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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade south of Dorion Station as it passes through a heavily grown-in section with numerous telegraph poles, a level crossing and signage. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

Part 2 of 4.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 20, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 100.5-103 I

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade south of Dorion Station as it passes a series of embankments through a heavily grown-in section with numerous telegraph poles. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.

Part 1 of 4.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 19, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 81.2

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 130.9) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with the scene of a tragic November 1911 accident. Working to infill the river outboard of the Canadian Pacific grade, labourers were blasting rock when two were stuck by a passing eastbound CPR train and killed.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 12, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 VI (Parmacheene Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the siding at Parmacheene Station with ties, the site of a large slide that forced the relocation of the grade and milepost markers.

Part 6 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 V (Parmacheene Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade north of and at Parmacheene Station with telegraph poles and the remains of the siding.

Part 5 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 9, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 IV

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade south of the Nipigon River Bridge with milepost markers and the remains of a lengthy logging spur in use during the 1950s.

Part 4 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 8, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 III (Nipigon River Bridge)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features 610-foot Nipigon River Bridge, originally constructed and completed circa 1913. It is the second longest structure on the line after the Blende River Viaduct (https://youtu.be/RW7mF35xBY0).

Part 3 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 7, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade south of Cameron Falls Station with cuttings, culverts, a wheel flange greaser and the approaches to the Nipigon River bridge.

Part 2 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 6, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 69.4-72.7 I

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 119.1-122.4) north of Nipigon, ON. Features the grade south of Cameron Falls Station with cuttings, a rock cut and views of the Nipigon River.

Part 1 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on February 5, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 41.1-45.3 VIII

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 90.8-95) along Orient Bay, ON. Features the grade as it winds it way south from Cove Inlet to Shadow Creek Road recorded by drone. Orient Bay is the most scenic part of this former rail line and fall colours make the views spectacular.

Part 8 of 8.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2024 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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