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Monday, August 6th 2018 was a holiday here in Manitoba. It's called a "Civic Holiday" here, other provinces call it "Family Day" and it's not even a holiday in some provinces. Anyway, I had the day off.<br />
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I went out to catch VIA's "Canadian" leaving Winnipeg. It turned out that the first train I saw was CN 8906 West - see above. I elected to catch it at Carman Junction at the curve, to get the head on view above.<br />
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The train had CN 8906 / CN 5694 / CN 8823 on the head end.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Westward ho!</td></tr>
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After the train passed, I went west to Diamond to set up for VIA. I caught up with some of the train so I amused myself by taking a few shots of the old wooden "Diamond" sign.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diamond signs are forever, apparently</td></tr>
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I hope nobody steals this sign.<br />
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VIA 1</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VIA Rail Canadian heading west</td></tr>
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I got what I came for - VIA 6455 leading the "Canadian" with two other units and 20 cars.<br />
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"Glacier Park" was on the tail end.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prairie Streamliner</td></tr>
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Central Manitoba Railway</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4002 and 4004 parked on the Carman subdivision</td></tr>
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Two Central Manitoba Railway GP9s, 4002 and 4004, were parked on the Carman subdivision.<br />
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I noticed this shiny new equipment box in the gap between the main line and the track to the CEMR Carman subdivision.<br />
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CN actually owns the first little bit of the track - from the Rivers sub across Wilkes Avenue - before it becomes the CEMR Carman sub.<br />
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I didn't see anything happening after that on the CN Rivers subdivision, so I headed for home.<br />
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As I drove around the Perimeter Highway, I spotted a southbound CN train on the Letellier subdivision. That would have been CN 532, heading down to the Canada-US border at Emerson to interchange with BNSF.<br />
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Bonus train!<br />
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CN 532</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dark side of CN 532</td></tr>
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I gave chase as best I could. It was hard to catch up to the train through St. Norbert, given the 50 and 60 km/hr speed limits, but eventually I got ahead of them south of the town to get the shot above.<br />
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I was on the "dark side" of the train and I wasn't super happy about that. Fortunately, they weren't going very fast, so after they passed by, I gave chase again... this time, at 100 km/hr!<br />
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Near Ste. Agathe, I was far enough ahead of them that I felt I could leave the highway and drive the 2 km or so to the track for another round of photos. As it happened, I had enough time to get both my cameras out... one with the 70-200mm "long" lens and the other with the wide angle.<br />
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First the long lens. There was a combine working a field nearby, so I included that in the photo. You can see a bit of heat haze, so the shot isn't as sharp as I would like, but I like what's in it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 5693 and a combine</td></tr>
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A few seconds later, I took another photo as the train approached.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storming south</td></tr>
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The right of way looks very clean and well maintained, doesn't it?<br />
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I love that 70-200mm lens.<br />
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I "dropped" that camera and picked up my older T1i with the wide angle lens to capture the train as it went by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going wide</td></tr>
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The train had a friendly crew who both gave me waves as they went by. Thanks!<br />
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One going away shot, with the Viterra elevator at Ste. Agathe just to the left of the train, and the G3 SD40-2 locomotive at far left, on the loop track of the G3 elevator at Glenlea / Saint Adolphe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading south</td></tr>
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Here's the video showing all three trains, with a "clickbait" title just for fun.<br />
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You might want to read <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2012/07/busy-day.html">Busy Day</a> - same play, VIA 1 then CN 532, back in 2012!<br />
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PS - Important News</h2>
It's the end of an era.<br />
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This was the last full post that I will write on blog.traingeek.ca.<br />
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I've been on the Blogger platform for many years, since my <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2005/07/introduction.html" target="_blank">first post in July 2005</a>. After 13 years and 3 months, it's time to move on.<br />
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From now on, I'll be writing on my main site - <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/">www.traingeek.ca</a> - and the posts will appear there on the home page.<br />
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I like the WordPress platform a lot more for writing. I've been thinking about this for a long time, more than a year, and now I'm making the change.<br />
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-75996898920430205312018-10-07T06:00:00.000-05:002018-10-07T06:00:04.882-05:00Trams in Italy<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tram near the Colosseum in Rome</td></tr>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;">This post is the last of a series on trains I saw and/or rode while on vacation in Italy. <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;">Start at the beginning</a> if you like.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I saw a number of trams / streetcars while my wife and I were in Rome. We never had a reason to ride one, but I made a point of photographing them on a few occasions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There are four types of trams running in Rome: ATAC 7000 series, SOCIMI, Cityway 1 and Cityway 2. The lead photo and the one below are Cityway 2 trams. These were manufactured by Fiat Ferrovia (now part of Alstom); the Rome Transport Company (Azienda dei Trasporti di Roma, <b>ATAC</b>) placed an order for 50 trams in 1998. They are bidirectional, full low floor trams operating on 600V DC and running on a track gauge of 1445mm (close to 4' 8.5").</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cityway 2 tram in Rome</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;">The next tram is a Cityway 1 tram, at the Termini train station in Rome. 28 of these were ordered by ATAC in 1996; they are partial low floor trams and are the same type of trams that were ordered by Turin, Italy in 1989.</span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cityway 1 tram at the Termini station in Rome</td></tr>
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The next tram was built by Italian tram manufacturer SOCIMI, which went bankrupt during the production run.<br />
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Here's one more tram, another Cityway 2 tram.<br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There is one tram line in Florence. It was recently rebuilt (opening in 2010), long after it was closed in 1958. The line runs 11.5 km from Careggi, north of the main train station (Florence Santa Maria Novella), to Scandicci in southwest Florence.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I did not take any photos of this, as the only portion of the line I would have seen was right by the train station. The tram line does not go near the Duomo area, where most tourists go.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tram in Venice, Italy</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Believe it or not, there is tram service in Venice, Italy. The tram system is mostly in the mainland portion of Venice, but it does operate over the causeway to the island portion to a spot near the train station.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">These are Translohr rubber-tired trams, originally developed by the French company Lohr and now built by a consortium that includes Alstom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Although they run on rubber tires, they use a single rail to guide the tram along the route.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We did not ride these trams.</span></span>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here are two photos of buses, for those who like them!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">That concludes my series on trains (and trams) in Italy. Thanks for reading!</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html">Trains in Italy</a> (the start)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/03/not-just-waffles-and-chocolate-part-1.html">Trains in Belgium</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2008/10/photos-from-amsterdam.html">Trains in Amsterdam</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color: #444444; font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/10/public-transit-in-vienna.html">Public Transit in Vienna</a></span></li>
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-77714643092486055422018-10-04T22:20:00.001-05:002018-10-04T22:20:19.110-05:00Trains in Italy - Venice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;">This post is part of a series on trains I saw and/or rode while on vacation in Italy. <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html" style="color: #4d469c; text-decoration-line: none;">Start at the beginning</a> if you like.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">After a few days in Florence, it was time to move on to our final Italian stop - <b>Venice</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Of course, I had to take a few photos around the train station in Florence before we left...</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the raised pantograph in this photo</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">En Route to Venice</span></span></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our train - a Frecciargento train</td></tr>
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We took a Frecciargento train between Florence and Venice. Frecciargento means "silver arrow" in Italian, and these trains can reach speeds up to 250 km/hr. Zoom zoom!<div>
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My wife and I both had window seats, facing each other. I was facing backward, but that didn't really bother me. The other two seats in our little group of 4 contained two loud Russians. My wife slept much of the trip and I kept my headphones in.</div>
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I snapped a few photos along the way with my cellphone.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting another Frecciargento in Bologna</td></tr>
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I'm not sure what this structure was in Bologna - another tower, maybe - but it was impressive.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Track-straddling structure in Bologna</td></tr>
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I spotted this EuroSprinter (Siemens ES 64) locomotive later on. It's owned by <a href="http://www.isc.it/en" target="_blank">Interporto Servizi Cargo</a>, an intermodal railway in Italy. They own their own locomotives - electric and diesel - and about a hundred well cars for carrying containers.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interporto Servizi Cargo locomotive</td></tr>
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I like seeing the European rolling stock - wagons - as they are very different from North American freight cars.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Empty autoracks</td></tr>
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Check out these two different kinds of "trucks on flatcars" (TOFC):</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Railway trucks on flatcars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Highway trucks on flatcars</td></tr>
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Of course, I always have a soft spot for small diesel locomotives.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diesels in Italy</td></tr>
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After two hours, we were on the causeway linking Venice to the mainland. This causeway carries both road and rail traffic to the city. Transportation in Venice is by foot, or by canal. Cars and trucks arriving via this causeway can basically only drive in a small portion of the city (Santa Croce, the port area).</div>
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The Death of Venice</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cruise ships, the doom of Venice</td></tr>
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Much has been written about how tourism is destroying Venice. The city was obviously not built for the volume of tourists that stay (4.6 million people stayed at least one night in Venice <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/732406/overnight-tourist-arrivals-in-venice-italy/" target="_blank">in 2016</a>), never mind the huge number of day-trippers by bus or cruise ship. In 2015 it received <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-too-many-tourists/index.html" target="_blank">30 million visitors</a>.</div>
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Services like <a href="http://www.airbnb.ca/c/steveb51095" target="_blank">Airbnb</a> have resulted in landlords jacking up rents to force residents out, so they can sell their apartments to short-term rentals for much higher prices. This is not limited to Venice, as other cities <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/31/airbnb-sharing-economy-cities-barcelona-inequality-locals" target="_blank">like Barcelona</a> have the same issue.</div>
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I don't know what the solution is. The population of Venice is shrinking, the buildings are falling apart (and sinking), and there's no end in sight. Get there while you can, before Venice turns into an unoccupied museum.</div>
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<h2>
Venice's Station</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Venice train station</td></tr>
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We stayed in a hotel near the train station - the excellent <a href="http://www.capozzoinn.com/" target="_blank">Ca' Pozzo</a> - so we didn't have far to haul our luggage. That was good, because if you walk any distance in Venice, you're going over a bridge.</div>
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The nice thing about being near the station is that it was easy to walk over to take a few photos now and then!</div>
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Here's a few trains I saw at the train station in Venice.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trains in the Venice station</td></tr>
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The below two trains were interesting. Italo is a privately owned company, in <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/garywalther/2012/11/02/rating-italys-high-speed-trains-frecciarossa-vs-italo/#76ac54173c75" target="_blank">direct competition</a> with state-owned Trenitalia on the Milan-Naples and Turin-Venice routes. <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;">ÖBB is the Austrian national railway (see my <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/search/label/austria" target="_blank">Austrian railway series</a>).</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italo and OBB trains in Venice</td></tr>
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I liked this bilevel train too.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bilevel train in Venice</td></tr>
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I ended up going to the train station two mornings to record trains.</div>
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One more train...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something a little different</td></tr>
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<h2>
Getting Around Venice</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many boats in Venice</td></tr>
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There are <b>so many boats</b> in Venice. This is to be expected, given that it's the only motorized way to get around the city, but it's still surprising to see so many of them. From vaporetti (water buses) through water taxis to gondolas, there is a lot of passenger traffic on the Grand Canal and smaller canals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A vaporetto in Venice</td></tr>
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These are real city buses, with schedules, electronic displays, bus passes, the whole shebang.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vaporetto / Water bus departure board</td></tr>
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Of course, the city needs food, water, and many other goods, and those get around in various sizes of cargo vessels.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cargo transport in Venice</td></tr>
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Gondolas are for tourists, not for transportation. We did take a gondola ride and thoroughly enjoyed it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gondolas in Venice</td></tr>
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A Few Tourist Photos</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A vaporetto passing under the Rialto bridge at night</td></tr>
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The Rialto bridge and St. Mark's Square are well known Venice landmarks. However, I'd say the whole city is a landmark and deserves to be explored. We could honestly have spent another week in the city and not finished wandering its twisty streets and canals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Venice from up high</td></tr>
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I was surprised to see a Canadian connection!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Canadian in Venice?</td></tr>
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The most beautiful part of Venice, in our opinion, is the island of Burano. This place was picture perfect.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burano beauty</td></tr>
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Leaving Italy</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water bus dock at the Venice airport</td></tr>
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Of course, all good things must come to an end, and so our visit to Italy had to end. We took a water bus from just outside our hotel to the airport. I'd say this is one of the few places in the world you can take a boat to a major airport...</div>
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After waiting in a long line to pass through Customs, we headed out to our Air Canada Rouge plane for the long flight over the Atlantic toward home.</div>
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But Wait, There's More</h2>
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This isn't the end of the series, though. I have one more post to make about the trams I saw in Italy. It'll be relatively short.</div>
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<a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html">Back to the start of the series</a></div>
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-18539459931014732332018-10-02T05:00:00.000-05:002018-10-04T22:24:23.247-05:00Trains in Italy - On to Florence<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of Florence, Italy</td></tr>
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<i>This post is part of a series on trains I saw and/or rode while on vacation in Italy. <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html">Start at the beginning</a> if you like.</i><br />
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Next on our itinerary <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-railfanning-in.html" target="_blank">after Riomaggiore</a> was a few days in Florence, capital of the Tuscany region and the birthplace of the Renaissance. We rode the local train from Riomaggiore to La Spezia, transferring to a high speed train for the trip to Florence... after I took this selfie with another "Steve".<br />
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(CoSteve is a restaurant in Riomaggiore)<br />
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You'll notice I was wearing sunglasses there. I rarely wear sunglasses because I usually either lose them or sit on them. At least I am treating my progressive glasses a lot better than I treat sunglasses!<br />
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Anyway, here's a train we saw, at La Spezia I believe.<br />
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The train we took to Florence was bi-level. I honestly don't remember if we went up or down. I imagine we went up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You must choose</td></tr>
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There are electronic signs at Italian stations announcing what train is next. Note the pins sticking up to discourage pigeons from roosting and, er, fouling the signs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firenze SMN or bust!</td></tr>
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Towers</h2>
There are a lot of interesting towers along the rail lines in Italy. Most look abandoned, maybe junctions that used to be controlled from here. I really like the look of the towers. They remind me of the conning towers of submarines or the islands on aircraft carriers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Junction tower?</td></tr>
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Here's another one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot fewer windows in this tower</td></tr>
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One more similar to the others. I like how they are similar but not the same.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PLG SHIVA BONGO indeed</td></tr>
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This one was quite different... and covered in ivy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looks like some kind of bomb shelter more than anything</td></tr>
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I loved those towers... very different than North American towers used to be!<br />
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<h2>
Little Critters</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big critter, little critter</td></tr>
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I like industrial switchers. I was fortunate to spy a few of them along the route between La Spezia and Florence. Note the two above - one much bigger than the other!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little yellow diesel</td></tr>
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These little critters probably don't pull much, but they'd be perfect for maintenance of way work!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another little yellow diesel</td></tr>
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Here's an older but larger diesel I spotted through the window as we rolled along. It looks a bit like the German DB Class V 200 locomotives. Indeed, 13 were sold to various small Italian railway operators.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A CLF locomotive in Italy</td></tr>
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If you squint really hard, and have the original photo, you would see that the blue logo on the side is "CLF". This stands for Costruzioni Linee Ferroviarie, which I think is a subsidiary of <a href="https://www.struktonrail.com/" target="_blank">Strukton Rail</a>.<br />
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More Trains</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All that Jazz</td></tr>
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Here's another ETR-25 "Jazz" trainset, built by Alstom.<br />
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I really liked the next train. It looks <b>fast</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frecciarossa ETR 500</td></tr>
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This is the <a href="http://www.trenitalia.com/tcom-en/Frecce/Frecciarossa" target="_blank">Frecciarossa</a> trainset, pride of the Italian fleet, capable of reaching speeds of 300 km/hr.<br />
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There are actually two different Frecciarossa styles, the ETR 1000 and the ETR 500. The ETR 1000 is newer, capable of 400 km/hr. It has four classes of service onboard, power at every seat, onboard wifi with Internet... a pretty sweet way to travel.<br />
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The ETR 500 has similar capabilities, but can "only" reach 300 km/hr. In reality, both classes only reach 300 km/hr as that is the practical speed limit on the Italian railway network.<br />
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Below, an ETR 1000 at the Firenze Rifredi station. There are <a href="http://en.firenze-online.com/reach-move/florence-railway-stations.php" target="_blank">four train stations in Florence</a>, with the Santa Maria Novella (S.M.N.) being the main station.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frecciarossa 1000 at the Firenze Rifredi station</td></tr>
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Just to break things up, here's a more conventional train. I like those blue doors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colourful coaches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your standard loco-hauled train</td></tr>
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Back to the high speed trains for a moment, a Frecciarossa ETR 500 coming into the Firenze S.M.N. station. We were also coming into the station to end our trip from La Spezia to Florence.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frecciarossa ETR 500 at the main Florence train station</td></tr>
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Yet another "464" class locomotive - the SD40-2 of the Italian railway system. ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Italian 464 class locomotive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italian track bumpers</td></tr>
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I liked these track bumpers - very different than the North American variant, due to the different bumpers on the end of rail cars. In North America, the couplers are the only contact point between cars, whereas European cars have spring loaded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffers_and_chain_coupler" target="_blank">buffers and chain couplers</a>.<br />
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<h2>
In Florence</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh David, you're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind hey David, hey David.</td></tr>
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Again, this isn't a travel blog, but I'll include a few photos from Florence to give a taste of the area. Michelangelo's "David" is of course a highlight of Florence. I hadn't realized the statue was so big - it's 17 feet tall.<br />
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There was a giant toy store a few doors down from our hotel. This store, <a href="http://www.dreoni.it/home/" target="_blank">Dreoni</a>, was founded in 1923 and has a large presence in the city block. I was particularly interested in the model train section, of course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out that Bachmann CP Rail grain hopper in the middle!</td></tr>
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Finally, here's a selfie in front of the "Duomo" (Duomo di Firenze, aka the Cathedral of Florence or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore). The cathedral, with Giotto's bell tower beside it and the Baptistery of Saint John in front of it, is a major tourist attraction. Its dome was the largest in the world for some time, and remains the largest brick dome in the world. You can see a photo of the dome at the top of this post, taken from the bell tower.<br />
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So that was Florence. After a few days, we boarded yet another train and headed for our final stop in our Italian tour - <b><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/10/trains-in-italy-venice.html">Venice</a></b>.<br />
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<a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-rome.html">Back to the beginning</a> / <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/10/trains-in-italy-venice.html">On to Venice</a><br />
<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-18778300661090145422018-09-28T06:00:00.000-05:002018-09-28T06:00:01.569-05:00Trains in Italy - Railfanning in Riomaggiore<div>
<i>This post is part of a series on trains I saw and/or rode while on vacation in Italy.</i></div>
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After we had settled down in our <strike>hotel</strike> <strike>apartment</strike> <b>not sure what it was</b> for the evening, I went back out to the train station in Riomaggiore, Italy to do a little late night railfanning.<br />
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The Riomaggiore Train Station</h2>
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The train station is pretty small - one two-story brick building - with two platforms, one on each side of the two tracks through the town. Both ends of the platforms end in tunnels, as the rail line between La Spezia and Levanto runs along the coast and through numerous tunnels.</div>
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The station itself has a small ticket counter, a few vending machines and a rather small waiting room. I don't know what's on the second floor but it didn't appear to be open to the public. There's a building on the opposite side of the tracks, which is just a waiting room. The two sides are connected by an underground tunnel.<br />
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Have a look at the photo below, taken late in the day of May 31.<br />
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The station is the salmon-coloured two-story building partly hidden by the tree in the foreground. The train is stopped on the platform opposite the station. Note the tunnel at the north end of the platform.</div>
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This is another view of the station area, looking north. The station is on the right.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riomaggiore station platform</td></tr>
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Railfanning by Night</h2>
I arrived at the station area at 21:52 and took this (shaky) photo of the arrivals board.</div>
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There were five trains due: three southbounds to La Spezia, one northbound to Levanto and another northbound all the way to Genoa. My memory is a little fuzzy on how many I saw. I definitely photographed two passenger trains and recorded one on video... as well as a few freight trains.</div>
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I don't claim to know Italian signaling at all, but green seems a pretty universal "train is clear to continue" signal.</div>
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I had a quick look inside the north tunnel - from the platform, thank you. It's not long. You can see from the lines on the platform that passengers are not permitted to walk through the tunnel.</div>
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This is a view looking south, showing the train station to the left and the south tunnel in the distance. The walkway from this area to the rest of the town goes over top of the south tunnel, and you'll see later that I took some photos from up there.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riomaggiore station platform at night</td></tr>
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Note the speed limit sign by the station - 100 / 110 / 115 km/hr! I'm not sure what the different limits are for. In Canada we have two limits, one for freight and one for passenger trains.</div>
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The First Train</h2>
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The first train I saw that night was a northbound freight train, towing tank cars. It did not stop.</div>
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There was an automatic announcement that was broadcast, perhaps 30 seconds before the train arrived. It warned of an express train passing platform 2 and told people to stand back.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A snake of tank cars</td></tr>
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Even at a shutter speed of 1/4 second, the train is a continuous blur. It's a good thing I had my tripod!</div>
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Seven minutes later, the second train arrived, and this one stopped.</div>
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The Second Train</h2>
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This was a locomotive-hauled passenger train. Note the "1" and "2" on the sides of the cars indicating first and second class seating.</div>
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That was interesting to see.</div>
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After that train departed, I left the station and went "up above" on the path so I could take an overhead shot of the station and the next train.</div>
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The Third Train</h2>
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Here you can see the train stopped on platform 2 in Riomaggiore.</div>
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I also recorded a few freight trains on video. You'll see them at the end of the post.<br />
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Railfanning by Day</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Train board for Riomaggiore</td></tr>
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We had tickets for the 12:57 train to La Spezia, connecting with the 13:35 train to Florence (Firenze). We got to the station at 12:10, a little early, as you can see in the display above... which meant railfan time for me! At least it was a nice day to sit and wait for our train.<br />
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First up was this graffiti-covered train, heading south. It may have been the 12:03 train, running late.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I guess the word "graffiti" IS Italian, but I don't like it</td></tr>
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Next was another southbound passenger train, led by one of the ubiquitous E.464 locomotives.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another E.464</td></tr>
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Here's a better look at the speed limit sign on platform 1.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Italian speed limits</td></tr>
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The third passenger train was a northbound electric multiple unit (EMU) train. Not all of these passenger trains stopped in Riomaggiore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading north</td></tr>
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The next was the northbound 12:24 train from the schedule, stopping at platform 2.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northbound train at Riomaggiore</td></tr>
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Next, a southbound train stopped at our platform. It was a little maddening to have trains stop, going to where we wanted to go, yet our ticket was for the 12:57 so we had to wait. In the end, it didn't really matter whether we waited in Riomaggiore or in La Spezia - we would have had to wait somewhere for our connecting train to Florence.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geez, guys, can't you see I'm railfanning here? ;)</td></tr>
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Here's the 12:35 train arriving in Riomaggiore... pushed by another E.464 unit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right on time!</td></tr>
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Next was the 12:38 train, seen here departing north from platform 2. Note the graffiti.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many trains through Riomaggiore!</td></tr>
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The next train I photographed was a southbound freight train on track 1, pulled by an E.652 unit and hauling a string of what looked like covered gondolas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locomotive E652 050 southbound through Riomaggiore</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tail end of the southbound freight train through Cinque Terre</td></tr>
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Finally, our train showed up, right on time, ending a very fruitful Italian railfanning session.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 12:57 - let's go!</td></tr>
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Here's the video I took at night and the next day.<br />
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On to Florence!<br />
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-68111951194075673142018-09-25T06:00:00.001-05:002018-09-25T06:00:08.743-05:00Trains in Italy - To Cinque Terre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>This is part of a series documenting the trains I saw in Italy in late spring 2017.</i><br />
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We left Rome on May 31 and headed to Cinque Terre. This set of five fishing towns is becoming a popular tourist destination. To get there by train, one has to first go to La Spezia, then transfer to a local train that runs through all five towns.<br />
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Onboard the Train</h2>
Here's the interior of the train we took to La Spezia.<br />
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The train had a snack bar on board, but it was closed when I walked by.<br />
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Here's a view of a "2nd class" car.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd class car on Trenitalia</td></tr>
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It was pretty comfortable, if basic.<br />
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The View</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some kind of concrete tie train at the Follonica station</td></tr>
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I amused myself by taking lots of photos out the windows. Since the train wasn't crowded, both my wife and I had window seats. Of course, I was a lot more interested in photographing the trackside equipment and structures than she was!<br />
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I'm fascinated by European diesel locomotives. The "form factor" of these locomotives is so different than current North American locomotives. In many ways, they are more reminiscent of early North American diesels.<br />
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The diesel below is a centre cab - not done now but GE certainly had centre cabs in their early diesels.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A diesel switcher in Italy</td></tr>
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The locomotive below (one of two on the concrete tie train seen above) vaguely reminds me of an early Fairbanks-Morse unit - squarish, with a small cab.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of two paired diesel units at Follonica, Italy</td></tr>
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A little research shows that it is an ex Czech diesel - I spotted <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/10/on-to-czech-republic.html" target="_blank">one like it</a> a few years ago.<br />
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I think the key difference is that European diesels are just <b>small</b>, because European trains are shorter and lighter than North American trains. Also, most European trains are pulled by electric locomotives, so the diesels are used more for branch lines and maintenance trains.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know what this is, but man, it's a cute little locomotive!</td></tr>
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I'm not sure what industry this was, but those are certainly cooling towers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooling towers and containers</td></tr>
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We had glimpses of a lot of Italian train stations. Some were pretty modern but some had some nice touches, like the Rosignano station below with the patterned arch above the doors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosignano station</td></tr>
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Some stations are little more than platforms - at least from the view I had. Presumably there is a nice station building... on the other side of the train.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S. Marinella train station</td></tr>
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Naturally, wires are everywhere since most trains are electric.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Livorno Centrale</td></tr>
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We had power at our seats, which was great for keeping cell phones charged. I had a very bulky international adapter plugged in, to adapt the standard North American plugs for Italian/European plugs. It doesn't convert voltage but most DC adapters can handle 120V through 240V. Read the label!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World's bulkiest power plug adapter</td></tr>
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The train stopped at Pisa on the way. Before the trip, my wife and I had discussed whether we should go see the famed Leaning Tower, but we decided against it. We figured that it wouldn't be a good use of our limited time to go see the tower, take a photo, then leave. I did snap a photo from the train as we crossed a river in Pisa itself, hoping to catch the tower in the photo. I didn't get it in the photo below, but I think we did catch a glimpse of the tower as we left the town.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the Arno River in Pisa, Italy</td></tr>
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<h2>
La Spezia</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Spezia Centrale</td></tr>
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We arrived at La Spezia, and left our train. Looking at the handy displays, we found the platform for the train to Riomaggiore (technically, you look for the train to Levanto) and went there to wait. Of course, I spent my time photographing trains while we waited.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Train at La Spezia - with a Bombardier E.464 class locomotive</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another train at La Spezia</td></tr>
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I was pretty fascinated by this little diesel switcher in La Spezia. Clearly it has sat there for a while to get such a graffiti treatment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graffiti infested diesel locomotive</td></tr>
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<h2>
The Train to Cinque Terre</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The train to Cinque Terre</td></tr>
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Our train showed up, pretty much on time, and we boarded. The interior of the train was pretty spartan, but that's OK. It's a short haul train - it's only an hour run between La Spezia and Levanto. Since we were getting off at the first of the five towns - Riomaggiore - we would barely sit down before we arrived.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic coach</td></tr>
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There's not much to share from a 7 minute ride. I remember that we went through a couple of short tunnels. The line through Cinque Terre hugs the coast and definitely goes through a lot of tunnels. The track in Riomaggiore is only exposed for a few hundred feet and goes into tunnels on both ends of the station.<br />
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<h2>
Riomaggiore</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riomaggiore, Italy</td></tr>
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Again, this isn't a travel blog, so I won't write much about the non-train stuff. The town of Riomaggiore is simply gorgeous and well worth a visit. It's small and quaint, but touristy.<br />
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We enjoyed a lovely sunset down by the water.<br />
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We woke up the next day - June 1 - and, after having breakfast, got on a train back to La Spezia to connect to Florence, our next destination.<br />
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More to come!</div>
Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-31682313984967705462018-09-22T06:00:00.001-05:002018-09-25T16:37:14.491-05:00Trains in Italy - To Rome!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in late May 2017, my wife and I went to Italy for a lovely spring vacation. It was our first time in Italy and we <b>enjoyed it immensely</b>. We definitely want to go back. Since this is a train blog, I'm not going to talk about all of the vacation aspects, but instead cover the train-related parts of our trip... and <b>there were a lot</b>!<br />
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Getting to Rome</h2>
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We flew in three phases - Winnipeg to Toronto (YWG-YYZ), Toronto to Frankfurt (YYZ-FRA), and Frankfurt to Rome (FRA-FCO). It's always a little sobering to think that you are flying 10 km above the ocean, hundreds if not thousands of kilometres from any land, at a large fraction of the speed of sound. I often take air travel for granted, but it's pretty amazing when you think of it.<br />
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In <b>Frankfurt </b>I saw these little automated airport trains zooming around.<br />
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We arrived in Rome - but my wife's suitcase <b>did not</b>. We had to spend some time in the airport at the lost luggage counter, filling out forms and so forth to arrange to get her bag. It wasn't totally lost, just lagging a little behind us. It would end up being delivered to our hotel that evening.<br />
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To get from the airport (the Leonardo da Vinci!) to downtown Rome, we took the airport train, the <b>Leonardo Express</b>. The station is in the airport itself, which is common in Europe and very convenient.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Train station in Leonardo da Vinci airport</td></tr>
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I really enjoyed some of the signs on the yellow posts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pericolo di Morte</td></tr>
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"Non Touche - Pericolo di Morte" translates as "Do Not Touch - Danger of Death".<br />
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After a little wait in the airport, our train arrived.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leonardo Express train</td></tr>
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This is an ETR-25 "Jazz" electric multiple unit (EMU) train, built by Alstom. It is very comfortable and whisked us downtown. It's all coach seating, of course, with no service on board, but it doesn't take too long so there's no need for drinks or anything like that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the Leonardo Express</td></tr>
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I managed to grab the window seat (sorry, honey) and took a lot of photos of the trackside structures, maintenance equipment, and whatever else I could see. It's always interesting to see the railways of other countries and see how they differ from North American railways.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maintenance equipment at Ponte Galeria, Italy</td></tr>
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One thing I noticed quickly is that there is a lot of graffiti on the maintenance equipment. Also, the graffiti increased as we approached Rome. As you may know, <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/01/effing-graffiti.html" target="_blank">I hate graffiti</a> and it saddened me to see it here. I shouldn't have been surprised, since the word derives from the Italian "graffiato", meaning "scratched".<br />
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We passed a few small diesel locomotives.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diesel locomotive in Italy, with graffiti (sigh)</td></tr>
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Like Belgium, Italian trains are mostly electric, but there are some lines that are not electrified, and of course if you are doing maintenance on the wires, you need another way to move your equipment.<br />
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There are several train stations on the line between the airport and Rome, including Roma Trastevere, seen below. We didn't stop at any of them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roma Trastevere station</td></tr>
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After about 40 minutes, we arrived at the Roma Termini station, the main train station in Rome.<br />
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Trains at Roma Termini</h2>
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My long suffering wife was OK with me spending a few minutes photographing the trains in the station before we set off to find our hotel.<br />
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(<b>Above</b>) Locomotive E464-226 is a Bombardier E.464 class, the most common locomotive in service in Italy. 728 were built. It's capable of 4700 horsepower and a maximum speed of 160 km/hr. On that train, it was coupled to a regional train of passenger coaches. I've tried to find some information on those coaches but I can't find anything. My Google-fu has failed. :(<br />
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(<b>Below</b>) This is a "Vivalto" train set, <a href="https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/hitachi-completed-production-vivalto-cars-trenitalia/" target="_blank">manufactured by Hitachi</a>. This is a six car consist, with one motor car and five trailers, with a total of 725 seats and a total capacity of 1,300 people including standing passengers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenitalia "Vivalto" trainset in Rome</td></tr>
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Check out that sweet streamlined train in the background below!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trains in Roma Termini</td></tr>
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We left the station, and after a bit of wandering around, found our hotel.<br />
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We stayed in Rome from the 28th to the 31st of May, hitting the highlights, like the Colosseum, the Forum, the Vatican, and so forth. Rome is a marvelous city. I remember that it was <b>very hot</b> and I was glad that Rome has many free water fountains scattered around the city that you can refill your water bottle from. We drank a lot of water!<br />
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I did take a few photos of the outside of Roma Termini, but to be honest, it's pretty boring, in my opinion. The station was built in the 1950s and definitely has a modern look to it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roma Termini - exterior</td></tr>
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I took a photo of the arrivals and departures board in the station during our stay in Rome. There are quite a few trains through here!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthC7RLXXX4QeRLJ-IUoBSq_owJ3i8lKZYUKe3H3tFLPYbgkhfxIrtpdQs1Dwr04RIBuYBaDXG8IGZOWRe0urJZ77oiXeVSwPHCR62csLLLFm8DqWKx32JSyzD47NwFnSYObMLEA/s1600/IMG_5464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="1600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthC7RLXXX4QeRLJ-IUoBSq_owJ3i8lKZYUKe3H3tFLPYbgkhfxIrtpdQs1Dwr04RIBuYBaDXG8IGZOWRe0urJZ77oiXeVSwPHCR62csLLLFm8DqWKx32JSyzD47NwFnSYObMLEA/s640/IMG_5464.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenitalia arrivals/departures board</td></tr>
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I'll have a separate post about the trams we saw in Rome.<br />
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I won't bore you with a bunch of vacation photos, but here are two that I like.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama of the Colosseum (L) and Arch of Constantine (R)</td></tr>
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How could you not like the Colosseum? I liked it so much that I went back at dawn the next day to photograph it again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My wife and I in the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican</td></tr>
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That <b>Gallery of Maps</b> was definitely our favourite part of the Vatican - even more than the Sistine Chapel. Oddly enough, when we were in the Vatican, the Sistine Chapel was closed for a few hours. It turns out that our prime minister, <b>Justin Trudeau</b>, was visiting the Vatican at the same time that we were, and they cleared the chapel out so <a href="https://pm.gc.ca/eng/photo-gallery/2017/05/29/prime-minister-justin-trudeau-and-sophie-gregoire-trudeau-visit-saint" target="_blank">he could be alone in there</a>.<br />
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Let me tell you, it was pretty crowded when we went in! I have no photos, because photography is not allowed in the chapel, even though a lot of people were sneaking photos. <i>sigh</i><br />
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Coming Up</h2>
After Rome, we boarded a <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-cinque-terre.html">train to take us to the Cinque Terre area of Italy</a>, which is a set of five ("cinque") small fishing towns. This is a beautiful area of Italy, and although we only spent one night there, we fell in love with it. It was also a great place to do some railfanning!<br />
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<a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/09/trains-in-italy-to-cinque-terre.html">READ MORE</a><br />
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See Also</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/03/not-just-waffles-and-chocolate-part-1.html">Not Just Waffles and Chocolate - Trains in Belgium</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2012/06/gare-de-lest.html">Trains in Paris</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2008/10/photos-from-amsterdam.html">Trains in Amsterdam</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/10/public-transit-in-vienna.html">Public Transit in Vienna</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/10/on-to-czech-republic.html">On to the Czech Republic</a></li>
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-51679279032248468162018-09-19T06:00:00.000-05:002018-09-19T06:00:06.748-05:00Book Review: British Columbia Railway<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">British Columbia Railway, by J.F. Garden</td></tr>
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I recently borrowed the book "<b><a href="https://amzn.to/2NT5762" target="_blank">British Columbia Railway: From PGE to BC Rail</a></b>" by J.F. Garden from the Winnipeg public library. I would freely admit that I didn't know much about BC Rail (as I refer to it) and I looked forward to learning more.<br />
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This is a <b>fantastic</b> book.<br />
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It's quite an imposing book. Weighing in at about 3.5 pounds and 456 pages, this is not a light read in any meaning of the phrase... but it is highly readable.<br />
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The book starts with a foreward by M.C. "Mac" Norris, former CEO and President of the British Columbia Railway.<br />
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The history of the Pacific Great Eastern, the British Columbia Railway, and BC Rail is intertwined with the history of politics in British Columbia. The railway has always been owned by the government and subject to the whims of whatever political party was in control, so Mr. Garden goes into considerable detail on the history of the railway and how it was affected by the parties in power.<br />
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This sounds really dry, but it isn't. The author writes in a fairly tongue-in-cheek style, and the text is liberally decorated with high quality photographs of the railway. British Columbia is incredibly scenic, and the photography in this book is outstanding.<br />
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60 pages are dedicated to the Pacific Great Eastern, and another 118 pages are devoted to the successor, the British Columbia Railway.<br />
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(<a href="https://amzn.to/2NT5762" target="_blank">buy the book</a>)</div>
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My favourite part of the book is "A Tour of the Line: BC Rail", showcasing numerous locations on the BC Rail network from North Vancouver through Prince George and Chetwynd, with branch lines well represented as well.<br />
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This book's first printing was August 1995, so it doesn't cover the end of passenger service on October 31, 2002, nor the 2003 <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cn-buys-bc-rail-for-1-billion/article1169469/" target="_blank">sale of BC Rail to CN</a>. It would be interesting to see another edition of the book that fills in that 8 year gap, but perhaps it's best that the book ends on an optimistic note, full of hope for the future of the railway.<br />
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"British Columbia Railway" is chock full of excellent photographs by the author, as well as many, many photos by outstanding railway photographers such as Steve Smedley, <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/search/label/greg%20mcdonnell" target="_blank">Greg McDonnell</a>, Dave Wilkie, Roger Burrows, Nils Huxtable and Ken Perry among many others. The caption information is generous and really adds to the photographs.<br />
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I can't say enough good things about this book. If you have any interest in the PGE, British Columbia Railway, BC Rail, or even CN's operations on the former BC Rail territories, you should get this book. Used copies are <a href="https://amzn.to/2NT5762" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a> or you may be able to find it in your local library.<br />
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<i>If you purchase the book from Amazon using the link provided, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.</i><br />
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<h2>
See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2014/07/railfanning-prince-george-part-3.html">The Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum</a> (lots of BC Rail content)</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/search/label/book%20review">All of my book reviews</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/2OxgqOv" target="_blank">J.F. Garden's other books on Amazon</a></li>
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-37128071710950619512018-09-16T06:00:00.000-05:002018-09-16T06:00:04.211-05:00What's on CN 2329 East?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just for something a little different, let's look at some of the cars found on CN 2329 East, spotted on September 13, 2018.<br />
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CN 2329</h2>
By the name I've given the train, obviously CN 2329 was on the head end. 2329 is a GE ES44DC locomotive, built in mid 2010.<br />
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I first spotted this locomotive on train 404 on April 4, 2011 (see <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2011/04/404-on-404.html" target="_blank">"404 on 4/04"</a>), several hundred feet further east from the photo above. The second time I spotted 2329 was on October 9, 2012, pretty much at the exact same location. I might take a lot of photos in the same area... what do you think?<br />
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There was another locomotive on the train. You'll see it soon...<br />
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MGLX 625056</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MGLX 625056 in Winnipeg</td></tr>
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The first freight car I photographed was this Saskatchewan! car now owned by MobilGrain, MBLX 625056. The taggers have been all over this car, unfortunately. I always liked the green SK cars.<br />
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GTW 138205</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long live the Grand Trunk</td></tr>
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The next car I photographed was heavily weathered GTW 138205, sporting the giant white "GT". It even has its multicolour ACI label visible to the right of the "T". I can't quite read the built date but it looks like "11-76", which is comparable to the dates on other GTW cars like this that I have photographed. 40+ years of working... too bad rail cars don't get a pension when they are retired.<br />
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CN 395299</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faded glory</td></tr>
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Next up is highly faded CN 395299, with its Canadian Wheat Board logo and lettering barely visible. I remember it being almost pink in colour to my eye. Another car on borrowed time...<br />
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CGEX 1085</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cargill's CGEX 1085</td></tr>
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I see a <b>lot</b> of Cargill grain cars. CGEX 1085 here is one of the common types, but I also see a lot of Cargill cars with external, vertical ribs. The reporting marks tend to be CGAX, CGEX or CGOX. I don't know if there is any reason for the difference in reporting marks.<br />
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You'll see another Cargill car shortly.<br />
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<h2>
EFNX 160760</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A truly boring car</td></tr>
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I took a photo of EFNX 160760 not because there was anything interesting about it, but because it is a prime example of today's truly <b>boring</b> rail cars. This 5200 cubic foot car was built in September 2016 and is one of many cars in <a href="https://www.elementfleet.com/" target="_blank">Element Financial</a>'s fleet of rail cars available for lease.<br />
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In "days of yore", railroads owned a lot of rolling stock. Not any more. I believe the majority of today's rail cars are owned by lessors like Element who lease them out to customers. It probably makes a lot of financial sense for the railroads to be out of the lease market, but I miss the corporate logos on rail cars. This car is truly and literally the beige among the rapidly disappearing GT blue, the UP yellow, and the rainbow Canadian grain car fleet.<br />
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OK, rant over. Incidentally, another photo of this very rail car <a href="http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=1179995" target="_blank">is available on RRPictureArchives.NET</a>.<br />
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CNA 385112</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's that in the top left corner?</td></tr>
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CNA 385112 looks like a pretty ordinary 4740 cubic foot rail car, with external ribs, built in March 1972 and still sporting its ACI label. However... what's that in the top left of the car?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aha! Cargill!</td></tr>
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This was a Cargill car! Also note that it used to be NAHX 5xxx3 before CN acquired it.<br />
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These little details keep me watching the train after the locomotive(s) go by.<br />
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<h2>
The FURX Cars</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FURX FTW</td></tr>
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I saw a string of these gray FURX cars on the train next. You can see they are three bay open top hopper cars, 2400 cubic feet. I can see external controls to open the doors, so they must be pneumatically controlled. I see the pistons to operate the doors and there are nozzles on the cars labelled "AIR". It's weird how the middle door is "C" and the "A" and "B" doors are on the ends.<br />
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FURX was First Union Rail, <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160217005455/en/Union-Rail-Renamed-%E2%80%98Wells-Fargo-Rail%E2%80%99" target="_blank">recently renamed to Wells Fargo Rail</a>. It's another railcar and locomotive leasing company.<br />
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<h2>
The 86 Foot Boxcars</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PHRX 4794</td></tr>
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The real "win" on the train for me was this pair of 86 foot boxcars, with the PHRX reporting mark. The PHRX reporting mark is owned by <a href="https://www.premiertech.com/global/en/products/horticulture-agriculture/" target="_blank">Premier Horticulture Ltd.</a>, a company founded in 1923 around sphagnum peat moss. Their head office is in Rivière-du-Loup (Québec).<br />
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I remember seeing 86 foot boxcars on the New Brunswick East Coast Railway in northern New Brunswick. There is a lot of peat moss on the Acadian peninsula, and in fact the former <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/nb-railway-history/caraquet-and-gulf-shore/" target="_blank">Caraquet and Gulf Shore Railway</a> (and later CN Caraquet subdivision) hauled a lot of peat moss.<br />
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Eric Gagnon has an excellent article on <a href="https://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2016/09/hi-cube-boxcars-haul-peat-moss.html" target="_blank">86 foot boxcars hauling peat moss</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PHLX 206036</td></tr>
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I'm sure you noticed the locomotive...<br />
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<h2>
CN 3826</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 3826</td></tr>
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This shiny locomotive, CN 3826, is one of the <a href="https://www.railwayage.com/freight/ge-rolls-out-first-of-200-locomotives-for-cn/" target="_blank">260 new Evolution-series locomotives GE is building for CN</a> to ease its power shortage. I imagine this was one of the first revenue runs, as the locomotive is still clean!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shiny new loco</td></tr>
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Note the CN Aboriginal Affairs logo that these new locomotives wear. I love how there are labels with tiny letters along the frame edge... someone is very optimistic that these will be readable! My guess is that they will become covered in grime and be unreadable within a month.<br />
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<h2>
Canadian Grain Cars</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rainbow</td></tr>
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There was a rainbow of Canadian grain cars near the tail end of the train to finish things off.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed this little rolling stock review. Let me know what you think in the comments!<br />
<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-64038568742652552852018-09-11T07:13:00.003-05:002018-09-11T07:13:32.622-05:00Encounter at Beach Junction<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VIA 1 passing through Beach Junction</td></tr>
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I decided to capture the Labour Day VIA Rail "<i>Canadian"... </i>but I didn't want to go out to Dugald or Anola like I had been doing. I wanted to try something... <b>different</b>.<br />
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As I scrolled through Google Maps, following the route of VIA 1, I found the highway overpass near Beach Junction and the north entrance to CN's Symington Yard. This overpass is where the 4-lane Lagimodiere Boulevard crosses over the two-track CN Redditt subdivision.<br />
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Looking at the satellite view, I saw that the shoulders on each side were really wide - more than a lane's worth - so I was not very concerned about safety from the cars zooming by at 80+ km/hr. You have to watch that with overpasses - some of them have very little space between the cars and the guard rails. <b>Safety first</b>!<br />
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There's no place to park on the overpass, but there are side streets nearby, and I don't mind walking a bit.<br />
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My alarm went off at 6:03 AM on Monday morning, and I hopped out of bed and checked VIA's web site to see where VIA 1 was. It was approaching Elma, supposedly an hour away from Winnipeg, so I had lots of time. I quickly dressed and grabbed my <a href="https://amzn.to/2Q60hRh" target="_blank">Lowepro SlingShot 102 AW</a> and hit the road. I normally bring my <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/02/amazon-basics-dslr-laptop-backpack-review.html" target="_blank">AmazonBasics camera bag</a>, but since I knew I was going to be away from my car for an extended period, a small camera bag seemed more appropriate.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the sun to rise</td></tr>
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Within 20 minutes, I was "on station". It was a chilly 8 degrees Celsius, and I was glad I wore a light coat. I was wishing I had brought <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/01/product-review-freehands-gloves.html" target="_blank">my gloves</a>, too!<br />
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<h2>
The First Train</h2>
I noted there was an east-facing CN train stopped just west of the overpass, just before Panet Road. These days, CN's trains pause a bit as they wait for their turn to enter a yard or proceed farther down the line. That's the curse of having so much traffic...<br />
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Eventually that train started to roll forward, and I took a few photos as they rolled under me and proceeded into Symington Yard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2438 and 2023</td></tr>
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It was a nice cowl leader - a Dash-8!<br />
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After nine minutes, the tail end passed me and they curved around into the yard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Round the bend</td></tr>
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It was not long before the second train came along... and the third.<br />
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<h2>
The Second and Third Trains</h2>
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I saw a train coming out of Symington Yard, led by CN 2951. I decided I would shoot video, to show the train squealing around the curve and onto the main line.<br />
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I was glad I brought my monopod, as I could record the train easily without too much camera shake or strain on my arms. As I kept recording, I heard another train behind me, and after about 4m 45s after I started recording, CN 2596 East rolled past on the north track and went <b>into </b>the yard.<br />
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It was really cool to see the two trains passing on the curve. They almost looked like model trains!<br />
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<h2>
The Fourth Train, and a Friend</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 8833 East</td></tr>
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It was a container train, crossing over from the north to the south track - and carrying on past the yard.<br />
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Just before this train showed up, I received a message from <b>Mark Perry</b>. In the past few weeks, Mark and I have both gone out to photograph VIA 1 coming into the city, both in the same area, but we never ran into each other. It's been amusing, really. Anyway, he messaged me asking if I was out shooting VIA. I replied and told him where I was, and he said he'd be there shortly.<br />
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Note the track curving off to the left in the photo above. That's the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/shortlines/cemr/pine-falls/" target="_blank">CEMR Pine Falls subdivision</a>, leading to their yard on Day Street. The Central Manitoba Railway runs down that track onto CN and then into Symington to interchange cars with CN. They also continue west on the Redditt and then the Rivers sub to get to the CEMR Carman subdivision.<br />
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Here's a black-and-white photo, in homage to Mark, who likes black and white photos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black and white rules!</td></tr>
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This was definitely "cowl day", with two cowl units on this train - CN 2418 and BC Rail 4601.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BC Rail 4601 and a CN cowl unit!</td></tr>
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Mark drove by while the train was going by, and parked nearby. He walked up to the other side of the overpass and photographed the train going away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark and the "going away" angle</td></tr>
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There was a hot air balloon nearby. It would have been a great morning for going up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN and the hot air balloon</td></tr>
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We had about a 25 minute wait for VIA 1 to arrive.<br />
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Mark is a great railway photographer. His photos and articles have been published in a number of books, and magazines such as TRAINS. I admire his work and his photographic style. I keep urging him to write a book but so far, he's not interested. I'll keep trying!<br />
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VIA 1</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's coming right for us</td></tr>
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The "Canadian" came around the corner out of Transcona yard and started down the straight section.<br />
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I took a few overhead shots, then switched to the sun side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The problem with shooting into the sun... dark nose</td></tr>
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I suppose I could have stayed and kept shooting "head on" - I do like head on photos - but I had visualized the shot I wanted before I came to that location, and I wanted to get it.<br />
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Here it is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The side glint</td></tr>
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Three locomotives, four domes, stainless steel... I feel very lucky to be able to see this train.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some day I want to ride this train</td></tr>
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The only problem with this location is that the "going away" shot is no good... you can't sprint across four lanes of traffic and jump the giant gap in the middle between the pairs of lanes. Not safely, anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a good "going away" photo</td></tr>
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After VIA passed, Mark and I both packed up our gear and headed out. I had family stuff to do and Mark had to get to work!<br />
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<h2>
Post Game Analysis</h2>
Overall, I was very pleased with that location. I feel it has a lot of potential for overhead shots, which are certainly in short supply in the Winnipeg area. You can see signals to the west, which are very helpful for knowing when a train is coming. Parking is available at the mall or nearby side streets.<br />
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The only downsides I see are that you can't switch sides easily, and you are definitely in the public eye when you're up on the overpass in such a high traffic area.<br />
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I'll probably be back!<br />
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It was great to see Mark again and finally meet up after a few inadvertent joint VIA photo sessions.<br />
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<h2>
See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/04/10-questions-for-mark-perry.html">10 Questions for Mark Perry</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/01/drama-at-diamond.html">Drama at Diamond</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/07/150-canadian-railfans-that-inspire-me.html">150 Canadian Railfans that Inspire Me</a></li>
</ul>
Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-76890190646274130342018-09-02T17:03:00.002-05:002018-09-02T17:03:48.922-05:00Churchill Line to be Repaired<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Mike Spence / Town of Churchill</td></tr>
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It's hard to believe, but a <b>deal has been reached to sell the rail line to Churchill, and to repair it</b>. I wasn't entirely sure this day would ever come!<br />
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Since the rail line <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/06/rail-line-to-churchill-severed.html" target="_blank">washed out in numerous places</a> in late May 2017, there have been many calls to the owner, Omnitrax, to repair the line. They commissioned an engineering survey and announced <a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/07/sixty-million-to-churchill.html" target="_blank">in July 2017</a> that it would cost <strike>a zillion dollars</strike> up to $60 million to repair the line. Since then, not much has happened.<br />
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Now, <b>everything has changed</b>.<br />
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A consortium of First Nations, <a href="https://www.fairfax.ca/" target="_blank">Fairfax Financial Holdings</a>, and <a href="http://www.agtfoods.com/" target="_blank">AGT Limited Partnership</a> - collectively called <b>Arctic Gateway Group Limited Partnership</b> - have purchased the railway line, the Port of Churchill and the marine terminal in Churchill from Omnitrax.<br />
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I have to assume that the entire Hudson Bay Railway is part of the deal, which would include the branch to Flin Flon as well as the main line between The Pas and Churchill.<br />
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I think it is very encouraging that two groups of First Nations and northern communities - One North and Missinippi Rail - are involved. This includes <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/churchill-rail-port-omnitrax-broe-fairfax-holdings-rivett-paul-1.4683786" target="_blank">30 First Nations, 11 non-First Nations communities in Manitoba, and seven Kivalliq communities in western Nunavut</a>. Local ownership should encourage usage in ways that Denver-based Omnitrax couldn't envision.<br />
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<h2>
Repairing the Churchill Line</h2>
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There's no official word on who will be hired to repair the line. I've heard rumours but nothing has been announced yet. All reports say that repairs should begin immediately. Time is certainly running out!<br />
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Hopefully it will take a lot less than $60 million to open the line and get freight and passengers moving again. I imagine they could get the line open for freight before winter. It might take a long time for a freight to crawl over the line, but it's still a lot better than waiting for a ship!<br />
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<h2>
Passenger Service to Resume?</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gillam-Winnipeg train... hopefully soon the Churchill-Winnipeg train again?</td></tr>
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It's very premature to speculate on when VIA Rail will resume service. I imagine they will do so as soon as it is safe to do so. You may recall they had to <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/10/escape-from-churchill.html" target="_blank">extract their stranded train by ship</a> late in 2017.<br />
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VIA has been running one weekly train between Winnipeg and Gillam (VIA 692/693), as well as a train between The Pas and Gillam (VIA 690/691) and between Thompson and Gillam (VIA 694/695). They're doing the best they can, given that the track is impassable not far north of Gillam.<br />
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I'm sure railfans will be watching this closely... I'll be reporting on <a href="https://twitter.com/stevetraingeek" target="_blank">my Twitter feed</a> and here when I can.<br />
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<h2>
See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/search/label/churchill">All my Churchill blog posts</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/06/rail-line-to-churchill-severed.html">Churchill rail line washed out</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/09/movement-on-churchill-rail-line-at-last.html">Movement on the Churchill line</a>? (September 2017!)</li>
</ul>
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-16061398624338278412018-08-30T22:05:00.000-05:002018-08-30T22:05:15.712-05:00Review: EW-83J Lens Hood Clone<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EW-83J lens hood on my Canon lens</td></tr>
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Lens hoods are a useful accessory for your camera. They serve a couple of purposes - keeping side light from reflecting off your lens and causing problems, and protecting the end of the lens. Normally when you buy a lens, it comes with a cap but no hood. Mid to high end lenses, like my Canon 70-200mm f/4 L lens, often come with a lens hood. However, my 17-55mm f/2.8 lens did not come with a hood.<br />
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You can <a href="https://amzn.to/2ops1ne" target="_blank">buy one from Canon</a>, but it's around $75 Canadian, which is ridiculous for a piece of plastic. So several manufacturers have made similar hoods for the same lens. I bought the <a href="https://amzn.to/2wqD1Fm" target="_blank">BlueBeach version of the EW-83J</a>.<br />
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At the time of writing, it's $12 Canadian, which is much more reasonable for a shaped piece of plastic. Shipping is extra, of course, unless you add enough to your order to get free shipping.<br />
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<i><b>Please note</b>: if you buy anything from the Amazon links in this post, I receive a small percentage of anything you buy as a commission, at no extra cost to you.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EW-83J lens hood</td></tr>
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The hood comes in a plastic bag - actually one bag inside another, for some reason - and is just the hood with no instructions. Here are my instructions.<br />
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<li>Take it out of the bags.</li>
<li>Screw it onto the end of your lens.</li>
<li>Twist it until it doesn't obscure your photo.</li>
<li>Go take some photos.</li>
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It's pretty simple.<br />
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Some Amazon reviewers have complained that it doesn't fit quite right, and they had to trim it a bit with a hobby knife to make it fit. I found it was a snug fit on my lens - which is good - and so far it has stayed on and done its job. I've been using it for a few weeks now.<br />
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To be honest, it fits just as well as the Canon lens hood that came with my 70-200mm lens. That Canon hood sometimes doesn't thread right on the first try, so I have to back it out and try again. Not a big deal, as you normally aren't slapping a hood on in a hurry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EW-83J lens hood on the Canon 17-55mm lens</td></tr>
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It has kind of a petal shape. Make sure you orient it right so that it doesn't block anything in your view. If you have it 90 degrees out of whack, it will cause a little vignetting, just like the "real" Canon hood does.<br />
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I'm very satisfied with my lens hood. If you need a hood for your Canon 17-55mm EF-S f/2.8 lens, you might want to <a href="https://amzn.to/2wqD1Fm" target="_blank">buy this one</a>!<br />
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You can <a href="https://amzn.to/2LJBgrI" target="_blank">browse all lens hoods on Amazon</a>, but I really recommend that you search for your particular lens to find a hood made specifically for it. You want a good fit, and read the reviews to ensure people are happy with it. In the end, it's just a piece of plastic, so all that can really go wrong is that it doesn't fit right.<br />
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Good shooting!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to photograph!</td></tr>
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-85101975367205994052018-08-27T07:00:00.000-05:002018-08-27T07:00:04.194-05:00Book Review: Canadian National Steam Power<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadian National Steam Power book</td></tr>
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I recently read the book "<a href="https://amzn.to/2MXzwQt" target="_blank">Canadian National Steam Power</a>", written by Anthony Clegg and Ray Corley. This book was an authoritative work on CN's steam locomotives. It was written in 1969 and is a little dated, perhaps. I am not a steam locomotive expert by any means, but it was an interesting read.<br />
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The book starts with a brief history of CN, especially of its major founding railways - the Canadian Government Railways, the Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Canadian Northern Railway, and the Central Vermont Railway. All of these railways eventually became part of the Canadian National Railways, which became today's CN.<br />
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There was a lot of discussion about renumbering of locomotives as the railways merged together, along with different classes of steam locomotives and retirement of old locomotives as the CNR came into being.<br />
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Other, smaller, railways were also merged into the CNR, such as the Kent Northern in New Brunswick and the Inverness Railway in Nova Scotia.<br />
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There is a tremendous amount of data in this book. As I said, I'm not a steam fan, but I think it would be a great resource for those who enjoy steam locomotives.<br />
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I enjoyed reading the first half of the book, with the details on the history of the CNR and the steam locomotives that were acquired by the CNR both before and after it was formed.<br />
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The data section left me a little cold, but at the risk of repeating myself, I'm not a steam fan.<br />
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You can <a href="https://amzn.to/2P61GWI">find this book on Amazon</a> and maybe at your local library.<br />
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<b>PS</b> - you could instead <a href="http://www.dcbooks.ca/canadianNationalSteam.html" target="_blank">buy Canadian National Steam!</a> by Donald R. McQueen, which is based on this book based on Clegg and Corley's original book. There are also eight roster books that follow on to that book.<br />
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-71110307221848263702018-08-23T21:30:00.000-05:002018-08-23T21:30:03.272-05:00Waiting for the Sunset Train<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>I still can hear the whisper of the summer night<br />It echoes in the corners of my heart<br />The night we stood and waited for the desert train<br />All the words we meant to say<br />All the chances swept away<br />Still remain on the road to the dune</i><br />
- "Desert Moon", Dennis DeYoung</blockquote>
After a <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/08/sublime-sprague-subdivision-sunset.html" target="_blank">successful evening of sunset Sprague subdivision railfanning</a>, I went out again the following evening, hoping for some more good photos. This time I didn't take my son along, so it was a solo outing... kind of like Dennis DeYoung's first solo album, "Desert Moon".<br />
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I elected to start on the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/class-1-railways/cn-in-manitoba/rivers/" target="_blank">CN Rivers subdivision</a>, since it has the highest rail traffic of any rail line around Winnipeg. When I arrived "on scene", there was an eastbound freight train rolling by, with another east-facing train sitting at mile 10. I chose to chase.<br />
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CN 2421 East</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much train on my hands</td></tr>
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CN 2421 and IC 2465 were powering that eastbound grain train. I elected to photograph them at Harstone Road, which is a crossing just west of one of my usual spots, Carman Junction.<br />
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I chose this location because I could get on the north side of the tracks, where the sun was. Since it was an eastbound train in the evening, the light wasn't great so I had to make the best of it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IC 2465 - not a "Blue Devil"</td></tr>
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These Illinois Central (IC) 2400 units (C40-8W locomotives) were originally owned by GE's Locomotive Management Services (LMS) and were leased to Conrail and painted blue. Eventually 12 of them became IC 2455-2466 and were dubbed "<a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2016/07/toasters-red-barns-and-other-nicknames.html" target="_blank">blue devils</a>" by railfans. I like seeing them.<br />
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Sadly, IC 2465 was repainted sometime between 2013 and 2015 and is no longer blue. This was actually the first time I saw this unit, so I never saw it as a "blue devil".<br />
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Eric Gagnon has a <a href="https://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2012/02/leased-locomotives-on-cn-1994-1998.html" target="_blank">great article</a> on CN leasers between 1994 and 1998 that includes the "blue devils" when they were still LMS units.<br />
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Someone had dropped a pizza box in the middle of the road, so I had to include that in a photo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MGLX 397044 and pizza</td></tr>
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Note the ex Saskatchewan Grain Car Corporation car... now MGLX (Mobil Grain). It's one of several hundred purchased from the province.<br />
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About 15 minutes later, a westbound train came. As I drove west to find a spot to catch it, I found that CN 8899 East was still sitting at mile 10 on the north track. I pulled off the road and I was able to catch the meet.<br />
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CN 8800 West, Meet CN 8899 East</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">East meets west</td></tr>
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I like how someone has cleared the grime off the reporting mark on CN 8800.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PRLX 250 returns</td></tr>
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Note the unit in second position - PRLX 250 again! I saw that <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/08/sublime-sprague-subdivision-sunset.html" target="_blank">the previous night</a> coming into Winnipeg, so here it was, continuing westward out of the city.<br />
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I definitely had to chase this train!<br />
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I headed west, past Diamond, to mile 15. There I set my old Canon T1i up on a tripod to record video, then shot the train as it went by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little potash train on the prairie</td></tr>
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Those locomotives and the pink potash cars looked pretty sweet in the sunset light.<br />
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Another shot of PRLX 250? Why not?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PRLX 250 redux</td></tr>
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The third unit was CN 2225, for those keeping score at home.<br />
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Here's the video...<br />
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I didn't feel like there were going to be any more CN trains for a while, so I decided to take a quick trip north to the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/class-1-railways/cp-in-manitoba/carberry/" target="_blank">CP Carberry subdivision</a> and see if I could catch a train there before I had to head for home.<br />
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Luck was with me, because as I arrived trackside, I could see a headlight in Rosser, several miles to the west of me.<br />
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I found a crossing and setup for video and still photography. As the train approached, I could see it was an oil train. The sunset sure looked nice shining off all of those tank cars!<br />
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<h2>
CP 9668 East</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shot of the day</td></tr>
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I took a number of photos as the train approached. Say what you will about unit trains, to me they look very nice stretched out across the Canadian prairie... especially with some sweet sunset light on the side. This was truly "the best of times", in my opinion.<br />
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As the train passed, I pivoted to get the "going away" view as they approached a set of signals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Highball!</td></tr>
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Sunset snake...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset snake</td></tr>
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The tail end had another locomotive on it, and as the end approached, I saw it was a BNSF locomotive, BNSF 7413. I photographed them passing the signals, then I threw my gear in the car and gave chase, hoping for another photo of the BNSF unit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BNSF 7413 splits the signals</td></tr>
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Here's the video...<br />
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I wasn't really able to catch up to the train, but I grabbed this long distance photo of BNSF 7413 and the buffer car on the rear of the oil train before giving up and heading home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Grand Finale</td></tr>
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As I turned onto St. Mary's Road, I spotted this sunset scene and had to pull over to capture it. That's the Investors Group Field stadium on the left, home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (arch-nemesis of my beloved Saskatchewan Roughriders).<br />
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<h2>
Styx!</h2>
<b>PS </b>- I quoted Dennis DeYoung at the start because I finally saw him in concert, here in Winnipeg, on August 16. Dennis is the former lead singer of <b>Styx</b>. He and his band played at the magnificent Burton Cummings Theatre. I sat in the 4th row and enjoyed the performance of the full album "The Grand Illusion" plus many Styx hits. At 69 he still sounds great, and his band was excellent.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis DeYoung and band in concert</td></tr>
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If you get the chance, go see Dennis - <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/11/a-quick-concert-photography-tip.html">or Styx</a> - in concert. Both put on great shows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dennis DeYoung, up close and personal!</td></tr>
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I don't think I mentioned it here, but I saw STYX on Vancouver Island...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">STYX.. 72485</td></tr>
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See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/08/sublime-sprague-subdivision-sunset.html">Sublime Sprague Subdivision Sunset Sightings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/04/not-just-waffles-and-chocolate-part-6.html">Not Just Waffles and Chocolate - Sunrise and Sunset</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2012/01/sunset-train.html">Sunset Train</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2012/01/sunset-meet.html">Sunset Meet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2015/11/a-quick-concert-photography-tip.html">Quick Concert Photography Tip (Styx in Concert)</a></li>
</ul>
Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-72905070698349290232018-08-16T07:38:00.000-05:002018-08-16T07:38:51.581-05:00Sublime Sprague Subdivision Sunset Sightings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My youngest son and I went out railfanning on the evening of May 26, 2018 along the CN Sprague subdivision.<br />
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I live in southeast Winnipeg, so when I head out to see some main line action, I have two choices - head east to see the CN Sprague subdivision or the CN Redditt subdivision, or head west to see the CN Rivers subdivision or the CP Carberry subdivision. On that day, I chose to head east to the Sprague.<br />
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CN 5791 West</h2>
I found a westbound freight between Deacon's Corner and Dufresne, and I took the shot at a rural crossing. Westbounds in the evening are nice because you get that sweet nose light.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 5791 West</td></tr>
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That second unit... another "warbonnet" leaser!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PRLX 250 on CN</td></tr>
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The train had a lot of general freight on the head end, then a long string of tank cars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tank cars as far as the eye can see</td></tr>
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That was nice. I took video with my older Canon T1i on a tripod, with a 50mm lens. I like the sound of the tank cars whooshing by.<br />
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We carried on to Dufresne to the grain elevator there. I was hoping for another westbound to get them with the nice sunset light on the elevator.<br />
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I set up just west of the elevator and waited... and waited...<br />
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I've written about how <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2016/11/patience-or-my-lack-of-it.html" target="_blank">I am not a patient person</a>. At least this time, I was with my son, so we could chat about Super Smash Brothers or Pokemon or whatever while we waited.<br />
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After about 50 minutes of waiting, a train did come along. It was a westbound!<br />
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<h2>
CN 2242 West</h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiBHHGZMlXZ1PIgRmO0rlxb4tPqpQ3FQ1GkOuUovgrKFISYenOFjgqlAWXJmr8Q1w6bFYO-QtvQBJLtqQKGLJtPpoFyzl74wszdgE_tylgpSxUiaEYMqsT7JURnZvyH7ZloCSUg/s1600/2242+Dufresne+20180526+SLB-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiBHHGZMlXZ1PIgRmO0rlxb4tPqpQ3FQ1GkOuUovgrKFISYenOFjgqlAWXJmr8Q1w6bFYO-QtvQBJLtqQKGLJtPpoFyzl74wszdgE_tylgpSxUiaEYMqsT7JURnZvyH7ZloCSUg/s640/2242+Dufresne+20180526+SLB-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2242 by the Dufresne grain elevator</td></tr>
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I can't decide which photo I like best - the one above or the one below. What do you think? Leave a comment!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2242, a grain elevator, and the moon</td></tr>
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"Death star" IC 1000 was the second unit, and there was a CAT backhoe on a flatcar two cars back.<br />
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Here's the video. I should have had the camera a bit farther back, I think.<br />
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So that was nice.<br />
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I waited twenty more minutes to see if another westbound was following, but nothing came along. I packed everything up and we headed back toward Winnipeg.<br />
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In the distance, I saw a headlight...<br />
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<h2>
CN 3086 East</h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3qRaT2-LNzij6mEbpzZ8SWvovuBWfh1hEbU7TXIlodjCEj7Y0btL3-QU77yyrflFtOI9CLXir_Aw5aEPAx5jfCQNxGcR5kVqAtyf5nFfOwzIDq_M-b8_leC51boHf9DCPczPLA/s1600/3086+Winnipeg+20180526+SLB-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3qRaT2-LNzij6mEbpzZ8SWvovuBWfh1hEbU7TXIlodjCEj7Y0btL3-QU77yyrflFtOI9CLXir_Aw5aEPAx5jfCQNxGcR5kVqAtyf5nFfOwzIDq_M-b8_leC51boHf9DCPczPLA/s640/3086+Winnipeg+20180526+SLB-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet, sweet sunset light</td></tr>
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This was unexpected, but this shot was my favourite of the evening. I just love that gorgeous sunset light.<br />
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It's funny how the light can change so much just by the angle you shoot it at. Contrast the photo above with the one below, taken seconds later as the train passed by us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 3086</td></tr>
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It's like it was a totally different day.<br />
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I didn't have time to set up for video for this one.<br />
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This train was a solid intermodal (container) train. I know a lot of people don't like the container trains, as they are basically just a wall of containers, but I like the symmetry... and they look nice at sunset.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Containers at sunset</td></tr>
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<h2>
Summary</h2>
It was a lovely evening for railfanning. I'm not sure my son would agree :) but I enjoyed it.<br />
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As a little extra, here's a freight car I saw earlier in the day when I was in downtown Winnipeg. These Reading and Northern cars show up now and then on CN.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading and Northern RBMN 8173</td></tr>
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Thanks for reading!<br /><br />
Coming up... the next evening, May 27, when PRLX 250 makes another appearance...<br />
<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-239344740105380862018-08-05T07:00:00.000-05:002018-08-05T07:00:03.641-05:00Book Review: Heckman's Canadian Pacific<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a review of the book "<b>Heckman's Canadian Pacific: A Photographic Journey</b>" by <b>Ralph Beaumont</b>. If you like Canadian trains, and especially the CPR, you'll want this book!<br />
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Joseph Heckman was an engineer turned photographer who worked for Canadian Pacific Railway around the turn of the century (between 1898 and 1915), well before the more famous CPR photographer Nicholas Morant.<br />
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Heckman took several thousand black and white photos for engineering purposes, and this has turned out to be a treasure trove of images of the early CPR. These images were collected - presumably by Heckman - into a series of books.<br />
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The images show bridges, culverts, stations and other engineering works. One of the defining features of Heckman's photos is that they usually include people posing in them, such as a station agent and his family, or railway maintenance personnel. Heckman usually traveled by motorcar or handcar and his vehicle is also often in the photo.<br />
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Here's a typical image, showing his handcar with crewman, plus the station agent and his family. This is Chaplin, Saskatchewan, July 13, 1890.<br />
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Heckman kept extensive field notes, and the author used those to help identify the locations and other context around the photos.<br />
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Author Ralph Beaumont has winnowed these images down to several hundred excellent images, and he has provided an extensive caption for each photo to provide context. Beaumont also describes each book of photos. It appears that not much was known about Heckman, but Beaumont has done some extensive research to discover details about the man and his life.<br />
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This is a remarkable book about a remarkable collection, taken by a remarkable man.<br />
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My thanks go out to Ralph Beaumont for the tremendous amount of work that obviously went into making this book.<br />
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You can try <a href="https://amzn.to/2Mbjyyc" target="_blank">buying this on Amazon</a> (if it's in stock), through <a href="http://www.canadianexpressline.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11945" target="_blank">Canadian Express Online</a> (at time of writing, they have 1 in stock), or see if it's in your local library. It's in the Winnipeg library...<br />
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Other reviews of this book:<br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="http://phsc.ca/camera/?p=5434" target="_blank">Photographic Historical Society of Canada</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/rail-photographer-celebrated-new-book" target="_blank">Canadian Geographic</a></li>
</ul>
Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-34143751837495108902018-08-02T06:00:00.000-05:002018-08-02T06:00:11.530-05:00Light Matters<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCTmfmKo6m_oLak40gDqTtKOnf3ESDA67lLB7dVumHp-jo242A4jnVAbIvtA4nL7NzFkiti6rjFz7YQV8IudN54BLsl-NpyhzderWu_Mxtw73jhLColAAMKOVtMa5u0ZpYuKgxg/s1600/Holy+Ascension+Ukrainian+Orthodox+Church+Radway+Alberta+20180714+SLB-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="1600" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCTmfmKo6m_oLak40gDqTtKOnf3ESDA67lLB7dVumHp-jo242A4jnVAbIvtA4nL7NzFkiti6rjFz7YQV8IudN54BLsl-NpyhzderWu_Mxtw73jhLColAAMKOVtMa5u0ZpYuKgxg/s640/Holy+Ascension+Ukrainian+Orthodox+Church+Radway+Alberta+20180714+SLB-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holy Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Radway, Alberta</td></tr>
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Photographers are always talking about light... the quality of light, direction of light... we're obsessed with it. There's a reason for that. "Good" light makes a BIG difference in photos. <b>Light matters</b>.<br />
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Check out the photos above and below. These are churches that I photographed, seconds apart, and processed exactly the same. The left photo is without sunlight and the right photo has sunshine. Click on the photos to see a larger version.<br />
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Do you see how having "good light" makes a huge difference in the photo? The left photos are flat and lack contrast, while the subject (church) in the photos on the right stand out and draw the eye.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Limestone Lake Ukrainian Catholic Church, Alberta</td></tr>
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Here are my recommendations:<br />
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<ul>
<li>Look for "good" light - mornings and evenings</li>
<li>On partly cloudy days, be patient and wait for the sun to peek out</li>
<li>Try different angles to get the light you want</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the Limestone Lake church - with canola</td></tr>
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-55857577082193255902018-07-28T23:22:00.000-05:002018-07-28T23:22:02.240-05:00I Brake for Sunflowers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SIb1m-wSxqvRCHD00gphb5epi08E8W-aarvSw1YqugX1glOwFD7k0s1BGurdkwGo7KCrhRyDjEF3vPUJWKcpEkMcAjqUIqyfUDA0R5UYJB-3e6BQA0e2QmeXWrld5eQXyDrqfw/s1600/3062+8823+Winnipeg+Deacons+Corner+20180726+SLB-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SIb1m-wSxqvRCHD00gphb5epi08E8W-aarvSw1YqugX1glOwFD7k0s1BGurdkwGo7KCrhRyDjEF3vPUJWKcpEkMcAjqUIqyfUDA0R5UYJB-3e6BQA0e2QmeXWrld5eQXyDrqfw/s640/3062+8823+Winnipeg+Deacons+Corner+20180726+SLB-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tide of sunflowers... oh, and a train</td></tr>
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As railfans, we get caught up in the details of locomotives and train operations. "Is that an ES44DC or an ES44AC? Check out those giant radiators on that Tier 4 locomotive."<br />
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Sometimes we have to stop and smell the roses... or sunflowers, in this case.<br />
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I was out looking for trains a few evenings ago, and I found one getting ready to leave CN's Symington Yard in Winnipeg. I set up for a "meh" shot - the light wasn't great - and then this hump yard set of power rolled in the way... so they got to be in the picture instead.<br />
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Hump Power Photobomb</h2>
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It's funny how shooting into the sun really strips the colour from the image. When processing the photo above, I decided to make it a black and white image as there wasn't a lot of colour anyway.<br />
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Contrast that with the image below, taken half a minute later but facing away from the sun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of colour</td></tr>
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Colour galore!<br />
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I've noticed that the SD40 sets of hump yard power seem to be used more often than the older GP38 sets, so I have been trying to photograph the Geeps.<br />
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<i>(I've left off all the letters and numbers after the GP38 and SD40 units, as I don't really care. I believe the SD40 units used for hump service are SD40-3s and these GP38s might be GP38-2 units, but I often get those details wrong and they really don't matter to me. If you like those details, great! There's room for everyone in this hobby)</i><br />
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I drove around to Symington Yard proper.<br />
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GrainsConnect</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GrainsConnect hoppers in Winnipeg</td></tr>
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I spotted a line of shiny grain hoppers in the yard, so I took a few telephoto shots of them.<br />
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They are <a href="http://grainsconnect.com/" target="_blank">GrainsConnect</a> hoppers. Presumably they are for <a href="http://www.grainelevators.ca/companies/graincorp/" target="_blank">GrainCorp's</a> grain terminals in Maymont, and Reford, Saskatchewan. They are building two more, in Huxley and Vegreville, Alberta. Of course, GrainCorp also owns Canada Malting, which has a few grain elevators across the prairies.<br />
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I found it interesting that these cars all have "dents" in the same place. It must be part of the manufacturing process as I can't imagine they all got banged up so soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not really a dent, I assume</td></tr>
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Driving back toward CN Navin and the southeast corner of Symington, I saw that the train I saw earlier was on its way. I headed east on the Trans-Canada Highway (which parallels the CN line for quite a few kilometres), looking for a good location to make a photograph.<br />
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I was mindful of the sun's position, mostly behind the train, so I thought a side shot would be better than a "glint" photo toward the sun. When I spotted a field of sunflowers next to the tracks, I knew I had my location. I exited the highway and drove around the field to position it between me and the tracks.<br />
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Not long after, CN 3062 East came rolling along.<br />
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Sunflower Central</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing Petro Canada</td></tr>
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I fired off a series of frames as the train came rolling past. The photos toward the sun weren't as good as the "going away" photos, but I do love those sunflowers.<br />
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I liked the lead photo of this post the best. Here's one more, where I focused on the sunflowers and not the train.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Tide</td></tr>
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They weren't going super fast, and I had a feeling they were going to do a meet at Lorette siding just down the line.<br />
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Sure enough, there was a train waiting on the main line.<br />
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Meet at Lorette</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 3042 at Lorette siding outside Winnipeg</td></tr>
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CN 3042 West was sitting on the main line while CN 3062 East went around them through the siding. I'm not sure why 3042 wasn't in the siding - maybe they didn't quite fit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet complete</td></tr>
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Once the train passed, the crew of 3042 returned to their locomotive. I didn't have any time to sit and wait for them to leave, so I took a few more photos and went on my way home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 3042 waiting on the main at Lorette</td></tr>
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P.S.</h2>
I've been adding a lot of videos to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnz5bP3bbMmrvOHLXwQD-g" target="_blank">my YouTube channel</a>, including a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VVpY5Ib6yA" target="_blank">long video featuring the VIA Rail "Chaleur"</a>. I'd appreciate it if you'd check my channel out and maybe <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnz5bP3bbMmrvOHLXwQD-g" target="_blank">click Subscribe</a>. Thanks!<br />
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-69654933218141092332018-07-24T21:48:00.000-05:002018-07-24T21:48:06.970-05:00Book Review: VIA Rail - A History of Canada's National Passenger Rail Service<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a review of the book "<a href="https://amzn.to/2mI6R2I" target="_blank">VIA Rail - A History of Canada's National Passenger Rail Service</a>" by Christopher C.N. Greenlaw.<br />
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I've been meaning to read this book for some time. I borrowed it from Winnipeg's excellent library system and devoured it over the course of a few days.<br />
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As the subtitle says, it is a history of VIA Rail. It's not a picture book. It's a scholarly and definitive look at the origins of VIA Rail, from the passenger services of CN and CP through the formation of VIA in the mid 1970s through to 2007, the publication date of the book.<br />
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The book goes into detail on many of the decisions that were made by CN, CP and the federal government that led to the formation of VIA Rail, first as a "company within a company" in CN and then as a crown corporation. I knew the overall timeline already, but the book really delved into the reasoning and the political pressures and realities that led to the VIA we have today.<br />
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One of the main problems with VIA Rail today, and indeed ever since it was founded, is that it is a political football, subject to the whims of the government in power. It was formed through a "back door" political maneuver (an Order in Council) rather than through a bill passed in Parliament. This has hamstrung VIA from the start and really prevents a lot of long-term planning, as VIA's funding is dependent on how the current government feels about passenger rail and other competing funding priorities. The book goes into a lot of detail on why this came about and why it continues to persist to this day.<br />
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The book talks about the start of VIA, dealing with the passenger fleets of CN and CP for the first few years, and then talks about the devastating cuts of 1981 and 1990. The book is new enough to be able to talk about the Renaissance period at the turn of the century, but not new enough for the refurbishment of VIA's F40 and LRC fleet.<br />
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The book has a multitude of photos illustrating VIA throughout the ages. As I said, it's not a picture book, but there are many photos and they complement the text very well.<br />
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If you are a fan of passenger rail, or Canadian railways in general, you should read this book. It's one of the few books on VIA Rail and is well worth a read. You can <a href="https://amzn.to/2mI6R2I" target="_blank">buy it on Amazon</a> or perhaps get it from your local library.<br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My Amazon links in this post are affiliate links, meaning that I receive a small commission if you buy anything from Amazon after using this link, at no additional cost to you.</span></i><br />
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See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-greenlaw-gagnon-exchange.html" target="_blank">The Greenlaw-Gagnon Exchange</a> (Trackside Treasure)</li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/05/book-review-trackside-with-via-research.html">Book Review: Trackside with VIA (Research and Recollections)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/search/label/book%20review">All my book reviews</a></li>
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-68872999699523281592018-07-20T08:03:00.002-05:002018-07-20T08:10:05.075-05:00Visiting the Souris Railway Museum<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of the Souris Railway Museum</td></tr>
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My family toured southwest Manitoba over the <strike>Dominion</strike> Canada Day weekend in 2018. We stayed in Boissevain and visited the International Peace Gardens, then visited "small town Manitoba". It was a nice, low-key weekend and I really enjoyed the gardens, and especially revisiting many grain elevators that I had last seen on my <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2014/11/southwest-manitoba-elevator-trip-part-1.html" target="_blank">two-day elevator tour in 2014</a>.<br />
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One town we visited was Souris, Manitoba. This is a lovely town that has a great downtown full of interesting shops, and it also hosts the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/museums-and-tourist-railways/canada/manitoba/souris-railway-museum/" target="_blank">Souris Railway Museum</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Souris Railway Museum, from the outside</td></tr>
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The museum is in a building built to look like a bay window caboose. The interior is filled with many railway artefacts from the area, from Canada and beyond. There is a <b>lot</b> to see in a small space, and I spent a good half hour in the building, looking at the displays and talking with the two enthusiastic ex-CP volunteers there.<br />
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One end of the museum contains a diesel locomotive simulator, a device they are quite proud of. It is really only available "by chance", as not everyone is trained in how to use it. The two volunteers there couldn't operate it but did show it to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diesel locomotive simulator, Souris</td></tr>
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This is a purpose-built simulator, not a control console taken from a real locomotive. It's pretty high tech and the volunteer didn't want to mess with it. He said it was quite a good simulation.<br />
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The museum is well worth visiting if you are in the area. Visit <a href="http://sourisrailwaymuseum.ca/" target="_blank">their web site</a> for more information!<br />
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Other Attractions</h2>
While you're in the area, see caboose CP 437180 just up the road at the <a href="https://www.sourismanitoba.com/visitors/local-attractions/museums-heritage-sites/hillcrest-museum/" target="_blank">Hillcrest Museum</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caboose CP 437180 in Souris, Manitoba</td></tr>
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Don't forget the famous swinging bridge - just on the other side of the Hillcrest Museum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Souris Swinging Bridge</td></tr>
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<h2>
Happy Accident</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CP 2201 in Souris, Manitoba</td></tr>
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We went to get some ice cream after touring Souris. As we were walking to our van, I heard a distant horn. I hustled the family into the van and headed trackside, to find CP 2201 and 2212 running light through the town. A lucky catch!<br />
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Postscript - Train Register</h2>
One artifact I was particularly interested in was this train register book from Lyleton, Manitoba, containing entries from 1955 to 1964.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lyleton, Manitoba train register book</td></tr>
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The page shows trains 105, 123, 124, 230, 251, 530 and 551. Some of those trains are interesting because the 1955/04/24 employee timetable only shows trains 123 and 124 (first class passenger trains) and mixed trains 253 and 254.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CP Lyleton subdivision, 1955/04/24</td></tr>
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Those train numbers are a bit of a mystery to me.<br />
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Lyleton must have been 2-6-0 "Mogul" territory at that time, as the locomotives listed on the register are CP 1274, CP 1285 and CP 1291.<br />
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The trains weren't huge, as the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/class-1-railways/cp-in-manitoba/lyleton/" target="_blank">CP Lyleton subdivision</a> was a "dead end" subdivision starting on the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/class-1-railways/cp-in-manitoba/napinka/" target="_blank">CP Napinka subdivision</a> in Deloraine and ending in Lyleton. The register shows 3 or 4 passenger cars and no more than 10 freight cars.<br />
<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-84505504422183185542018-07-17T22:12:00.003-05:002018-07-17T22:12:51.785-05:00Book Review: Heartland<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Heartland", by Greg McDonnell</td></tr>
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I'm ashamed to say that I had never read <a href="https://amzn.to/2Lsl1js" target="_blank">Greg McDonnell's classic book "Heartland"</a> until last month. This book was published in 1993, for goodness' sakes!<br />
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I rectified that error, and I'm glad I did. This is a book about railroading in the heartland of the United States of America - the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. The book features hundreds of photos by Mr. McDonnell and many other talented photographers, together with the author's engaging and informative captions and essays.<br />
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Greg McDonnell has a certain style of writing. It conveys a breathless excitement for the power and history of railroading, and one can't help but be drawn into the glory and excitement of railroading and the courage and determination of the men and women who work with trains.<br />
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I would say a solid 80-90 percent of the photos in this book are great. They are great by virtue of the subject matter - rare locomotives or long-abandoned locations - or by the setting and composition. I'd say there are a few "meh" photos, but art is in the eye of the beholder.<br />
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I have no hesitation in recommending this book. You can <a href="https://amzn.to/2Lsl1js" target="_blank">buy it on Amazon</a>, or even better yet, find it in your local library like I did.<br />
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<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-63416502043237011372018-07-10T13:37:00.000-05:002018-07-10T13:37:16.671-05:00Logos Galore<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autoracks in the sunset</td></tr>
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In the past few years, I've been paying a lot more attention to the freight cars in trains. The locomotives are certainly the stars of the show, but the freight cars are the ones that actually earn money for the railway. Flatcars, boxcars, autoracks, tank cars, covered hoppers, container cars... there is a lot of variety in today's trains.<br />
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I was watching a train full of autoracks a while ago and decided to photograph some of the logos on the train. Autoracks carry road vehicles like cars, trucks and SUVs, and in North America are usually multi-level and fully enclosed. Structurally, these are built on top of flatcars, which are often leased from TTX or other companies and are not owned by the railways whose logos they sport.<br />
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I took the opportunity in June to photograph one train and document some of the logos on the autoracks. Here they are, in alphabetical order, except for CSX which I listed first. You'll see why.<br />
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<h2>
CSX</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSX logo</td></tr>
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I saw four different varieties of CSX logos on that train!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSX - how tomorrow moves</td></tr>
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A lot of people don't like this (newest) variant of CSX' logo. I'm OK with it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSX - how tomorrow moves - on silver</td></tr>
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This is the same logo, but on a silver background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CSX logo</td></tr>
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CSX underscored.<br />
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<h2>
BNSF</h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10qyT6loEzsyHK2IwqqeiNq7A3qGYgOsvj7z1ACiq4CPBtZhI3Ju-bL4nBq6hocoDW6oSE4VamvCDmg7VDO6Hjcq86xoooK0Crlbcr70UCi_c0xcw1Fr2NoRDNSv3zgCZeqaDVw/s1600/BNSF+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1600" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi10qyT6loEzsyHK2IwqqeiNq7A3qGYgOsvj7z1ACiq4CPBtZhI3Ju-bL4nBq6hocoDW6oSE4VamvCDmg7VDO6Hjcq86xoooK0Crlbcr70UCi_c0xcw1Fr2NoRDNSv3zgCZeqaDVw/s640/BNSF+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BNSF railway logo</td></tr>
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Note the clips holding the BNSF "swoosh" logo onto the car.</div>
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<h2>
CN</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN railway logo</td></tr>
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The CN logo is quite simple - the CN "wet noodle" on black.</div>
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<h2>
Conrail</h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5icqAUFkaCX8Od8pFJjVot1o6lB-lMjVwpVYTUBZjXl5mGetcXUFpOoQzY0SOnXH6e5KHPeoQZ8jCfP541GM5v2xUOG4ts76RRiFa1m62btxL0gmCJCgktQX3EXrSsljfajt8GQ/s1600/Conrail+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1600" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5icqAUFkaCX8Od8pFJjVot1o6lB-lMjVwpVYTUBZjXl5mGetcXUFpOoQzY0SOnXH6e5KHPeoQZ8jCfP541GM5v2xUOG4ts76RRiFa1m62btxL0gmCJCgktQX3EXrSsljfajt8GQ/s640/Conrail+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conrail logo</td></tr>
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<div>
The Conrail logo was an interesting find.</div>
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<h2>
CP</h2>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ofkApyBW1K4I1D4B0kVL9tOJTRSOt3jvQLRdmwiiUBoaeL-2V-pSLxgpa0gMSw68bqvcBMHI6balSDjGhNFsWmp4CMYrfEJGDm2nKCDQzpPviKVhWE2BpFID1GsAmQsyWJpTHQ/s1600/CP+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1600" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ofkApyBW1K4I1D4B0kVL9tOJTRSOt3jvQLRdmwiiUBoaeL-2V-pSLxgpa0gMSw68bqvcBMHI6balSDjGhNFsWmp4CMYrfEJGDm2nKCDQzpPviKVhWE2BpFID1GsAmQsyWJpTHQ/s640/CP+Railway+Logos+20180607+SLB.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadian Pacific railway logo</td></tr>
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No "logo" here - just "CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY" in block lettering.</div>
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<h2>
Ferromex</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferromex logo</td></tr>
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It's not unusual to see Ferromex autoracks through Winnipeg. Autoracks travel a long way!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferromex Grupo Mexico</td></tr>
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This seems less common to me.</div>
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<h2>
Norfolk Southern</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norfolk Southern thoroughbed</td></tr>
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I am an unabashed fan of the Norfolk Southern "thoroughbred" logo. I think it really conveys speed and power, something that a railway should be proud of.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norfolk Southern</td></tr>
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Not so interesting but still nice.<br />
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<h2>
Union Pacific</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Union Pacific</td></tr>
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The Union Pacific "shield".<br />
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<h2>
Summary</h2>
So there you have it - eight railways' logos on one train. Not too bad! The only one I didn't see that I often do is Kansas City Southern.<br />
<br />Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-87093919882384981802018-07-05T22:08:00.000-05:002018-07-05T22:08:12.924-05:00Chasing CN with Caleb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was in Saint John, New Brunswick in mid May 2018. I met up with Caleb Wentzell in the evening for a little... OK, a <b>big</b> chase.<br />
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Our target was CN 406, the daily Moncton-Saint John train. It usually heads down to Moncton in the afternoon and returns in the evening. Railfans were excited about this train because it had two leased units, CREX 1505 and CEFX 1011.<br />
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On the way down, CREX 1505 was in the lead. Since I was working, I missed that, but I knew it would be returning in the evening. Caleb was in town and wanted to meet up, so we arranged a rendezvous along Rothesay Avenue in Saint John, by the Ocean Steel rebar plant.<br />
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This is a good location because it's at the "throat" of Island Yard. All of the yard tracks converge just south (railway west) of the crossing there. When I arrived, I could see CN 2977 on the "bypass" track in the distance. I took this long shot using my 70-200mm lens and cropped in a fair bit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2977 pushing back in Saint John</td></tr>
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As I watched, they pushed back and around the bend, out of sight. I imagine they were pushing the potash cars back onto the back half of their train to make up the whole train.<br />
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I knew this would take some time to complete, as they would have to do a full air test before coming back to my location. I ducked out to grab some supper, then returned to the location to wait for the train and wait for Caleb.<br />
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Caleb showed up, and we said our hellos. He had a few model train cars for me - part of a trade we made more than a year ago but never actually completed in person. Patience pays off...<br />
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Eventually CN 2977 pulled up, followed by the lease units.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2977 with leased locomotives</td></tr>
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As they pulled past, I took the opportunity to photograph the leasers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leased locomotives in Saint John - CEFX 1011 and CREX 1505</td></tr>
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We didn't wait for the whole train to pass. We had discussed shooting it by the Rothesay train station, as Caleb had never shot a train there, and I always like that location. We were traveling in separate cars, because Caleb was going to carry on to Nova Scotia after the chase, and I had to return to Saint John to work the next day.<br />
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<h2>
Rothesay</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 2977 passing the historic Rothesay train station</td></tr>
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Well, that shot worked well.<br />
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We arrived several minutes before the train did. Since there was no sun out, we had our choice of angles. I decided to shoot from this angle to include the historic station. Caleb was a little closer with a wider angle.<br />
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I shot the other leaser, CREX 1505, as they passed by us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CREX 1505 on train CN 406</td></tr>
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This time, we were trapped by the train, so it was time for a selfie by the train.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caleb Wentzell and yours truly. He's quite a bit taller than I am!</td></tr>
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We discussed our next move, and we decided to get them at Hampton. It's fairly easy to get into from the highway.<br />
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<h2>
Hampton</h2>
When we arrived in Hampton, I suggested going to the one lane iron bridge just before town to get an overhead view. We arrived just in time to catch the train snaking around the curve and blasting underneath us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overhead view of CN 406 at Hampton</td></tr>
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While breathing in those tasty diesel fumes, I grabbed overhead views of the two leased locomotives as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overhead views of CEFX 1011 and CREX 1505</td></tr>
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Next up... Norton! I had never been there, but Caleb had, so he led the way.<br />
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<h2>
Norton</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 406 at Norton</td></tr>
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I liked that old building, now used as a recycling depot. I think this location would work well for westbounds as well, because you could include that yellow building seen in the photo below, plus there are a few interesting buildings on the other side of the tracks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 406 rolling through the crossing</td></tr>
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The next shot was a grab shot near Apohaqui, by the highway. It was getting pretty dark so the photography was getting challenging.<br />
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<h2>
Apohaqui</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roadside view near Apohaqui</td></tr>
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Caleb was showing good shooter form as he photographed CN 406 going away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bang bang</td></tr>
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Caleb suggested another overhead view just west of Sussex. This was a good choice, as going into Sussex would be challenging to do in time, and we'd have no chance of another shot after that.<br />
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<h2>
Sussex</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overhead CN 406</td></tr>
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This would have been nicer with more light, but what can you do? I think the location was good and the photos turned out OK.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CEFX 1011 from above</td></tr>
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Our final location was Penobsquis, by the shuttered potash facility.<br />
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<h2>
Penobsquis</h2>
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Here I elected to shoot video, as I hadn't done any video, and I knew this was the last spot. It's pretty dark and backlit, but here it is.<br />
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Once the train went by, we took a few photos of the potash facility... and its lonely locomotive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PotashCorp plant in Penobsquis</td></tr>
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Their locomotive is an EMD SW900, originally CN 7253.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penobsquis switcher locomotive</td></tr>
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The angle wasn't great but it was all that was available.<br />
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I said my goodbyes to Caleb and I headed back to Saint John. It was great to see him again, and I look forward to railfanning with him again!<br />
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<h2>
Running Extra</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NB Southern's yard in Saint John</td></tr>
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I didn't do much railfanning the next evening, but I did take this photo of NB Southern's yard and shops from the nearby overpass. You can see their passenger equipment on the left edge, a few tracks in. A GP38 and a blue MP15 are at the shops, with a GP38/slug set on the side, and a few locomotives in storage at the back.<br />
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In Fredericton, I bought the latest book by <a href="https://www.owenlaukkanen.com/" target="_blank">Owen Laukkanen</a>, noted Canadian mystery writer (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/owenlaukkanen/" target="_blank">and railfan</a>!), <a href="https://amzn.to/2KPy5yR" target="_blank">Gale Force</a>. It's a thriller based around a salvage tug and its crew. If you like thrillers by Clive Cussler, you'll love this book.<br />
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I had a very early flight and I intended to sleep on either the Saint John-Montreal leg or the Montreal-Winnipeg leg, but this book is such a page turner that I read it straight through with nary a yawn. <b>Highly</b> recommended. <a href="https://amzn.to/2KPy5yR" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owen Laukkanen's "Gale Force" on a plane</td></tr>
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<h2>
See also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2016/10/cn-406-times-two.html">CN 406, Times Two</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2011/09/matt-and-cn-406.html">Matt and CN 406</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2011/09/rothesay-station-revisited.html">Rothesay Station, Revisited</a></li>
</ul>
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Canadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-59853346899530127872018-07-03T08:05:00.001-05:002018-07-03T08:05:07.923-05:00Railfanning the Longest Day of the Year<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VIA 1 near Anola, Manitoba</td></tr>
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I've been wanting to railfan all day on June 21 for several years now. It's the longest day of the year, after all. This year it fell on a Thursday, so I had to work, but I did manage to get out at the start and end of the day.<br />
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<h2>
Morning</h2>
I hit the road at 6 AM, heading toward Symington Yard and points east of Winnipeg. Passing over the Sprague subdivision, I didn't see any approaching trains nor any action in the yard. I kept going around Winnipeg to the CN Redditt subdivision and headed east toward Dugald. At Dugald, there were no signal indications showing an impending train, but I did see this hay bale, so it wasn't a complete loss. ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hay bale sunrise</td></tr>
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I headed back to Winnipeg and carried on west on Dugald Road to see if anything was happening at the Greater Winnipeg Water District. Often they run out to the water treatment plant (or beyond) on Thursday. When I arrived, it looked like a few crew were arriving to get started but it would be a long time before anything would be moving. I didn't have time to wait, so I carried on toward Symington Yard. I decided that if nothing else showed up, at least I could see the SD40 locomotives working the hump.<br />
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On my way there, I spotted a CN locomotive and slug leaving the yard on the St. Boniface spur.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN 7251 and slug CN 252 on the St. Boniface spur</td></tr>
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Slug 252 was leading CN 7251 as they rolled along. There were three crew on the head end - I'm assuming one was a trainee, wearing a green safety vest instead of the usual orange.<br />
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I carried on down Lagimodière (that's a hard word to say) Boulevard to the south end of Symington Yard. There I spotted CN 8805 and Norfolk Southern 1108 pushing a train into the yard. I grabbed this terrible photo of NS 1108.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NS 1108 in Winnipeg</td></tr>
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The sun was not in my favour!<br />
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Two hump yard sets were working. CN 6016, CN 6010, grey GTW 5948, and a slug (probably CN 203) were on one track, and GTW 5943, CN 6015, CN 6005 and slug CN 217 were on the other.<br />
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As I watched, the GTW 5943 set started putting on a sound and smoke show, getting their string moving out from the yard in preparation for pushing it up the hump.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GTW 5943 smokes it up</td></tr>
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It was impressive to watch - and hear!<br />
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That was the morning.<br />
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<h2>
Evening</h2>
I saw on the VIA Rail tracker site that VIA 1 was coming into the city late (as usual). I thought I might be able to catch it before it was <b>too</b> dark.<br />
<br />
I headed out along the CN Redditt subdivision toward Anola. I pulled over a couple of times to check its progress, and I saw I had plenty of time. I zipped up to the CP main line but saw no signals lit, so that was a bit of a bust. At least I took a few silhouette photos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silhoutted CP Signal</td></tr>
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That was at 9:11 PM, so there was still a bit of light around.<br />
<br />
Back to CN! I headed east to a crossing just west of Anola. I arrived at 9:32 PM and familiarized myself with the area, since I had never been to that crossing before.<br />
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The east facing signal was green over red.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green signal = GOOD</td></tr>
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Waaayyy in the distance to the east I could see headlights.<br />
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In order to get a decent shutter speed, I selected ISO 1600, and f/3.2. This gave me a shutter speed of 1/200 seconds.<br />
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VIA 1 blasted through at 9:43 PM with VIA 6453 and 6427 leading.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VIA 1 blurring its way west</td></tr>
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1/200s was not fast enough to freeze the action!<br />
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I liked the going away shot better, with the sunset sky.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">VIA 1 facing a green signal</td></tr>
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I knew there was no way I was going to catch VIA 1 again, so I packed up my gear and headed back toward home. I went along Dugald Road with the forlorn hope that VIA might be stopped in Transcona Yard - no luck there.<br />
<br />
I headed south past Symington Yard to find a CN freight stopped by Tinkertown, just outside the yard. CN 2136 was the lead unit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CN freight train outside Winnipeg</td></tr>
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This was taken at 10:05 PM. I can't remember if I used a tripod or a monopod, but I'm sure I used something to steady the shot. My camera settings were <b>ISO 3200</b>, 1/30s shutter speed, aperture f/3.2. It wasn't totally dark but the sun was well below the horizon.<br />
<br />
Note the third locomotive, BNSF 5366.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BNSF 5366 in Winnipeg</td></tr>
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You can tell it was pretty dark, because the step lights are visible in the two photos above. Normally you don't see these during the day. I'm not sure if they are always on or if the engineer turns them on... I imagine they must always be on.<br />
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I posted a little video to my Instagram stories to show how dark it was.<br />
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I texted my wife that I was heading home, and I hit the road for home. Symington is about 15 minutes from my house.<br />
<br />
As I crossed the <a href="https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/class-1-railways/cp-in-manitoba/emerson/" target="_blank">CP Emerson subdivision</a>, I saw headlights to the north.<br />
<br />
One more train?<br />
<br />
One more train!<br />
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The train wasn't moving very fast - at all - so it was a bit of a wait. It was OK, though, as it was a nice night and the bugs weren't too bad. It's been a dry spring in Winnipeg, so our legendary mosquitoes haven't had much chance to breed yet.<br />
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(yes, I did text my wife to tell her I would be a "bit" later)<br />
<br />
At 10:34 PM, CP 8564 rolled past, dragging a long oil train.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CP 8564 by night</td></tr>
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At this point, I had set my camera to a ridiculous ISO <b>6400</b> to be able to use a 1/40 second shutter speed. There is definitely grain in the photo - lots of it - but it is still a usable photo. My new <a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2018/05/canon-77d-first-thoughts.html" target="_blank">Canon 77D</a> is doing yeoman work.<br />
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At the private crossing I was at, there is a "yard" light providing illumination, so the side view has a lot more light.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blowing through the crossing</td></tr>
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The second unit was CP 9648, followed by a buffer car and a hundred oil tanks...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many tank cars</td></tr>
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After the 100 tank cars, there was another buffer car... then <b>more locomotives</b>!<br />
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One was a CP locomotive but the other was NS 8125. Two Norfolk Southern locomotives in one day!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NS 8125 on a CP freight train</td></tr>
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Note the BNSF buffer car just going through the crossing. Buffer cars are used in dangerous goods trains like crude oil trains to separate the cargo from locomotives, for crew safety.<br />
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Here's another Instagram story video showing that it was pretty dark.<br />
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There were <b>another</b> hundred oil tanks on this train. That's 4 locomotives and 204 cars... a monster!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">STOP - NO EXIT</td></tr>
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The final car was an old CN grain car, the final buffer car.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final car</td></tr>
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That was my experience railfanning the longest day of the year. Someday I hope to continuously railfan the day, but that will have to wait for another year... or two...<br />
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<h2>
See Also</h2>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2014/11/editing-night-photo-in-lightroom.html">Editing a Night Photo in Lightroom</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2017/01/how-to-focus-your-camera-at-night.html">How to Focus Your Camera at Night</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.traingeek.ca/2016/02/night-train.html">Night Train</a></li>
</ul>
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<b>PS </b>just a reminder that I have some <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/traingeek">recommendations on Amazon</a> for things I have purchased and used, like train books, photography gear, batteries, etc. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/traingeek">Check it out</a>!<br />
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