Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)

Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
A modest building pictured on Shaunavon's main street.
Great Western head office
Overview
HeadquartersShaunavon, Saskatchewan
Reporting markGWRS
LocaleSouthwestern Saskatchewan, Canada
Dates of operation1999 (1999)–Present
PredecessorCanadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length440 miles (710 km)
Other
Websitewww.greatwesternrail.com
Great Western Railway
(Saskatchewan)
Great Western Railway
Red Coat Road and Rail
Fife Lake Railway
CPKC trackage
other lines

former line
to Weyburn
Poplar River Power Station
Pangman
Poplar River Coal Mine
Ogema
Coronach
Glasnevin
Fife Lake
Horizon
Constance
Viceroy
Rockglen
Verwood
Southern Rails Cooperative
Colony subdivision
Readlyn
Lisieux
Willows
Scout Lake
Assiniboia
former Wood Mountain Sub
Limerick
Melaval
LaFleche
Woodrow
Meyronne
Glenbain
Kincaid
Esme
Hazenmore
Vanguard
Aneroid
Pambrun
Ponteix
Neville
Cadillac
Blumenhof
Admiral
Instow
Shaunavon
former line to Val Marie
Dollard
Bracken
Eastend
Climax
Robsart
Frontier
Consul
Claydon
Notukeu Junction
former line to
Stirling, Alberta

The Great Western Railway (reporting mark GWRS) is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in Southwest Saskatchewan.[1] Great Western Railway Ltd. is an operating company that services the line and is locally owned and operated by farmers and municipalities in Southwestern Saskatchewan.

  1. ^ "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan University of Regina. Retrieved 2012-06-18.