Anxiety and Me
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.
View From the Forks
When I first visited Winnipeg in the early 2000s, I went up the short tower in the Forks and photographed a train at nearby Union Station. Recently I decided to try that again.
Mile 16
One of the few bends in the CN Rivers subdivision is 16 miles west from Winnipeg’s downtown Union Station. Recently I spent an enjoyable morning there.
Finally
One photograph I always intended to make was a CN train crossing the Red River in Winnipeg. After living here for almost 16 years, I finally did it.
Luck of the Irish?
I don’t know why I titled this post “Luck of the Irish”. These photos were taken in the night of April 4-5, 2025, which was definitely not St. Patrick’s Day. And I’m not Irish.
TH&B Timetables, 1968 and 1973
Here are two public timetables for the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, from 1968 and 1973. The TH&B was a railway running between Waterford, ON and Welland, ON (the International Railway Bridge near Niagara Falls), with a branch to Port Maitland.
TH&B Timetable, April 25, 1965
This is the public timetable for the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, effective April 25, 1965.
CPKC and More
The first locomotive painted for Canadian Pacific Kansas City (9375) was revealed on May 13, 2024. It took me a year and four days to see my first CPKC-painted locomotive.
Turkeys, Trains and Pools
An “ordinary” outing turned into a wild feast of trains, turkeys, and fallen flags.