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wo of the best elevatorson the prairie trip were photographed in the same day. Both are former Wheat Pool elevators and both retain the Pool logos. The elevator at Elbow (below) on Canadian Pacific’s Outlook Subdivision is now a museum; it has the more typical silver siding found on Pool elevators.
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we had seen on the trip, this was about the best. The dirt grade crossing, despite our best efforts to tell, was inconclusive in deter- mining if the train had come through or not. Just as we settled in to wait, a road grader pulled up and stopped. George quickly ran over to ask the operator if he had seen a train during the day. The reply did not make us happy; we had missed the train by about 15 minutes. Still, this was a stellar location and we still had a couple of days in the area; we would be back. That chance came the next day. We had
chased a Canadian Pacific train from Lore- burn almost into Moose Jaw, with one of the highlights being another great Pool elevator, this one at Elbow. Unlike Stony Beach, El- bow was in the more traditional Pool silver; like Stony Beach, it retained its Pool logo. In fact this one was preserved as a museum. Our chase ended at about 2:30 we were not far from Stony Beach and right in the
window the train was due. Arriving at the el- evator at about 3:30 we checked the dirt grade crossing; the flangeways were full of dirt and debris and we were 90 per cent sure the train had not run yet. With clear skies and great light on the elevator, we vowed to stay until the train came or the light gave out. However, 3:30 became 4:30, then the clock moved to 5:30 and still no train. We amused ourselves by watching and photographing the numerous dragon flies that seemed to like our car’s antenna. The sun was getting lower and lower, but there were no clouds; we’d have good light right down to the hori- zon. Finally at 6:30 the railroad radio had good news for us, as we heard our train leav- ing Regina 22 miles to the east. With a track speed of 25 m.p.h., it would take just about an hour for the train to get to us. And the sun was getting lower and lower. With the flat terrain and straight track we saw the headlight in about 30 minutes; still, the
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