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Victoria Subdivision – Mile 124.37 Cougar Smith Road

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine

The E&N crossing at Cougar Smith Road, looking uphill, away from Highway 19A Looking toward Royston Looking toward Qualicum

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E&N Victoria Subdivision – Mile 120.10 Berray Road crossing

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine

E&N crossing at mile 120.10 – Berray Road Looking toward the hatchery and Georgia Strait Looking toward Qualicum Looking toward the Rosewell Creek bridge at mile 120.20

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E&N signs – W

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Katherine

You may have seen one of these whiteboard signs with a W on it – W signs are called whistle posts, and they are usually located at highway-rail grade crossings. In general, locomotive horns must be be sounded at all … Continue reading →

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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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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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Seaspan Superior ex Incan Superior

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Katherine

Seaspan Superior at the CPR dock in Nanaimo I shot these images on Mar 30, 2016 – the night that fire crews were battling a major blaze in a historic building at Commercial Street and Terminal Avenue in Nanaimo. The … 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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