Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 170.3-173.1) at Pass Lake, ON. Features the grade west of Pass Lake Station as it skirts the ridges of the Sibley Peninsula and Highway 587 with rock cuts and milepost markers.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 170.3-173.1) at Pass Lake, ON. Features the grade west of Pass Lake Station as it skirts the ridges of the Sibley Peninsula and Highway 587 with numerous rock cuts.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 170.3-173.1) at Pass Lake, ON. Features the grade at Pass Lake Station, including the former section house, the line as it skirts Pass Lake and the story of the construction of railway in the area.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade as it passes through cuttings and rock cuts, crosses Meyers Road on its way to Ancliff Station. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.
Part 4 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 150.2-152.7) at Dorion, ON. Features the grade with numerous telegraph poles, culverts and old rails. *Due to calculation error with the subsequent episode, the ending mileage should be 103.6/153.3.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
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.
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.
Throughout our history, many thousands of miles of rail lines were built across Canada. While those railways were an important part of our development, there was a high human cost to their construction. This sadly is one of those tragic stories.
November 1911 saw the commencement of construction of Canadian Northern Railway’s (CNoR) long anticipated eastern link between the Sudbury area and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). Geographical issues locating a route meant that CNoR surveyors and engineers had no choice but to run an important section of grade on Nipigon Bay outboard of the pre-existing Canadian Pacific line. This required several miles of infilling right beside an active rail line, which created some very dangerous work conditions. When CPR trains passed, the workers had to scatter for any safe location to avoid being struck by the oncoming locomotives.
On November 28, two workers were unfortunately not quick enough and were likely killed instantly as an eastbound barrelled past the work site. While their identities are unknown, they were described as both being Italians. The exact location of the accident is also unknown, but it likely took place near these sheer cliffs approximately 2 kilometres north of the community Red Rock, Ontario.
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.
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.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 