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When I was in the Regina area in June 2024, I decided to drive home south of the Trans-Canada Highway. That meant a trip along the Stewart Southern again, which was great, as I knew there had been changes in the past 9 years and I wanted to see the line again.
In part 1 I covered the Stewart Southern from Regina to just north of Stoughton. In part 2 I discussed the Crescent Point Energy oil transloading facility. In this post we explore Stoughton and go back to Regina. This is a “reprint” of a series I posted back in August 2015. Stoughton There are two … Read more
In my last post I had traveled along the Stewart Southern Railway in the summer of 2015 from Regina, SK to just before Stoughton, SK. In this post I’ll talk about the oil transloading facility just outside Stoughton.
The Stewart Southern Railway is one of the many shortline railways in Saskatchewan. I mentioned their start back in 2010. We were in Saskatchewan at the beginning of August to visit family and friends and I negotiated some time to see the Stewart Southern.
Both CN and CPKC have locked out their running trade workers. This is unprecedented in Canada.
My friend Jason Paul Sailer was in Winnipeg recently, and we made plans to go railfanning together, again! I picked him up at 5 PM and off we went.
She slid onto the seat beside me like the sun emerging from behind clouds. I swear the bus grew brighter.
In June 2024 I traveled along almost all of the Last Mountain Railway, from Lumsden north to Davidson. Here are my photos and observations.
Just for fun, I thought I’d go through the photo archives and see what train related photos I’ve taken on this day – August 11. Here you go. 2001 On August 11, 2001 I was in Chaplin, Saskatchewan with my family. Some of my wife’s family lived in Chaplin at that time and we were … Read more
I feel a little bad for saying that “The Widow’s Crayon Box” is a joy to read, but there it is. I loved it.