tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post8380918756321168400..comments2024-03-26T22:06:26.337-04:00Comments on Trackside Treasure: Harrowsmith, ON Part 6 - The CNoR StoryErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-12979806651028612862022-03-26T17:59:53.114-04:002022-03-26T17:59:53.114-04:00Sorry: I thought you mentioned that your fa-in-law...Sorry: I thought you mentioned that your fa-in-law was Warren Gossage! <br />WilmaWilma Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106502954228387401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-53707758272524572602022-03-23T21:55:05.079-04:002022-03-23T21:55:05.079-04:00Not me, Wilma. My father-in-law was Mr. Douglas Pi...Not me, Wilma. My father-in-law was Mr. Douglas Pixley.<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-15029690567687397802022-03-23T20:27:18.786-04:002022-03-23T20:27:18.786-04:00Your father-in-law is my first cousin; our fathers...Your father-in-law is my first cousin; our fathers were brothers...Just had a good chat with your bro-in-law Mike a couple of days ago. Small world!<br />Might you be interested in becoming a member of the South Frontenac Museum Society?Your interest in local rail history would be very welcome! let me know: I'm listed in the Frontenac News phone book: under "C&W Kenny"Wilma Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106502954228387401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-54176867716521766902022-03-11T21:13:17.590-05:002022-03-11T21:13:17.590-05:00Hi Wilma,
Great to hear from you. I think you are...Hi Wilma,<br /><br />Great to hear from you. I think you are on the Sydenham side of the hill, and I've heard of that culvert under the tracks but have never seen it.<br /><br />I think my father-in-law may have driven fuel truck for one of your family...Warren Gossage. When I worked at Gould Lake Conservation Area, I seem to remember passing by the truck parked at a house north out of Sydenham. If memory serves!<br /><br />Hope you will enjoy my blog. I've had a good response with this series that kept growing and getting longer...like a freight train. Old-time derailments definitely drew a crowd!<br /><br />Thanks very much for your comment,<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-65644161328002737612022-03-11T17:50:52.092-05:002022-03-11T17:50:52.092-05:00Thank you; this is wonderful info!I currently live...Thank you; this is wonderful info!I currently live in Sydenham just across the creek from the former tracks: My father, Otto Gossage (born 1908) grew up in a stone farmhouse right above the tracks just east of where they cross the Syd-Harrowsmith road.There is/was a cow underpass built from their farm to the lower fields. Dad had stories about them building the second track, the bribe that persuaded the Township to curve the road so the tracks could maintain a relatively straight line, the derailment that had a hundred well-dressed people wandering around the cow-pasture until repairs were done...My mother's aunt Willa O'Brien's husband was station-master in Sydenham at one time.<br />I will explore this website with pleasure.<br />Wilma Kenny<br />willorkenny@gmail.com<br />Wilma Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106502954228387401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-6278811661785926112021-11-22T12:19:17.645-05:002021-11-22T12:19:17.645-05:00I am learning right along with you, Ken. Thanks fo...I am learning right along with you, Ken. Thanks for your kind words. <br /><br />On Continue!<br />EricErichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822288099043790296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372955869775302424.post-51958165938131926402021-11-20T10:01:36.630-05:002021-11-20T10:01:36.630-05:00Once again thanks to your latest article I have le...Once again thanks to your latest article I have learned far more about the former CNoR Rideau Lakes mainline than ever. Unaware for example that some of it had been re-engineered. <br /><br />The whole series presents a fitting retrospective on a area that I had the opportunity to ride in the late 70’s. It must have been a pleasure to document with your dad having taught in nearby Sydenham. <br /><br />Bravo Eric on another interesting lesson in railway history.....plus<br /><br />Lâche pas <br />K.Wadden. Pte-Claire Qc.K Waddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063248789569630093noreply@blogger.com