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The short chase of CN 509 from the yard in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to Shearwater was over. The two CN locomotives, pushing the tank car lifted from Irving Oil, arrived in the four track yard outside the Autoport facility.
In early October 2024, I was on my way east to visit my company’s offices in the Halifax area for a few days. I messaged my friends Caleb and Chris to ask if they would be available to get together. Chris was up for a meet-up but Caleb was going to be working. Since Caleb works for CN, this gave me an opportunity to meet both at the same time…
I look at the three years that we spent in Shearwater as my most formative years. It was there that I changed from a kid into a teenager, and where I started many of the habits and pursuits that I still continue today.
I was a little skeptical about “Off the Tracks”. A book about train travel, written during the pandemic when you couldn’t travel? I gave it a shot, and I’m glad I did.
This is a CN Car Control manual for Prince Edward Island in 1980. The manual is from the collection of John Stewart of Charlottetown and was scanned by Taylor Main.
35 years ago today, a man attacked the campus of École Polytechnique in Montréal and killed 14 women and injured 13 other people.
I have a love-hate relationship with the band Chicago. Mostly love, mixed with an unpleasant memory.
Canadian railway enthusiast and historian Raymond Kennedy died on November 26, 2024. He was 83. The Toronto Railway Historical Association shared the sad news on Facebook.
Many Canadian sports fans know who Scott Oake is. He was a familiar face and voice on Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet, and many other events including the Olympics. In For the Love of a Son, Scott uses his formidable story telling skills to tell the story of his son, Bruce, who passed away from … Read more
“I’m a 1st Generation Texan, born and raised in the mosquito-riddled confines of Houston, Texas back in the early 1960s before the interstates came to town.”