Category Archives: rail

E&N Mile 51.70 – Old Victoria Road

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Katherine

E&N mile 51.70 crossing at Old Victoria Road

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E&N Mile 92.7 – National Silicates

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Katherine

Mile 92.7 of the E&N is one of the many places that the train doesn’t run anymore on Vancouver Island. The siding for National Silicates is just off Herring Gull Way in Parksville.

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The train don’t run here anymore – Ellerhouse Road

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Katherine

Ellerhouse Road – Mile 23.24 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision I had driven past the Ellerhouse Road rail crossing several times but did not stop as it looked like just another disused section of rail line. On this … Continue reading →

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Locomotive – CP 8728

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Katherine

Canadian Pacific locomotive 8728, a GE ES44AC

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E&N Mile 123.0 Coal Creek Bridge

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Katherine

The Esquimalt & Nanaimo bridge over Coal Creek

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E&N Wellcox Spur – Mile 0.63 North South Junction

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Katherine

The Junction of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Wellcox Spur north and south branches The Junction of the Wellcox Spur north and south branches

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The train don’t run here anymore

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Katherine

The Windsor and Hantsport Railway railway bridge over Blue Beach Road

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Falmouth Fruit Company Warehouse

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Katherine

There’s a bit of history about 100 meters south of Highway 100 – to be precise, it’s located at Mile 33.19 from Windsor Junction on the Halifax Subdivision of the Dominion Atlantic Railway. That’s smack dab in Falmouth, sort of… … Continue reading →

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Alberni Pacific 8427

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Katherine

Alberni Pacific 8427, a 1954 1600 HP Alco RS-3 120 ton  locomotive

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Martins River train bridge

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Katherine

The old railway bridge about 150 meters off the Lighthouse Route allows users of the Dynamite Trail to cross over the Martins River and Shingle Mill Road. The Dynamite Trail is a 10km section of a former rail corridor running … Continue reading →

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