Winnipeg — Farmers in south-central Manitoba will soon have one more delivery option for their grain, as the CWB Bloom terminal, near Portage la Prairie, is on track to begin receiving grain at the end of June, according to a CWB report.
The facility has 33,900 tonnes of storage, cleaning facilities, and a 134 car loop track. It will reportedly be able to handle 1,600 tonnes per hour.
The latest CWB announcement highlighted recent work to connect the facility to the CN mainline. That work was finished in the early hours of June 9 by workers and 10 backhoes working on the track simultaneously in order to minimize disruptions on the busy CN mainline, according to the CWB release. Great Plains Rail Contractors completed the connections for CWB.
