I bought this photo on eBay, because it was railway related, from the Fredericton New Brunswick area. It turns out that it was from Fredericton Junction, and it was part of a new water tank for steam engines.

CN 3873 is at the fuel stand in Moncton, New Brunswick on November 16, 1975. This was an RS-18 built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1960, CNR class MR-18g.

Earlier this month, I passed the 20th anniversary of Confessions of a Train Geek. 20 years of blogging!

My father-in-law, Wayne Franklin, died on June 27, 2025. He leaves a huge hole in many lives. He was a good man, missed by many.

Hi. This is just a placeholder post to let you know I’m still around, even though it’s been a little while since I’ve posted. I’m OK.

My son Nick gave me a camera a while ago. It’s widely described as a toy camera, or “rubbish”. It’s called a Panorama Wide Pic, “focus free”.

This article was provided by Richard Viberg, Ed Bowes and Art Clowes to tell the story of the Sunset dining train at the Salem and Hillsborough Railroad. They provided the majority of the photos, and I included a few of my exterior photos.

It’s Men’s Mental Health Week (June 6-13). We men need to take care of our mental health, and that starts with talking about it. Today I’d like to talk about anxiety.