Following on Ontario’s successful school rail car project, Newfoundland started a “School on Wheels” program where a mobile school traveled in a rail car and spent time in Newfoundland’s remote communities throughout the school year. “The School Car” by Randy P. Noseworthy tells the story.
I’m scanning my old negatives. On one strip I found this photo that I vaguely remember taking, but I wasn’t sure of the location. Fortunately, a little online sleuthing located it.
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!
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.
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
In my last post I had traveled along the Stewart Southern Railway in the summer of 2015 from Regina, SK to just before Stoughton, SK. In this post I’ll talk about the oil transloading facility just outside Stoughton.
The Stewart Southern Railway is one of the many shortline railways in Saskatchewan. I mentioned their start back in 2010. We were in Saskatchewan at the beginning of August to visit family and friends and I negotiated some time to see the Stewart Southern.
Both CN and CPKC have locked out their running trade workers. This is unprecedented in Canada.
My friend Jason Paul Sailer was in Winnipeg recently, and we made plans to go railfanning together, again! I picked him up at 5 PM and off we went.