Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade at Red Rock where there was a large storage yard for cars loaded with paper from the local mill. Spurs for both the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific are shown as well the interlock between the Kinghorn and the CP that still has some rails in place.
Then and now featuring the railway grades and gorgeous scenery between Nipigon and Red Rock, Ontario. The first photo, a 1970s or earlier postcard, shows Canadian Pacific’s “Canadian” as it hugs the rocky shoreline of the Nipigon River, sandwiched between the Canadian National Railway Kinghorn line and the immense bluffs.
The next two photos show the same area in June 2021, taken from the grade of the now decommissioned Kinghorn Subdivision. The Canadian Northern Railway, who originally built the line between 1911 and 1914, had no other option than to run their grade, at an extraordinary expense, outboard of the Canadian Pacific line. Construction entailed the dumping of tons of fill to create the right of way and extensive use of rip rap to keep the eroding water at bay.
The “Canadian” passes the cliffs between Red Rock and Nipigon with the adjacent Kinghorn tracks visible, 1970s postcard.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.5-145) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Canadian Pacific mainline, and includes a small concrete culvert.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.5-145) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Canadian Pacific mainline, and includes a telegraph pole with insulators.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.5-145) at Coughlin, ON. Features the siding Coughlin Station to a 50-foot bridge over a small creek.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.5-145) at Everard, ON. Features the 300-foot long bridge over the Black Sturgeon River and the grade as it travels west toward Coughlin Station with culverts and telegraph poles.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 135-138.5) at Everard, ON. Features the 300-foot long bridge over the Black Sturgeon River.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 135-138.5) at Everard, ON. Features the grade at Everard Station, as well as part of Canadian Pacific’s Nipigon Subdivision.
Pt 5 video from hike on Can Northern/CN Kinghorn Sub btn MP 37.6 & 41.1/87.3 & 90.8
Features grade near Orient Bay,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago
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Then & now featuring CN 5227 & 5216 in Sept 1993 as they round a curve & lead an eastbound into the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago
Pt 4 video from hike on Can Northern/CN Kinghorn Sub btn MP 37.6 & 41.1/87.3 & 90.8
Features grade near Orient Bay,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…4 days ago