Pioneer Grain Elevator -- Reed Lake SK CAN
N 50° 25.603 W 107° 08.452
13U E 347939 N 5588266
The huge modern Pioneer grain elevator in Reed Lake along the TransCanada highway. Its so busy it has its own locomotive switch engine!
Waymark Code: WM183X4
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 05/25/2023
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The only way you can miss Pioneer's giant concrete grain elevator, which is located right next to the TransCanada Highway, is if you're asleep at the wheel.
Don't be asleep at the wheel - or you'll miss lots of cool grain cars and pioneers dedicated switch engine that moves them around.
From Steve Boykin's Gran Elevators of Canada website: (
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"Richardson Pioneer has a large concrete elevator located at Reed Lake, SK. This is located between Herbert and Chaplin, Saskatchewan on the CP Rail line.
The elevator is made of concrete and has its own diesel-electric locomotive for switching grain cars."
The company website for this elevator can be found here: (
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"Richardson Pioneer Reed Lake
Seven kilometres east of Herbert on Hwy 1
Mailing Address
Box 639
Herbert, SK
S0H 2A0
Phone: 306-784-2286
Fax: 306-784-2654"