Category Archives: rail

E&N – signs – Two black circles

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Katherine

You may have seen one of these whiteboard signs with black circles – they advise snowplow crews to raise flanger blades in advance of crossings, switches, and other between-the-rail obstructions. The southern approach to the E&N bridge over Mill Creek … Continue reading →

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E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 124.10 Mill Creek bridge

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Katherine

The E&N bridge over Mill Creek Height: 40 ft Total Length: 173 ft Spans: 65’-4” (DPG), 106’-4” (DT)

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Victoria Subdivision – Mile 124.37 Cougar Smith Road

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Katherine

The E&N presents many problems for me, in that it’s hard to know the proper name of what I am looking at, and where it is within the rail system. The crossing at Cougar Smith Road was a nice change … Continue reading →

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Coombs handcar

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Katherine

Mark Charland’s railway handcar on Alberni Valley Railway track in Coombs

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The Vancouver Island Model Engineers

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Katherine

The Victoria & Sidney Railway, operated at the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society by the Vancouver Island Model Engineers (V.I.M.E.) .

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CN 77559

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Katherine

Canadian National 77559 at the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum Canadian National (CN) caboose 77559 started life in May 1926 as Grand Trunk Railway (GTR)  90808. The Grand Trunk Railway operated in Quebec and Ontario, and in Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, … Continue reading →

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Western Vancouver Island Industrial Heritage Society

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Katherine

A look around the roundhouse at the Western Vancouver Island Industrial Heritage Society – home of the Alberni Pacific. More images on Facebook

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CP 4069

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Katherine

CP 4069, a 1952 (GMD) EMD FP7A  at Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo The locomotive is powering a heritage streamliner train was assembled in Nanaimo to celebrate the 130th anniversary of rail on Vancouver Island. The train is owned by the … Continue reading →

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SVI 110

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Katherine

Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI) EMD GP9 locomotive 110 in Nanaimo Frame Number: 5472-6 Built: July 1956, General Motors Electro-Motive Division AAR wheel arr.: B-B Gauge: 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Trucks: EMD Bloomberg B … Continue reading →

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Onto the siding

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Katherine

A pair of Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI) locomotives working a series of tank cars for delivery onto a siding in Nanaimo. Rail is alive on Vancouver Island, but barely…

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