Railfan Stories

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.

It was time to grab my camera and tripod and hit the road. The aurora was calling… and I had to answer.

In the summer of 2013, we drove from Winnipeg to Banff to spend a week in the Rockies. We stopped in the Regina area going west and going east, and I took the opportunity to go see some trains while we were there.

I haven’t been very inspired to photograph trains, so I try to jump on any inspiration I do have. On June 26, 2024 I noticed that the eastbound Canadian was coming, I saw it was a lovely evening, and I decided to make some pictures.

I’ve been struggling lately, mentally.
The signs have been pretty obvious to me. I’ve been irritable. Tired. Feeling overwhelmed. A lot of that was work related… but not all.

I like to walk. One night in Regina, I went on a long walk to a restaurant, and stumbled across CN interchanging some cars with CP. Exercise and trains – a good combination!

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