As a fan of railways, and a former resident of Shearwater in the Halifax Regional Municipality, I was eager to read the book “Railroaded” by Bob Chaulk, the story of the rail cut through Halifax and the creation of Ocean Terminals.
41 years ago today (February 11, 1985), CN / Terra Transport ran a plow train from Corner Brook, Newfoundland to Badger and back.
This publication, “SIGNAL 23”, came with a collection of paper I acquired recently. It’s “the official monthly publication of the Canadian Trainmen’s Union”.
We’re going back in the archives for this one, to May 14, 2019. I was playing with my relatively-new drone to record a meeting between two trains on the CN Sprague subdivision, at the Lorette siding.
I was watching a train DVD the other day – Manitoba Trains by Railfan Video Adventures – and I was surprised to see myself on the screen, briefly.
My son Nick gave me a very simple “point and shoot” film camera, the Panorama Wide Pic. I shared the first roll last year, and now here’s the second roll!
I’ve become very cautious about my winter driving. I am not sure why, but I am far less willing to drive in iffy conditions than I used to be.
The book Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History is an in-depth and comprehensive look at the complex history of railways on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. This is a must-have book for fans of Maritime railway history. The old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” applies here. To me the cover says … Read more
