Archive for the ‘Train’ Category
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Trestle Logic
15 Jun 2017When entering a parking structure in the Big Smoke have you noticed how there is generally a bar of some…
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Trains, Trains, Trains
11 Dec 2016I have been rather quiet for the past few months on the issue of trains and how they impact Parry Sound.…
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Bumps in the Night
08 May 2015Wednesday’s, May 6, 2015, issue of the North Star had an article concerning an early March railway accident at the Church…
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They’re Back Again
18 Feb 2015Or are they? A train passed as I started this post and nothing in the past hour or so. I…
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Boom – A Video
15 Dec 2014The Weather Channel and InsideClimate News have released a 10-minute video, “BOOM – North America’s Explosive Oil-by-Rail Problem”, that discusses the…
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No Babies On Board
11 Jun 2014Not at all. Nothing as benign as even poopy diapers. There has been a fair bit of controversy between the…
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CN Rail Safety Presentation
29 Nov 2013CN officials were in town on November 6th to make a presentation to Council and Staff. It was not a…
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Today’s Special – Item 1267
23 Oct 2013Actually item 1267 seems to the the special of the day, every day. What’s 1267? It’s the United Nations Hazardous Materials Descriptions…
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“Off the Rails”
21 Oct 2013It seems that CN is now experiencing its share of derailments with three reported in the last couple of weeks.…
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Council Meeting Notes – October 1, 2013
02 Oct 2013It was a quickie meeting, over by 7:45. All items on the agenda were carried. A couple of points worth…