Great Western Railway (Saskatchewan)

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Great Western Railway
Reporting marks	GWR
Locale	southwestern Saskatchewan
Dates of operation	1999–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan

This article is about a railway operating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. For other articles of the same name, see Great Western Railway (disambiguation).

Great Western Railway Ltd. (AAR reporting mark: GWR) is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in southwest Saskatchewan. GWR is the operating company whereas Westcan Rail Saskatchewan Ltd. is the owner of the track and structures. WRS was owned by WestCan Rail of Abbotsford, British Columbia, a railway contracting and maintenance company.

In 2004 the railway was purchased by local investors from the area of Saskatchewan it serves. It is now locally owned and operated.

Great Western Railway uses Montreal Locomotive Works M-420W locomotives that were originally built for Canadian National Railway

v • d • e Class II and class III railways of Canada

Current (operating) regional railways	AMT • BCVX • CRC • CSXT • GOT • HBRY • KR • MMA • NLCL • NS • ONT • QNSL • RMV • TRT • WPY

Former or fallen flag regional railways	AC • BCOL • C&K • CAR • CAR (original) • CASO • CCR • CER • CGR • CNoR • CV • CW&LER • DAR • E&NAR • GTPR • GTR • ICR/IRC • MC • MR • NAR • NR • NS&T • N&PJ • NRC • NSR • NTR • NYC • OA&PS • O&QRR • PC • PEIR • PSCR • SLQ • T&NR • TT • VR



Current (operating) short line railways	ANR • ANY • APR • APRE • ARM • ARND • BCRY • BFDC • CBNS • CBC • CEMR • CFC • CFL • CFM • CFMG • CFQG • CFRR • CFRS • CNoR • CR • CRM • CTRW • CWRL • ENR • ETR • FSSR/EKRC • GEXR • GHRP • GFR • GJD • GRS • GWWD • GWR • HCRR • HCRY • HCWR • HPHV • INCO • IRRS • KFR • KHR • KPR • KVSR • LWR • L&PS • NBEC • NBSR • N&NR • OKAN • OBRY • OCRR • OLO • OSR • OVR • OVO • PDCR • PCHR • POM • PSTR • QGRY • RLHH • RLK • RMRS • S&HR • SCR • SLQ • SOR • SRCL • SRY • SSR • STCR • STER • SVI • TRRY • VDHR • WABL • WSJR/WCR • WCRA • WHRC • YDHR

Former or fallen flag short line railways	B&HER • BCER • BR • C&K • C&SL • CVR • CW&LER • DH • DVR • DWP • EIR • G&LS • GFCR • GRNR • GVR • H&BIR • H&DR • H&NWR • HER • HG&BER • HGR • HIR • HRE • HSR • IRM • K&P • K&S • KLR • KVR • L&LER • L&MSR • LEN • LB&PR • M&MR/M&M • MKNR • MSRT • N&NR • N&NWR • N&S • NN&RW • NGR • NSR • NYR • O&Q • O&RRR/ORRR • PAD&WR/PADW • QC • S&L • SAR • SOO • STLH • SW&AR • T&MER • T&SER • TG&B • TCR • THB • TRC • TS&MJR • TSt.R • TSR • T&YRR • WI • WE&LSR • WESR • WTV&IR

See also: List of Canadian railways