Saturday, May 1, 2021

Kingston-Portage aboard VIA, 1982 - Part 1

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In 1982, from June 8 to June 26, I travelled from Kingston to Portage la Prairie, MB for what was becoming my annual summer visit to see rel...
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Friday, April 23, 2021

VIA Ex-CP Cars East to Montreal - Part 3

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VIA's Canadian has been suspended in 2020 east of Winnipeg due to the pandemic. Boo. Operation of VIA Nos 1/2 Winnipeg to Vancouver resu...
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Saturday, April 17, 2021

Train Orders by Mail

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Or mail order by train? No, I travelled west from Toronto aboard VIA Rail  in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s to visit relatives in Western...
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Saturday, April 10, 2021

Private car GHM-1

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Memories have a way of aggrandizing themselves in our minds. One example - I believed that I had recorded several observations of this vener...
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Friday, April 2, 2021

Modelling Chalk Marks on Freight Cars

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Chalk marks, usually at the end of car sides, was used as a communications device for car routing. Chalk marks indicated marshalling instruc...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

CNR 6060 Stops in Sydenham, 1977

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                                        On Saturday, October 15, 1977 we were at Sydenham, ON to await CNR 6060 as it led the St. Lawrence ...
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Sunday, March 28, 2021

CN's GMD-1 Heritage Fleet!

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           CN has leaked news that they hurriedly retired ALL remaining CN 1400-series GMD-1's in March. The reason? Two words...paint ...
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