Trams in Porto, Portugal

My wife and I visited Portugal in May 2022. I recounted in this post how we spent time in Porto and then Lisbon, and traveled between the two cities by train. Now let’s talk about trams in Portugal. First, Porto. Trams, streetcars, light rail vehicles… to me they all refer to one or more connected … Read more

My 12 Favourite 2024 Photos, Part 1

I went back through the photos I took in 2024 and rated them, then sifted through the higher rated ones and chose one per month. Some months were pretty easy, but some – I’m looking at you, May, June and September – it was really hard to choose just one photo. So I cheated a bit.

Happy Holidays

I want to wish everyone reading this a happy holiday season, however you choose to celebrate it. In the depths of winter here in Canada, we’re glad to take a little break at the end of the year – at least the 25th, 26th and the 1st.

Return to Dartmouth

After switching Autoport, it was time for CN 509 to head back to Dartmouth. By this time, the train had grown to a decent length, with 9 or 10 auto rack cars behind the tank car they were carrying around.

Switching Autoport

The short chase of CN 509 from the yard in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to Shearwater was over. The two CN locomotives, pushing the tank car lifted from Irving Oil, arrived in the four track yard outside the Autoport facility.