The train don’t run here anymore…
The pictures in this series speak for themselves – no further comment is necessary when viewing where the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway once operated between Courtenay and Victoria.
E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 38.03 Top Shelf Feeds
The E&N spur for Top Shelf Feeds Top Shelf Feeds was the last major customer served by rail south of Nanaimo – rail service was suspended due to speed restrictions on the line and the dismal state of the bridges over the Chemainus and Cowichan Rivers. Passenger service on the line was suspended in March
E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 88.1 Powder Point Road
The E&N crossing at Powder Point Road In 1911, the tip of the Nanoose peninsula became known as “Powder Point” when the Giant Powder Company built a cordite and gunpowder plant for mining, land clearing and armaments for World War I. The company established established a community, complete with water and sewer systems, electricity, telephones
The train don’t run here anymore…
A few relatively short sections of the Victoria Subdivision have been upgraded to 100 Pound rail – that’s rail that weighs 100 pounds per yard. The heavier the rail, the heavier a load it can support, and the the faster that rail traffic can travel (at least in theory…). The majority of the rail is
E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 123.0 Coal Creek Bridge
The E&N bridge over Coal Creek I don’t usually post images that were shot looking down from the bridges – not because they are not very interesting, but because they don’t properly show the height of the bridge or the nature of the water way that that they pass over. To place things in perspective
Baynes Sound Oyster Boats
Oyster boats at Union Bay in Baynes Sound
Excavators
Komatsu and Hitachi excavators on a construction site
Rosewell Creek restoration
Stream bed restoration and enhancement upstream of the Rosewell Creek hatchery
E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 139.20 17th Street
The E&N crossing at 17th Street
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