The Panorama Wide Pic Camera
My son Nick gave me a camera a while ago. It’s widely described as a toy camera, or “rubbish”. It’s called a Panorama Wide Pic, “focus free”.
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The “Sunset” Dinner Train, 1985-2005
This article was provided by Richard Viberg, Ed Bowes and Art Clowes to tell the story of the Sunset dining train at the Salem and Hillsborough Railroad. They provided the majority of the photos, and I included a few of my exterior photos.
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.