tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post3230489001681274012..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: Railfanning and the Carman FairCanadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-53749961203481420372017-07-21T13:04:20.463-05:002017-07-21T13:04:20.463-05:00Nice photos Steve! Glad you got the giant fire hyd...Nice photos Steve! Glad you got the giant fire hydrant shot.<br />Aren't small town fairs nice? I grew up in Calgary, going to the Stampede and it was always crowded. Since moving and experiencing the small town fairs....it's great!!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021355195598601028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-83079584936277498552017-07-16T19:03:47.788-05:002017-07-16T19:03:47.788-05:00Hi Cornergas, I'm going to have to visit the s...Hi Cornergas, I'm going to have to visit the station/museum soon! Looking at the old timetables, I can see a lot of lines converged at or went through Neepawa.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-10414292223509577432017-07-16T19:01:48.909-05:002017-07-16T19:01:48.909-05:00Hi Jeff, it was pretty quiet when I was in Swan Ri...Hi Jeff, it was pretty quiet when I was in Swan River in the summer of 2015. I guess it's even quieter with the Cargill elevators gone. I wish I could have been there when all the lines were still there!Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-64948369471393682612017-07-16T18:56:32.435-05:002017-07-16T18:56:32.435-05:00All those branch lines used to have lots of activi...All those branch lines used to have lots of activities....around Neepawa was a tremendous amount of switching and small trains going in all directions..I worked there in 1959 and 1960....now only the station/museum remain..the rails are all gone...sad..same goes for many other branch lines out of Dauphin, Belmont etc...Cornergashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865087027389515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-65358744324764171072017-07-16T18:42:08.396-05:002017-07-16T18:42:08.396-05:00This brings me back lots of memories back in Swan ...This brings me back lots of memories back in Swan River when I was kid. When the Northwest Roundup was in full tilt, the valley had lots of railway activity before CN ripped up the Erwood sub and the Cowan sub.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301512122871333099noreply@blogger.com