Railfan Stories

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!

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