Friday, August 27, 2010

Rail Changeout Unit: New rail for Old

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Tamper/Canron's Rail Changeout Unit was a $2 million, 221-foot long, 170-ton beast used to replace jointed rail with welded rail in th...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Postscript: Trackside Treasure Second Anniversary

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Thanks to everyone who tried rail-ly hard to track down the correct answer to Trackside Treasure's second anniversary contest skill-tes...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Trackside Treasure Second Anniversary

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Two years ago, I gathered together photos and notes I'd taken over the previous 32 years and called them Trackside Treasure. Alliterativ...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Vestibule View of Calgary, 1986

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VIA No 1 has arrived at Calgary's Palliser Square station. At 1730, a third unit is being added before the train enters the foothills of...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

The Lilies of the Field

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Lilacs frame a brace of five MLW's: 4720-4724-4236-4500-4212 as they depart CP's yard in Smiths Falls, Ontario on May 20, 1991. Fore...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Postscript: CN's Craik Subdivision

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CN's Craik Subdivision (see this previous post ) was often photographed by agricultural news photographers, probably because of its prox...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

CN's Craik Subdivision, 1986

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CN's Craik Subdivision runs 154 miles between Saskatchewan's two largest cities, Saskatoon and Regina. In 1979, the line hosted Rail...
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