Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 161.7-164.1) at Pearl, ON. Features the grade north of Pearl Station with telegraph poles, culverts and a large rock cut.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 112-114.4 II
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 161.7-164.1) at Pearl, ON. Features the grade east of Pearl Station with a level crossing, telegraph poles, flanger signs, a rail and a wheel flange greaser.
Part 2 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 112-114.4 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 161.7-164.1) at Pearl, ON. Features the grade east of Pearl Station with a concrete culvert, telegraph pole and low rock cut.
Part 1 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 VI
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade as it crosses the Pearl River on a short bridge, then past a rock cut to Road 5 South.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Feature Friday April 1, 2022
Removing the rails on the Pee Dee. This photo, taken circa 1939, shows crews in an unknown location removing the remaining 35 miles of what was the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway.
The PAD&W was constructed from 1889 and 1893 to provide a link between Port Arthur, ON and Duluth, MN as well as tap nearby iron deposits. Eighty-five miles of rail were laid to the international boundary and six miles into Minnesota to the Paulson Iron Mine, but unfortunately the iron enterprise collapsed just as it was supposed to open. The planned connection to Duluth was never built (despite many later attempts to complete it) which left the line with no real terminus.
It was abandoned in sections, with the last trains running in March 1938. The line’s owner at the time, Canadian National Railways, petitioned the federal government to completely abandon the North Lake Subdivision as it was called which was granted in October 1938.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 V
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade near the Pearl River with rock cuts, crossings, telegraph poles and signage.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with numerous rock cuts, an old abandoned mine shaft and views of Pearl Lake.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 III
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with rock cuts, culverts, embankments and a crossing over Welch Creek.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 II
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with embankments, numerous culverts, including concrete ones and several grouse.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 107-112 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 156.7-161.7) near Pearl, ON. Features the grade west of Ancliff Station with the level crossing, a whistle sign and telegraph pole.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
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