Friday, February 11, 2022

VIA Historical Association

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INTRODUCTION TO THE VHA The new VIA Historical Association (VHA) was the topic of our February Associated Railroaders of Kingston meeting, a...
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Friday, February 4, 2022

CN Derailment at Kingston, March 2005 - Part 2

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Part 1  was the genesis of CN No 306's derailment at Mi 178 Kingston Sub on March 17, 2005. In this Part 2, we'll clean up the inci...
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Friday, January 28, 2022

CN Derailment at Kingston, March 2005 - Part 1

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On March 17, 2005 CN Toronto-Saint John, NB freight train No 306 went into emergency due to a trespasser on the south track at Mi 178 Kingst...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

Kingston-Montreal Return Trip, March 1993

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On March 11, 1993 our little family left Kingston aboard VIA No 66 for another visit to snowy Montreal to visit my sister. We were in one of...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

Kingston-Montreal Return Trip, January 1992

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In the bleak mid-winter months of early 1992, our little family took a trip to Montreal. My sister Allison lived there at the time. We rode ...
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Sunday, January 2, 2022

Planting the Flag - 1980's Modelling in 2022!

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When neoclassicist John Vanderlyn painted The Landing of Columbus, commissioned in 1836 and installed in the U.S. Capitol in 1847, he only h...
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Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Cataraqui Spur Woods, December 2021

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It was Monday, December 20, just a few days before Christmas. Dashing through the snow, with a post-prandial delivery of my books to Kingst...
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