The Lake of the Woods Railroaders Museum
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Lake of the Woods Railroaders Museum in Kenora, Ontario.
Review: Railroad Rolling Stock
Finally a book about the rest of the train! Locomotives get all the attention, but it’s the cars behind the engines that make the money.
The Empress Comes to Town
On April 26, 2024 a very rare train left Calgary, Alberta to make history.
Asia and the Giants
Whenever I hear one of the classic Asia songs, “Heat of the Moment”, “Sole Survivor”, or “Only Time Will Tell”, I think of Dungeons & Dragons, and in particular I think of giants and Drow elves.
Soft Summer Sounds
Soft summer sounds
Red winged blackbirds singing
Bees buzzing between flowers
Wind whispering secrets
RS-18s in the 1970s
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.
The MLW S-12
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.
Dual Service
Many railway customers only have one connection to “the outside world”. This is called a “captive shipper” and it basically means the customer has to deal with one particular railway to ship via rail, like it or not. Obviously the shipper would prefer to have options, and in some cases they have connections to more than one railway.
Taking Inventory
Every now and then, I like to stop by the Weston shops at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City shops in central Winnipeg and “take inventory”.