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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.

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.

On September 2, 2021 I received an email from Richard Manicom that would lead to a lot of back-and-forth, some great knowledge exchanges, an article in CN Lines magazine, and the map above.

On the RailsMBSK Facebook group, Chris C asked when the last passenger train served Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. Naturally, I leapt to my timetable collection for the answer.

I’m not old, but I’m getting there.

I was in the Halifax area recently and had a chance to see some of Canada’s Atlantic Fleet (from afar). The Canadian navy is divided into two fleets, Atlantic and Pacific, to match the oceans they patrol. Perhaps we’ll have a third fleet soon, for the Arctic Ocean?

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!

More and more, I’m finding that I just like to “be”. Rushing from location to location is fun and exciting, but there’s something to be said for taking the time to experience a place.