Here’s a quick look at the Rusty Relics Museum, located in Carlyle, Saskatchewan. The museum has indoor and outdoor displays, and is centered around a 1909 Canadian Northern Railway station. During the summer it also houses the town’s tourist booth.
Both CN and CPKC have locked out their running trade workers. This is unprecedented in Canada.
She slid onto the seat beside me like the sun emerging from behind clouds. I swear the bus grew brighter.
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
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway built big, and the train station in Melville, Saskatchewan is no exception. This large two story building is the only one of its kind remaining in Canada.
Winnipeg had an airborne visitor – a rare one, at that. One of the two flyable Lancasters in the world visited the Gateway to the West this week.
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Lake of the Woods Railroaders Museum in Kenora, Ontario.
Here are a few slides I purchased showing CN RS-18 locomotives in the 1970s.
The RS-18 was built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) as the Canadian version of the Alco RS-11. These locomotives had an 251B diesel engine under the long hood powering the traction motors driving all four axles. Just over 350 were produced, mostly for CN.
In 1958 CN placed an order for 11 diesel-electric switchers, 1000 horsepower with Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). At the time, MLW’s 1000 HP offering was the S-12, superseding the S-7. The S-12 had the same 539 “prime mover” diesel engine under the hood, but with a new car body.
