Category Archives: trains

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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Hills of British Columbia

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Katherine

Heading west from Pritchard on Highway 1 toward Monte Creek

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Trecothic Creek And Windsor Railway

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Katherine

Riding the 1/8th scale Trecothic Creek And Windsor Railway

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Windsor & Hantsport Railway Company

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Katherine

The Windsor and Hantsport Railway is a 90.1 km railway line between Windsor Junction and New Minas with a spur at Windsor which runs several miles east, that served gypsum quarries located at Wentworth Creek and Mantua. It suspended operations … Continue reading →

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The train does run here – Port Of Halifax

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Katherine

A pair of rather grimy Canadian National locomotives at the Fairview Cove Container Terminal on Bedford Basin. CN 4760 and CN 4806 are END GP 38-2W locomotives.

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Vancouver – trains and tracks

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Katherine

Trains and tracks alongside Burrard Inlet – Vancouver

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Cowichan Valley Railway No. 25

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Katherine

Cowichan Valley Railway No. 25 at the BC Forest Discovery Centre No.25 was used during the construction of the Great Northern Railway (now CNR) grade through the Fraser Canyon, and later to transport fill for the construction of North Vancouver … Continue reading →

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