Category Archives: The train don’t run here anymore

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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E&N Port Subdivision

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Katherine

  Well now – this is a bit of a pickled as I can’t remember if this is the E&N railway Port Subdivision crossing of Lockport Creek or Pipeline Creek. Either way, the train doesn’t run here anymore, or anywhere … Continue reading →

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E&N Port Subdivision

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Katherine

  Well now – this is a bit of a pickled as I can’t remember if this is the E&N railway Port Subdivision crossing of Lockport Creek or Pipeline Creek. Either way, the train doesn’t run here anymore, or anywhere … Continue reading →

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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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Middleton – the train don’t run here anymore

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Katherine

One of the many buildings along the right of way of the now-defunct Dominion Atlantic Railway (DAR).

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Loon Lake

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Katherine

The E&N rail line is widely know as connecting Courtenay and Victoria, but there’s also the Port Alberni Sub, a 39 mile long branch line that runs from Parksville, over the Alberni Summit,  to Port Alberni. The E&N trestle over … Continue reading →

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E&N Railway locks…

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Katherine

The train don’t run here anymore, but things are still locked up. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway once operated freight service between Courtenay, Port Alberni, and Victoria, as well as the Dayliner passenger  service between Courtenay and Victoria. The only … Continue reading →

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E&N Railway locks…

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Katherine

The train don’t run here anymore, but things are still locked up.

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The train don’t run here anymore…

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Katherine

No trains going but lots of plants growing…

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The train don’t run here anymore…

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Katherine

The pictures in this series speak for themselves – no further comment is necessary when viewing where the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway once operated the Dayliner passenger  service between Courtenay and Victoria.

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