Stewart Southern Railway is a

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located in the South East region of

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, with its headquarters located in the community of

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. The line runs between Regina and Stoughton on the former Canadian Pacific line known as the Tyvan Subdivision. The Tyvan Sub parallels

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for most of its length. The railway handles commodities such as peas, lentils, and potash with

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being the primary Customer. In 2011 the main shipper has changed from grain cars to oil tankers, topping out just before the last bust in the oil field of 100 cars per day to Regina. Purely Canadian, a grain facility has built on the line at LaJord, bringing a multimillion-dollar investment into the area and has become the largest shipper on the line as of 2019-2020 November 1, 2018,

Watco Watco Companies, L.L.C. (Watco) is a transportation company based in Pittsburg, Kansas, formed in 1983 by Charles R. Webb. Watco was composed of four divisions: transportation, mechanical, terminal and port services, and compliance. Watco is th ...

began operating and managing all aspects of the railroad. In May 2020 Watco passed the management and operations to Xpert Rail Consulting.

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