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Category Archives: trains
E&N – the state of the rail
I’ve read the reports regarding the condition of the E&N rail line and bridges, listened to the press releases about the high likelihood that repairs to the bridges will start in the fall of 2014, and I’ve actually checked out … Continue reading
Posted in history, rail, trains, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Images
Tagged E&N, Island Corridor, rail road, rail way, SVI rail, trains
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Alberni Pacific train yards
A quick look at the Alberni Pacific train yards as viewed from the steam train returning to Port Alberni after a run to McLean Mill National Historic Site. more images in a standalone album…
E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 120.20 Rosewell Creek bridge
The 67’-8” trestle over Rosewell Creek is a single span open deck bridge consisting of a steel half deck plate girder span. And it was built in 1914…
Posted in bridges, E&N, rail, trains, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Images
Tagged bridge, Courtenay, E&N, Highway 19A, Old Island Highway, river, Rosewell Creek, train, trestle
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Alberni Pacific No. 7
In 1912, Port Alberni was incorporated with the arrival of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and planned arrival of the Canadian National Railway, and the trans-Pacific telegraph cable at Bamfield. The Alberni Pacific railway began operations in 1912 into Port … Continue reading
Posted in history, Port Alberni, rail, tourism, trains, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Images, video, winter
Tagged Alberni Pacific, Baldwin, logging railroad, Mikado, Port Alberni, steam locomotive
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Bloedel, Stewart & Welch No. 4
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch No. 4 was built in 1925 for Bloedel, Stewart, & Welch Limited, the forest company that would become MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd. The locomotive is a 2-8-2T “Mikado” sidetank locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925 … Continue reading
Posted in history, logging, trains, Vancouver Island, Vancouver Island Images
Tagged 2-8-2T sidetank, Bloedel, Chemainus, logging, Mikado, steam, Stewart & Welch No 4, Vancouver Island
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Selkirk Trestle
Selkirk Water extends northwest from the Point Ellice Bridge to Chapman Point. The Galloping Goose Regional Trail traverses Selkirk Water on a bridge known as the Selkirk Trestle that was originally built by the Canadian National Railway. The 300-metre long … Continue reading
Posted in bridges, history, tourism, trains, Vancouver Island, Victoria
Tagged abandoned boats, Banifield Park, Gorge, Selkirk Trestle, Victoria
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E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 135.10 Trent River bridge
The E&N (Esquimalt and Nanaimo) railway trestle over the Trent River, at mile 135.10 of the Victoria Subdivision. The trestle is 80 feet high and 289 feet long, with five spans; 2 x 73’-1, 2 x 43’, and 48’-0. more … Continue reading
Posted in bridges, E&N, rail, river, trains
Tagged bridge, Courtenay, E&N, Grassi Point, Highway 19A, Old Island Highway, river, Royston, train, Trent River, trestle
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