CN’s MacMillan train yard in the Toronto area is the second largest train yard in Canada – after Winnipeg’s Symington yard. Opened in 1965, it helped move rail traffic – and the CN train yard – out of downtown Toronto and freed up track space for GO Transit in 1967, along with the CN Tower … Read more
The humble boxcar. Barely noticed, largely replaced by more specialized cars, these universal carriers still soldier on even today.
When I saw you again, after all those years, it was such a tidal wave of emotions. I was staggered.
Canadian rock band The Northern Pikes hit the big time with their third album, “Snow in June”, released in 1990. It featured three hit songs, including the monster “She Ain’t Pretty”. It’s a perfect album.
This is a scan of the Northern Alberta Railways (NAR) public timetable #49 dated April 25, 1971.
This is a scan of the Northern Alberta Railways (NAR) public timetable #49 dated October 25, 1959.
Railfans are usually visual people. We take photographs of trains. We read books about trains. We watch trains videos. But sometimes, we listen. And smell. And touch. And rarely, taste.
Six o’clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream / I was shooting Frecciarossas by a crystal blue Italian stream
