Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade west of Coughlin Station as it parallels the Canadian Pacific mainline with the remains of telegraph poles and culverts.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade west of Coughlin Station as it parallels the Canadian Pacific mainline with telegraph poles and a special visitor.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade at the end of the siding at Coughlin as it parallels the Canadian Pacific to a 47.5-foot deck plate girder bridge over a creek.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Canadian Pacific mainline with the remains of the siding at Coughlin and telegraph poles.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Coughlin, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the still active Canadian Pacific mainline with signage, as well as the siding and the start of the turning wye at Coughlin Station.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 134.7-138.1) at Everard, ON. Features the grade east of and at Everard Station with signage, level crossings and the still active Canadian Pacific Nipigon Subdivision.
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.