Born in the Bronx in 1965, I ran away from a steam locomotive the first time that I saw one, at age 2, but I very quickly turned around, and since then I have photographed and ridden steam trains from approximately coast to coast.
On September 2, 2021 I received an email from Richard Manicom that would lead to a lot of back-and-forth, some great knowledge exchanges, an article in CN Lines magazine, and the map above.
On the RailsMBSK Facebook group, Chris C asked when the last passenger train served Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. Naturally, I leapt to my timetable collection for the answer.
After Oren Helbok adapted the “Interesting Railfan” concept to pretend to put a few questions to photographer Dennis Livesey, I decided to ask Dennis 10 actual questions.
I was in the Halifax area recently and had a chance to see some of Canada’s Atlantic Fleet (from afar). The Canadian navy is divided into two fleets, Atlantic and Pacific, to match the oceans they patrol. Perhaps we’ll have a third fleet soon, for the Arctic Ocean?
Back in June, I felt like going for a long bicycle ride, and I brought my camera with the “long lens”. Why not?
This pop-up post needed a little digging before I could identify the location. All I had was two images that I scanned off a 4-image 35mm film strip of mine… CN 5691 above, and CP 5570 below.
Continuing the pop-up post series, here’s a quick look at an empty potash train rolling into Winnipeg from off the Sprague subdivision.
Since blog partner Eric Gagnon has been posting a panoply of “pop up” posts, perhaps I could do one of my own. Popping up in Kitchener, Ontario!
