Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it pushes west from Blackwater Lake to Rolland Lake with cuttings, ties and milepost markers.
Part 4 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it skirts Blackwater Lake until it reaches the 115-foot trestle over a portion of the lake.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it pushes west with several large rock cuts, ties, milepost markers and rock culverts. **Apologies for the audio issues between 2:44 and 9:10. Not sure what happened, but maybe some water got into the microphone (I’ve never had this issue before or since).
Part 2 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade from the south side of Highway 11 as it skirts alongside Settingduck Lake with rock cuts and stone culverts. The “mystery object” is likely a battery well for the switch to operate the signals on the highway crossing.
Part 1 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
“Candie” sends her love from the cab of Canadian National Railways locomotive 1050 at Mackies Siding on the North Lake Subdivision circa 1931. Mackies, Milepost 47.1/35.5, was the terminus at the time of this small branch line which began its life at the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway.
Number 1050 was 4-6-0 (Class G-10-a) engine built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1902 for the Canadian Northern Railway.
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Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it approaches the yard and station at Jellicoe with the remains of the siding and wye. Jellicoe was a divisional point on the Canadian Northern Railway and later Canadian National Railways from 1915 to 1960. From 1960 to 2005 it was a crew change point for trains running between Hornepayne and Thunder Bay.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade east of Jellicoe Station with the location of Zroback Station, embankments, ties and numerous rock cuts.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade east of Jellicoe Station with telegraph poles, insulators, concrete culverts and rock fill embankments.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade east of Jellicoe Station with telegraph poles, cuttings, rock cuts, milepost markers and signage.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade west of Kinghorn Road with cuttings, culverts and a former 132-foot trestle that filled in to create a large embankment in the early 80s.
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