Auction Sale - Hepworth ON
I have no connection to the seller or the auctioneers - but I came across this auction sale posting and as it had a significant CN railroadiana content, I thought this group might be
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Paul Cordingley
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November 6 in CNR History
November 6, 2017 Fort Erie ONT council votes $100,000 per year out of the city budget to restore CNR 6218 and its accompanying caboose. The 4-8-4 was donated to the city by Canadian National in
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Mark Tomlonson
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 9, 1953 Canadian National opens its 144-mile branch to the mines at Lynn Lake, Manitoba.
November 10, 1853 The Great Western Railway Line (later CN) opens, running 69 kilometers from the
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Mark Tomlonson
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Files and Photos from Yahoo group
I have downloaded the complete Files and Photos archives from Yahoo and we are ready to upload here for testing.
I'm not sure if I need to have my first post approved before I can access the Files
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Pete M <gp9u@...>
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Group Settings
I have updated some of the settings and you should find it easier to upload and download material from the new file now.
For those who have wondered why we required members to re-join instead of just
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Paul Cordingley
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Re: Group Settings
Thanks Paul!
I have added all the files from Yahoo Group in the Files section. I'm working on the photos now but this may take a while as I think I have to do them by folder, can't seem to bulk
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Pete M <gp9u@...>
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Re: Group Settings
OK I got the photos from Yahoo uploaded to Photos in the same album structure. Please let me now if you feel anything's missing or I labellled it wrong. Thanks!
Next will be the messages. These will
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Pete M <gp9u@...>
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November 12 in CNR History
November 12, 1907 Formal dedication and opening ceremonies are held for the electrification of Grand Trunk's St. Clair Tunnel. The first tests were made the previous February, and full electric
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Mark Tomlonson
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Keystone. Pennsylvania railroading 1953-2019 at Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago
7:30 pm
Friday, November 15, 2019
Chicago Union Station
500 W Jackson Blvd Rm 107A
Chicago, Illinois
Keystone. Pennsylvania railroading 1953-2019
by David
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Railroad Shortlines
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422 and 148
I mentioned a while ago that 422 (pt. Robinson to Mac Yard) has intermodal traffic that
is dropped off at Aldershot yard.
This new traffic has to do with CN purchasing the CSX line running from
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Doug Renshaw
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Yahoo message archive uploaded
The no-cost migration doesn't allow the Yahoo message archive to be added to the Messages page here due to formatting issues. Instead I've uploaded HTML digest files of the complete Yahoo message
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Pete M <gp9u@...>
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 15, 1866 The Blue Line, a second cooperative fast freight line, is organized at Albany. (The Red Line had been organized in the spring, running over the NYC and Wabash) The line will operate
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 18 in CNR History
November 18, 1883 The railroads in the United States and Canada agree to a system of standard time, replacing the confusing and unsafe practice of each locality setting its own "sun" time. The system
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 19 in CNR History
November 19, 1847 The second rail line in Canada, the 12 km Montreal & Lachine Railway (later M&NY, M&C, GT), opens.
November 19, 1906 Passenger service begins on the Canadian Northern between
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 21 in CNR History
November 21, 1859 First Detroit-Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) train. Thomas Edison will later work on this line as a candy butcher.
November 21, 1950 A westbound troop train and Canadian National’s
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Mark Tomlonson
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Stellarton Sub.
Quite a while ago, the Stellarton Sub. was CN's and part of it ran
from Point Tupper to Sydney N.S.
At Ottawa Brook ( Mlg 37.56) there are 2 rail bridges about 1 1/2 miles apart
with approximate
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Doug Renshaw
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Stellarton Sub:
My previous message regarding the Stellarton Sub. on Cape Breton should have mentioned it
had this name way back in the early 19 hundreds.
Changes to ownership over the years and it became the Sydney
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Doug Renshaw
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 23, 1990 The last rail is removed from Newfoundland Island. Revenue service had quit about two years earlier.
November 24, 1995 The last Canadian National transcontinental train runs through
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Mark Tomlonson
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November 28 in CNR History
November 28, 1928 Canadian National diesel-electric #9000 makes its initial test runs on the railroad.
November 28, 1995 Canadian National Railway is privatized, no longer a Crown Corporation.
Mark
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Mark Tomlonson
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This Weekend in CNR History
November 30, 1871 The Toronto, Simcoe & Muskoka Junction Railway opens from Barrie to Orillia. CNR will abandon the line in September 1996.
November 30, 1965 United Aircraft Corporation unveils its
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Mark Tomlonson
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