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Originally Posted by bodaggin
Always wondered about this. Thought Winnipeg got Gasoline by pipe, but the Gov Pipeline map hasn't worked for like 3yrs so the route was never visible.
What comes in on that pipe? Just Motor Gasoline? Diesel is by rail car only? Can you map the rough route that pipe takes through the NE side of the city? I assume it continues from Shell's Terminal?
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There are two lines in the right of way from Gretna (Endbridge Pipe line) to Winnipeg. One for Shell and one for Imperial. Years ago they were crude oil pipelines when both refineries were running, now I believe they are just transporting gas.
I don't know the exact route thru the southeast part of the city but the line does run along the east side of Plessis road. On Regent Ave West it appears to be running between 2 houses. As you get further north it gets closer to the Plessis right of way.
The Shell lines branches back west just north of the CN Plessis underpass from a valve station by the rail tracks.
CEMR has some sort of award winning Bio Diesel blending operation for Esso at their North Transcona rail yard. They have a custom mobile machine that takes a feed from a bio tank feed car and a feed from a normal Diesel car and mix them into a 3rd car which is then taken to the Esso terminal for distribution