I don't have sound so I put on the closed captioning. (Give that a try and see what crazy words come up.) The reason I put on the captions was that I was wondering if they mentioned the tonnage of the munitions that went up in Frisco. (Or "Frasninscuo" as I saw once in the captioning.) Being a war time film I'd be surprised if they could.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Thank you very much.
This is an example of when the internet works best. Bringing information forward to everyone which otherwise may have been lost.
And the article brought back a memory I had forgotten. In the station at Irricana there was a collection of placards for use on freight cars, and there were a couple of the red Explosive placards mentioned in the article. I can't imagine why they would have been needed at Irricana though. EDIT: They may have been there as replacements for any placards that may have fallen off. They may have been part of a standard package of placards, because I still can't think of why there would be explosives going by the station.
This was the most interesting thing I have seen all day, to this point. Thanks.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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