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Trackside Treasure: June 2015

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The Skeena River at Mi 28 CN Skeena Sub. On vacation, I read Whistle Stop a Journey Across Canada. For my annual Canada Day post, I connected the RCMP with Canada's railways. My 2013 Canada Day post includes links to each previous Canada Day post. If you'd care to reminisce and wallow in Canadiana! From the steps of the BC Legislature in Victoria, 1980. Vestibule View of VIA No 1 near Exshaw, AB. Maple Creek, SK from the Park car of VIA No 1, 1985. CN Watrous, SK elevator track.

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Trackside Treasure: August 2015

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Monday, August 31, 2015. Montreal-North Bay, September 1985. We have just crossed the CP at De Beaujeu (top photo), which is Mi 35 of the CP Winchester Sub, and north of Glen Robertson on CN's Alexandria Sub at 1026. The CP track was important to capture, but moreso those classic Service cars! Passing through Maxville at Mi 34 of CN's Alexandria Sub, the station and feed mill loom over the rear of the Skyline, where I'm perched. Arrival at Ottawa at 1150 and a quick departure westward at 1200! That meet ...

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Trackside Treasure: Postscript: Trackside Treasure Seventh Anniversary

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Friday, August 7, 2015. Postscript: Trackside Treasure Seventh Anniversary. The entries are in, and have been opened, tallied, mulled, mulled some more, meditated on, and without any further procrastination on my part, here are the results of Trackside Treasure's seventh anniversary contest! First Contest Time-Sensitive -. How Observant Are You/What Do These Four Photos Have in Common? Honourable mention to Walker Coe who guessed that all four operated at standard gauge - 4'8 1/2"! Malcolm Peakman - Read...

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Trackside Treasure: Kingston-Toronto Return Trip, July 2015

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Kingston-Toronto Return Trip, July 2015. Just like a year ago. Was just outside the south side window (above). BCOL 4601 was the middle unit on a westbound intermodal, likely No 121, during its crew change at Belleville (below) looking out the north side window. Yard power CN 4018-7038 was resting at the yard office. At Toronto's Old City hall, an ALRV heads west past the cenotaph. A nice blend of modern and classic:. Three commemmorative UP pins for $18? You may wish to read th...

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Trackside Treasure: December 2014

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. Christmas on the Cataraqui Spur. First we had to get our priorities in order. That meant one thing.Tim Horton's drive-thru. During that wait, we ascertained that 518 was on Queens service track, having worked the remnant of CN's Aluminum Spur. Which has been fenced-in and taken over by Kingston Iron and Metal Co (KIMCO). (Note to self - next time get going early enough to get to KIMCO before. Lots o' links: in this earlier photo. Of the trestle in this Part 1 of my initial.

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Trackside Treasure: Trackside Treasure Seventh Anniversary

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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Trackside Treasure Seventh Anniversary. What is it about anniversaries? After all, each day follows another in a serial sunrise-sunset sequence. Anniversaries are significant to us because each year, we have a chance to reflect, look forward (above at Tompkins, SK) look back (below at Carmichael, SK both in 1986) and.hold a contest! For a minute, imagine that I created each Trackside Treasure post then simply saved it in my laptop. What would that do for me? Drifting diversity&#4...

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Trackside Treasure: 110 Minutes at Union Station, July 2015

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. 110 Minutes at Union Station, July 2015. I arrived in Toronto on VIA No 651 on July 9, and at the end of the day I had some spare time. Checking in at the Business Class lounge in Union Station, I picked up a new VIA hat from their souvenir selection, perused some email over a Coke, then tickled the ivories a bit. Before heading toward the CN Tower to do some trainwatching before departure back to Kingston. I visited the same spot last September. After another five minutes, an eas...

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Trackside Treasure: September 2014

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. IKO Transload at Belleville, August 2014. CN serves a unique transload facility just north of its Belleville, ON yard. I recently took the opportunity to investigate and photograph the transshipping of roofing granules, produced north of Belleville at Madoc by IKO Industries. The granules are trucked to Belleville, where they're loaded into an incredible variety of covered hoppers. The truck driver is in position (above) and a worker starts loading a car:. Guess what, it's ...

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Trackside Treasure: February 2015

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Thursday, February 26, 2015. Early-era VIA in Thunder Bay. Brian Martyniuk of Thunder Bay is a stalwart Northern Ontario railfan. Over a year ago, Bryan and I started discussing early-era VIA operations in the Thunder Bay area. Brian kindly shared photos for my posts on the Diefenbaker Funeral Train. And now, I'm pleased to be able to share some of Brian's fine 'T Bay' area photos showing VIA operations, along with caption information for the photos in this post. Though I've been through. At Westfort, No...