Ian and Bill Visit the West, Part 3
Continuing our story, Ian and Bill crossed into Manitoba and made their way to Winnipeg. The lead photo is CN’s impressive Uno trestle, unfortunately sans trains.
Railfan Stories
Stories about railfanning – trip reports and so forth. Any time I’m trackside and writing about it, it’ll be here.
Ian and Bill Visit the West, Part 2
Ian and Bill visited the CN Wainwright subdivision. They stopped at CN’s Battle River Trestle, an impressive structure to be sure. It’s 2,775 feet long and the deck is 195 feet above the river. It was completed at the end of 1908.
Ian and Bill Visit the West, Part 1
Long-time reader Ian Walker and his railfan partner Bill Hall visited the Prairie provinces early this summer, and sent along some photos. I’m sharing them here in a series with Ian’s notes.
Trains En Passant
I’ve always loved playing chess. When I was in school, I joined the chess club. I used to check chess books out of the library and study them. Spassky, Fischer, Lasker, Kasparov… names I knew well.
A Long Sprint
I recently had to made a quick road trip to Toronto. I’m not going to go into the reason for the trip, but I wanted to share a few observations and images from the run. It took me 36 hours and 30 minutes to drive to Toronto, and 35 hours and 25 minutes to drive … Read more
Out and Back on the Canadian
Well, I did it – I rode the VIA Rail Canadian to Sioux Lookout, Ontario and back to Winnipeg. It was a good trip and I’m glad I did it. The trip wasn’t without its anxiety-inducing moments, due to late trains… read on.
Foreign Power Afternoon
Late afternoon. Mid-October, last year. A lovely day for train watching. Right off the bat, a CP train appeared, heading south on the Emerson sub. A chase revealed a train waiting in the siding at Grande Pointe for the southbound train. The southbound train rolled to the south siding switch, which was against them. The … Read more
Churchill – Part 3 – Keewatin Railway
One of the days I was in The Pas area, I took a side trip to observe the Keewatin Railway Company mixed service from The Pas to Pukatawagan.
Churchill – Part 2 – Railfanning the Line
Recently I had the opportunity to take the Winnipeg to Churchill line on VIA. This is part 2 of 3, focusing on railfanning this line.
Churchill – Part 1 – Connection to the South
The first of three guest posts on David McCormack’s recent trip to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The VIA Rail service to Churchill runs twice weekly between Winnipeg to The Pas to Churchill and once a week only between The Pas and Churchill. The total journey time for the entire line is approximately 45 hours (assuming no delays).