RIP Richard Viberg
I knew Richard Viberg from volunteering at the Salem & Hillsborough Railroad in New Brunswick.
Review: Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive
Breathing Is How Some People Stay Alive is a loosely connected series of short stories often gave me the heebie-jeebies, but always kept me interested. The author, Alison Gadsby, blended horror, science fiction and more than a bit of family drama together to create this compelling collection. I gratefully acknowledge receiving this book as a … Read more
Bonavista Railway Travelling Post Office
I recently purchased an envelope from an online auction site that featured a couple of Newfoundland stamps and a cancellation from the Bonavista railway post office.
Rainbow Railfanning ‘Round Rivers
On June 19th 2017 I was in the Carberry-Brandon area of Manitoba and had a free evening. Little did I know how many rainbows I’d encounter!
Doing the Half Marathon
I participated in the 2026 Manitoba Marathon event, finishing the half marathon (21.1 km or 13.1 miles) in 3 hours, 1 minute and 21 seconds.
The J
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern was a railway operating on the periphery of Chicago, IL, and it was snapped up by CN in 2008, and fully absorbed into the Wisconsin Central on January 1, 2013.
The North Bay Subdivision
The Canadian Pacific Railway’s North Bay Subdivision ran between Chalk River and North Bay, Ontario, just over 117 miles. Today a portion of that is operated by the Ottawa Valley Railway.