car corporation type crown corporation industry railroad car leasing founded 1979 headquarters regina saskatchewan canada products rental of rail cars website http www.sgcc.gov.sk.ca saskatchewan grain car corporation reporting marks skpx sknx is a crown corporation owned by the government of saskatchewan established on october 2 1979 to purchase and rent grain rail cars for the transportation of statutory grains between saskatchewan and export ports . the board of directors is chaired by jim reiter and also consists of bob bjornerud robert penny alanna koch . the corporation is governed by the saskatchewan grain car corporation act . 1 in 1990 the government investment 55m in the corporation for the purchase of 1 000 new covered rail cars . priority in the rentail of rail cars is given to short line operators in the province 2 car design edit older rail cars were obtained from canadian pacific railway and canadian national railway when the corporation was established these were replaced by newly built cars in 1981 . between february and october 1981 these were replaced with 1 000 newly built steel rail cars lined with epoxy manufactured by hawker siddeley canada . each car has a capacity of 128.8 cubic meters . approximately 906 cars remain in service with 417 allocated to canadian national and 489 allocated to canadian pacific . approximately 800 cars are in the original brown and orange paint scheme . in 2007 110 cars were repaired by ge rail car repair services company in regina . the new paint scheme is green with the type saskatchewan . 3 models of the rail cars are sold by north american railcar corporation . 4 references edit history press release provincial hopper cars now available to saskatchewan shortlines fleet profile model rail cars external links edit saskatchewan grain car corporation v t e saskatchewan crown corporations crown investments corporation cic current crowns owned through cic sask gaming sgi sasktel saskpower saskenergy saskatchewan transportation company saskwater information services corporation of saskatchewan investment saskatchewan saskatchewan development fund corporation saskatchewan government growth fund management corporation saskatchewan opportunities corporation current crowns owned through other departments global transportation hub authority saskatchewan grain car corporation saskatchewan housing corporation saskatchewan liquor and gaming authority saskatchewan research council former crown corporations potash corporation of saskatchewan saskatchewan communications network scn saskatchewan government airways saskatchewan minerals saskatchewan mining development corporation saskatchewan oil & gas corporation saskatchewan potato utility development company v t e corporations based in regina saskatchewan crown corporations farm credit canada global transportation hub authority investment saskatchewan sask gaming saskatchewan government insurance saskatchewan grain car saskatchewan liquor and gaming authority saskatchewan research council saskatchewan transportation company saskenergy saskpower sasktel transgas publicly traded corporations viterra westwind pictures private corporations coteau books harvard developments westwind pictures yara belle plaine saskfilm co operatives access communications conexus credit union consumers co operative refineries sherwood co op retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saskatchewan grain car corporation & oldid 696666135 categories saskatchewan railwayscrown corporations of saskatchewancompanies based in regina saskatchewanrolling stock leasing companiesgrain trade navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 december 2015 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view