35 Years Since December 6
35 years ago today, a man attacked the campus of École Polytechnique in Montréal and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people.
Hard to Say I’m Sorry
I have a love-hate relationship with the band Chicago. Mostly love, mixed with an unpleasant memory.
RIP Raymond Kennedy
Canadian railway enthusiast and historian Raymond Kennedy died on November 26, 2024. He was 83. The Toronto Railway Historical Association shared the sad news on Facebook.
Review: For the Love of a Son
Many Canadian sports fans know who Scott Oake is. He was a familiar face and voice on Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet, and many other events including the Olympics. In For the Love of a Son, Scott uses his formidable story telling skills to tell the story of his son, Bruce, who passed away from … Read more
10 Questions for Rick Malo
“I’m a 1st Generation Texan, born and raised in the mosquito-riddled confines of Houston, Texas back in the early 1960s before the interstates came to town.”
Traffic Jam on the Rivers Sub
It was an early morning, late September; a fine morning to be out by the rails.
The morning started with a ballast train bombing through Diamond at six AM, darkness enfolding all.
10 Questions for Oren B. Helbok
Born in the Bronx in 1965, I ran away from a steam locomotive the first time that I saw one, at age 2, but I very quickly turned around, and since then I have photographed and ridden steam trains from approximately coast to coast.
Drawing the Monk Subdivision
On September 2, 2021 I received an email from Richard Manicom that would lead to a lot of back-and-forth, some great knowledge exchanges, an article in CN Lines magazine, and the map above.
Last Train to Fort Qu’Appelle
On the RailsMBSK Facebook group, Chris C asked when the last passenger train served Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. Naturally, I leapt to my timetable collection for the answer.
10 Questions for Dennis Livesey
After Oren Helbok adapted the “Interesting Railfan” concept to pretend to put a few questions to photographer Dennis Livesey, I decided to ask Dennis 10 actual questions.