... Its name has its roots in the Cree word opasquaow,'narrows between wooded banks'. It sounds French, but if so, it should be Le ... During the French...
Caught 70 leaving Ingersoll and 71 sliding by 396 at the station. http://tinyurl.com/ljhfj http://tinyurl.com/rglo3 http://tinyurl.com/msfk6 Thanks for taking...
I have a reputation for trying to prove wild theories about people and railway projects. So here is a big one: inspired by my plans to attend Wagner's complete...
... wooded banks'. ... Pas. It is spelt THE PAS and pronounced The "PAW". Have heard it referred by some as Le Pas through the years but I've seen nothing ...
... As I mentioned previously, the National Transportation Act, under which the 1992 order was issued requiring VIA to change its tariffs for domestic vs....
... The Grove Dictionary of Music says that Wagner's first opera was Die Feen, composed in 1833 when nothing much was happening with Canadian railways. ...
... The installations at Capreol can be seen on Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/hc6j5 Regards, Michel. -- Michel Robichaud - St-Lambert, QC MP 69.9 - CN...
Trois-Rivieres was officially named Three Rivers until 1926, at least in English usage. The English version of course lasted for a long time informally after...
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... The Canadian Pacific timetable called it Trois Rivieres (without hyphen or accent) in 1965 and Trois Rivières (accent, but no hyphen) in 1970. VIA always...
... and railway ... complete Ring Cycle ... ... Thank you, David, for this informative posting. We can hope that there will be a significant (positive) event...
VIA 70 arrived just as the tie gang was at the station.They had to part their equipment so the passengers could get on the train. http://tinyurl.com/fmxou ...
A little different look with 6424 on the nose. The rails on the right were just laid with 136 lb rail and new ties also installed. Should hold those 75 mph...
... the ... line to ... Thanks for posting this link to the map. 1. How much of the line to North Bay is still intact? 2. It appears from the photo that the...
... and railway ... complete Ring Cycle ... Grand Trunk and ... and the ... And most of Wagner's sopranos sound like stuck steam whistles...coincidence?...
... Oh well, I was just trying to have fun! But you will note that I used the word "appeared" for Das Liebesverbot, while Die Feen failed to get performed. ...
... The 1996 National Transportation Agency decision authorizing abandonment applied from mile 233.4 to mile 310.5 (Newmarket Subdivision). The North Bay...
... Just enough to use for switching pullback and the rare instances when a freighht must be turned ... The turntable was sold to someone in the U.S.; the...
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Sep 2, 2006 7:44 pm
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... The tail track of the wye is the Bala sub. ... In North Bay there is/was recently track meant to connect the ex-CPR main through the city with a number of...
Dale Wilson
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Sep 2, 2006 8:05 pm
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... and railway ... complete Ring Cycle ... for Theatre ... National Ballet ... plead for the ... abandoned my budding ... music and ... despite the ... to...
I was on 76 Thursday taking blurry photos from the other side of the train. I was coming home to St.Catharines from Chatham. When I went on Monday 90 was late...
... My Thanks to you and Tom Box for responding to my questions. I had thought that it was the roundhouse at Capreol which was being used by NRE and I...
... It's hard to imagine VIA naming trains for Canadian composers, isn't it? The Claude Champagne, the Healey Willan, the Alexina Louie, the Jacques Hétu,...
"There is a rail museum in Capreol, and one of the exhibits is CN 6077." That's a huge overstatement. I was there a year ago June, and was TERRIBLY ...
... I didn't take note what motive power was used in Churchill. All I noticed was that the HBR was using former old CN locomotives still in CN collors and...
Via and CN trains delayed tonight at Kingston, likely a trespasser incident, west of Mi.179 Kingston Sub. Via No 668 held west of Ernestown with CN Nos. 148...
... Do I understand this correctly? Do you mean that the southern leg of the wye, as seen in Google's view, is the Bala Sub (the current main) and the straight...
... in ... noticed ... Nothing new EVER runs on the HBR. ... Yes it's posted in the PHOTOS section under HUDSON BAY. It's nothing great, I had orginally set...
... Rail Networks ... Johann ... Carl Maria ... Haydn, Lehar, ... no train named for ... There is, however, an apparently never used locomotive named for ...