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It’s an end-of-year clearout sale here at Traingeek Central. I have a bunch of BRMNA and other train books for sale

This image is on the desktop of my computer while I’m working. When I minimize windows, I catch a glimpse of this and it brings me a little peace and tranquility. I made it in Milan, Italy one evening. I love all the little details in the image. The slight blurs of the people during … Read more

When I went to Ingolf, Ontario to see the CPKC Holiday Train, I made sure to leave early enough that I wasn’t rushed to get there ahead of the train. That allowed me lots of time to do a little railfanning along the way. While passing CN’s Symington Yard in Winnipeg, I saw a Hyster … Read more

The last incarnation of the Newfoundland Railway, Terra Transport, hasn’t run trains since 1988, but you can still see bits of it here and there on the CN network.

Here are two slides I purchased from an online auction site, showing an empty CN rail train at Bayview Ontario in 1997.

I had some time on my hands at the end of a work visit to Moncton, New Brunswick, so I headed down to Hillsborough to the New Brunswick Railway Museum. The museum was closed, of course, it being out of season and also late Sunday night. I dug my tripod out and started taking photos. … Read more

Here are a few slides I’ve purchased recently off an online auction site. All of them depict CN diesel electric locomotives and were taken in the 1970s. I don’t know who any of the photographers were, unfortunately. The lead photo shows CN 7179 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on July 19, 1976. 7179 was one of 34 … Read more

There hasn’t been a train in Fredericton, New Brunswick since the spring of 1995. Both CN and CP lifted their rails from the city and today there are only a few traces of the railway left. The York Street train station is the most visible reminder that trains once ran in the City of Stately Elms, but there are one or two other traces if you know where to look.