BaltACD Trying to find a 'pay phone' these days is next to, if not impossible.
Trying to find a 'pay phone' these days is next to, if not impossible.
You really have to go out and look for them, although some areas are better than others. The Jefferson Hotel here in Richmond had some, at least the last time I was in there about two years ago, and the Richmond Public Library had some.
Every once in a while I had to look for a pay phone to call a customer when our company issued cell phones wouldn't talk to the customers phone system. Who knows why? Definately more the exception than the rule.
FYI, fresh paint was unveiled today in Squamish, BC, at the West Coast Railway Association:
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
SD70DudeFYI, fresh paint was unveiled today in Squamish, BC, at the West Coast Railway Association:
Nice.
Looks better than the one I ran today.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Another shot. You can really see the grey in this one:
https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=716740
Fabulous! Someone knows what the heck they're doing.
It's like the old penguin joke " you look like you're wearing a tuxedo" says one to another. The reply -- " what makes you think I'm not"
SD70Dude Another shot. You can really see the grey in this one: https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=716740
Lovely Work!! Looks great!
NDG SD70Dude Another shot. You can really see the grey in this one: https://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=716740 Lovely Work!! Looks great! Concerning the way the Green Stripe wound it's way down below the Number Boxes on CN's CPA-16-5 Passenger A Units CN 6700-05. https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/9/1/913090/c4ff1cb0-8ab6-4539-9ca4-110f3c8c5e23-A27935.jpg Compare Stripe w CN 6509 to rear. https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/9/1/913118/8a64e7db-414e-4fc3-b0d2-f96b7719a0bc-A27938.jpg Some said CN 6700-05 looked BETTER in the CN Worm Paint Job?? https://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/4/3/1/7431.1298090605.jpg More photos here. http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cnr_diesel/two.htm On the CN FREIGHT C Lines, the Stripe was Narrower, and went OVER the Number Boxes. https://www.canadianrailwayobservations.com/croarchives/2013/maycro/maycn.12.jpg Chaque a Son Gout? FWIW. CN 4 BEFORE Renumbering to FOUR. https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/9/1/914202/58fbb05d-bfac-4452-ba16-3d5b63e595a6-A27526.jpg Thank You.
Each of the builders had to modify CN's scheme slightly to get it to best fit their units. It is interesting what they all came up with. Of course, those efforts ended up not mattering for long, what with the advent of Red-Orange and the noodle logo.
That shot of #4 is rare. Being taken in October 1956, it must be a roster shot, taken as CN accepted delivery of those units from GE.
Through the Engineer's windshield you can see the wood knob hanging from the whistle cord. I ended up removing that as its weight is enough to depress the air valve at low pressures and blow the whistle, which is really annoying when you have just started it inside our shop.
Here's a short video of CN 6520 pulling up to her reveal party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ-KyB1oBfI&fbclid=IwAR3qJphrFR_cgBJpZM_UtHtvHLaW1PQthS7-HnyvwsUf_bjdjMQIXlulyCs
And something from your area, on the way to Kimberly in 1989 (photographer Steve Hooper):
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Interlocker on the Way Out.
I was hoping they might have had at least one photo showing the mechanical interlocking portion, which is the actual brain. All those relays are impressive and critical, of course, but relays are all they are. Back about 1980 a gentleman in our department spent months with the dog charts when two additional platforms were added at Toronto Union. Many additional routes through the double slip ladders at each end had to be accomodated, with new IF and WHEN events had to be added to the locking bars. I just wish I had been wise enough to make a copy of one of the charts for myself.
He thought the installation was among the very last of the major mechanical plants. The next generation was relay based interlocking, and the current generation is based on microprocessors.
John
Does anyone know how many interlocking plants have closed in the last 70 years? With so many track routes being removed and crossings of one RR by another being eliminated and/or automated, I suspect it is over five thousand. And the number of operators job eliminated. From the old armstrong pipe connected plants to the more modern pneumatic and electronic NE/NX type, change has come.
NDG Vignettes. Back in July 1960, the Budd was B/O ex Penticton., so CP 4065 was put on as power. Just back from rebuild after hitting a Flour Truck and a plunge into Alexander Creek just West of the Crow, March 3, 1960. https://www.flickr.com/photos/msdwilkie/288182654/in/gallery-valleyflowerpower-72157623941376479/ Location. https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.042597,-118.8773284,3a,75y,13.87h,96.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB2j6FSyZXiP_ZSIiRtmsJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=fr From this site. https://www.flickr.com/photos/valleyflowerpower/galleries/72157623941376479/ FWIW. CP 3512 @ Rossland. https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/canadian-pacific-railway-locomotive-no-3512-the-rossland-railway-station-in-upper-rossland In 1946 CP 3512 fell off a Barge into Slocan Lake. Still there, 800 feet down. https://churcher.crcml.org/circle/Sunken.html Much More here. http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/photos/cpr_steam/M.htm Thank You. Codocil. In December 1985 this bridge collapsed under a Northbound UP Freight. https://www.flickr.com/photos/foamerbill/4595127757/in/gallery-valleyflowerpower-72157623941376479/ https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2019/03/upspokane-international-1906-wood.html https://www.google.ca/maps/@48.6975266,-116.3157744,3a,75y,339.95h,90.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLQDKnJfDCwzL3--e8EuZAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 The present bridge was almost complete, and trains were operating in two weeks. We went down to see the salvage, but it was over. Large Lidgerwood Winch used to drag covered hoppers out of river.
While these are not in water, the sunken locomotives page missed one of the more recent incidents, on CN at Conrad, BC (between Boston Bar and Cisco, in the treacherous Fraser Canyon).
On March 26, 1997 nearly new SD75I 5658 was leading GP40-2LW 9446 on eastbound intermodal train 102 when they hit a bad washout. The rails were hanging over the gap, so the signal system gave no indication of trouble ahead. The Engineer and Conductor were both killed on impact.
Both locomotives were destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. The bodies were eventually recovered, and the locomotives were drained of fuel and oil, filled with concrete and buried. They remain there today, under the track.
http://www.bst-tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/rail/1997/r97v0063/r97v0063.html
The Carlton Trail Railway is the closest rail to me, 2.5 hours away. Everyone up here must do non family/clinic medical and major shopping in Prince Albert so I get down there once a month or so. Now then, this pic is at Duck Lake, south of Prince Albert and I (we) run a 3 day Prospecting Field School each fall down there at Duck Lake. Nice to find a picture!
2504_1004_1040_OMLX_2000 southbound at Duck Lake, SK August 6, 2004
Now this picture is at The Hague, not Netherlands, but Saskatchewan. Just down further toward Saskatoon from Duck Lake. It has a major highway pit stop with good eatin' and a strategic location to gas up and car wash (because we don't have one) ... anyway, the steam era water tower is still there but I'm pretty sure some of those old grain elevators are as well. I'll take some of my own pics next trip down.
CTRW 1004 leds freight past old water tank from the steam era! Hague, SK 3/30/2009 Matt Watson Note: As of 2019 the water tank is still there! Elevator gone. So too all the units in this gallery.
Vince, is the (ex-CN) Prince Albert roundhouse and turntable still in active use?
Yes it is Dude. The yard there varies from really full to really empty. It is a beauty roundhouse, all brick and I think one of the last, if not the last, roundhouse CN built. It is in great shape and looks like it was built a week ago. None of that busted glass and falling out brick stuff or extreme discolouration. I'll try for pics there as well. It is right in the heart of a busy built up area of malls and plazas.
I am very glad to hear that, offhand, I think it may be the only operating roundhouse and turntable left in western Canada. I'm sure the Carlton Trail shop forces like being able to work inside during the winter.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/Prince+Albert+roundhouse+ca/@53.1971231,-105.7460731,893m/data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1993765,-105.7437342,3a,15y,194.33h,91.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMdWnMqo6bPaxJOm91sna6g!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DMdWnMqo6bPaxJOm91sna6g%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D174.53781%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.1969368,-105.737725,3a,15y,289.46h,87.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sQWL4cs2XoNeOAZF7hwb1HA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DQWL4cs2XoNeOAZF7hwb1HA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D56.938072%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Well thank you Electroliner 1935.... that's it. As you can see it's in good shape, even has landscaping out front.
The Carlton Trail Rwy. also owns a pretty impressive and very old bridge that exactly parallel's the highway into Prince Albert from the North. Originally it was built by the Canadian Northern. The Dude knows all about this bridge. It's only about a mile and a half from the roundhouse.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scared-dog-rescued-from-prince-albert-sask-train-bridge-1.2595775
That bridge was actually used by both CN and CP in the past, the two railway shared track in the area northwest of Prince Albert. CP even had a scheduled freight that ran through North Battleford, and took quite the meandering back route to go from Lloydminster to Prince Albert.
Note the swing section in the middle of the bridge. There was still steamboat traffic on the North Saskatchewan when this bridge was built, and any new construction had to accomodate this.
And off-topic, while Prince Albert's downtown railyard is still in use Edmonton's is long gone. Here is the last remnants of the City Yard and VIA station in their final days, in 1998. This is now the site of Rogers Arena, new home of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers:
NDG OT. FYI. TTC 8217 Flyer Coach. https://cptdb.ca/uploads/post-192-0-01682400-1354245648.jpg Thank You.
Summer in Toronto, the Exhibition is on!
CP 5000 (nee 8200) when fairly new. One of only two GP30's built at GMD London.
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39627
Today she still exists, barely, at the Alberta Railway Museum in Edmonton:
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=10246
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OUf8Y5EQLc
What the photo does not show is a seized prime mover with freeze damage.
CN 6060 at speed, in the final years of CN's steam excursion program. The Grimsby Sub still has a speed limit of over 90 mph for passenger trains, and they would do every bit of that on these trips to Niagara Falls and back:
http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39586
I like the note about his 'sidekick' on the bridge getting smoked out in her white dress!
"I knew we should have sandblasted first!"
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