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Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

19 November 2022

CPR 1960 Montreal - A First and Last Steam Experience

While researching a Lachute-based piece, I was going through ancient family photos. It probably wouldn't hurt to have this little vignet...

09 January 2021

1972 CPR Battles Winter in British Columbia

In January 1972, the CPR experienced "British Columbia's biggest battle against winter in living memory". A 'chronology...

01 June 2019

Steam Generators - CNR 1966

This post looks at the section of a CNR manual for its engineers on the subject of steam generators. New passenger rolling stock o...

23 December 2017

Winter Arrives

from: Trains; February 1950; Kalmbach. Both photos are from Number 2, west of Kenora in 1979. from: Factor...

16 December 2016

VIA 1981 to 1985, Kingston in the Winter

This post looks at VIA trains at Kingston in the early 1980s. It is a thematic exposition combining leaking high-pressure steam wit...

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