Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the CPKC Kaministiquia Subdivision and skirts a massive rock ridge with cuttings and a large rock cut. Includes a lengthy embankment that was at one time likely a trestle and was infilled, but has since developed a considerable sag. In 1919, the Carter Halls Aldinger Company of Winnipeg constructed a large concrete culvert that cost $11,500 to carry a branch of the Oskondaga River under the grade and was rehabilitated in 1983. The Redditt Subdivision runs from Sioux Lookout to Winnipeg. Part 5 of 8.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the CPKC Kaministiquia Subdivision and skirts a massive rock ridge with several high embankments, very large rock cuts and a special visitor. Part 4 of 8.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade at Horne Station with the remains of the siding, station grounds, well, extensive debris field and rock cuts. Part 3 of 8.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade at the eastern end of Horne siding with rock cuts, high embankments, old borrow pits and the remains of the siding. Part 2 of 8.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade east of Horne Station with several large rock cuts and the site of a 1908 water tank. Part 1 of 8.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 15.6-19.9) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade west of Griff Road with cutting, rock cuts, swamps, old borrow pits and the adjacent Canadian Pacific Kansas City line. Part 4 of 4.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 15.6-19.9) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade west of Griff Station to Griff Road as it passes through a very large swamp that is normally partially flooded with rock cuts and a special visitor. Part 3 of 4.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 15.6-19.9) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade at Griff Station with the remains of the station grounds and siding with rock cuts and the start of a large swamp. Part 2 of 4.
Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 15.6-19.9) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade from the East Oskondaga River Bridge west to the start of the siding at Griff Station passing through several large rock cuts. Part 1 of 4.
Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
This episode, the eleventh in sub-series on the former Kinghorn Subdivision and Part 2 of 2, takes us to Pass Lake, Ontario and one of the most recognizable structures on the line. The Pass Lake-Blende River area has some unique geography and that influenced the route and construction of the Canadian Northern Railway. Forced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the ridges of the Sibley Peninsula to hug the shore of Lake Superior and then through a narrow gap known as “The Pass,” the rail line had to cross the wide Blende River Valley. The result was a massive, 2258-foot long, 130-foot high steel viaduct, which remains the largest in central Canada. Our ride takes us from the west side of the viaduct along the grade through several large rock cuts to Nelson Road.
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