail cars for the transportation of statutory grains between Saskatchewan and export ports. The board of directors is chaired by Jim Reiter
, and also consists of Bob Bjornerud
, Robert Penny, Alanna Koch. The corporation is governed by the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation Act. In 1990 the government investment $55M in the corporation for the purchase of 1,000 new covered rail cars. Priority in the rentail of rail cars is given to short-line operators in the province
and Canadian National Railway
when the corporation was established, these were replaced by newly built cars in 1981.
Between February and October 1981 these were replaced with 1,000 newly built steel rail cars, lined with epoxy, manufactured by Hawker Siddeley Canada
. Each car has a capacity of 128.8 cubic meters. Approximately 906 cars remain in service with 417 allocated to Canadian National and 489 allocated to Canadian Pacific. Approximately 800 cars are in the original brown and orange paint scheme. In 2007 110 cars were repaired by GE Rail Car Repair Services Company in Regina. The new paint scheme is green with the type Saskatchewan!.
Models of the rail cars are sold by North American Railcar Corporation.
Jim Reiter
Jim Reiter is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Rosetown-Elrose in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election...
, and also consists of Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...
, Robert Penny, Alanna Koch. The corporation is governed by the Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation Act. In 1990 the government investment $55M in the corporation for the purchase of 1,000 new covered rail cars. Priority in the rentail of rail cars is given to short-line operators in the province
Car design
Older rail cars were obtain from Canadian Pacific RailwayCanadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
and Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
when the corporation was established, these were replaced by newly built cars in 1981.
Between February and October 1981 these were replaced with 1,000 newly built steel rail cars, lined with epoxy, manufactured by Hawker Siddeley Canada
Hawker Siddeley Canada
Hawker Siddeley Canada was the Canadian unit of the Hawker Siddeley Group of the United Kingdom and manufactured railcars, subway cars, streetcars, aircraft engines and ships from the 1960s to 1980s.-History:...
. Each car has a capacity of 128.8 cubic meters. Approximately 906 cars remain in service with 417 allocated to Canadian National and 489 allocated to Canadian Pacific. Approximately 800 cars are in the original brown and orange paint scheme. In 2007 110 cars were repaired by GE Rail Car Repair Services Company in Regina. The new paint scheme is green with the type Saskatchewan!.
Models of the rail cars are sold by North American Railcar Corporation.