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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 10.7-14.9 V (Blackwater River Trestle III)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 60.4-64.6) east of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade west of Jackpine Station with culverts, milepost markers and a 100-foot pile and through girder trestle over the Blackwater River. **The unusual appearance of the trestle was the result of an alteration to allow logs to be rafted down the Blackwater River.

Part 5 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 29, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 10.7-14.9 IV (Jackpine Station)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 60.4-64.6) east of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade at Jackpine Station with the remains of the siding, which still has many of its ties still in place, as well an unknown structure, possibly a section house.

Part 4 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 28, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 10.7-14.9 III

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 60.4-64.6) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade with milepost markers, telegraph poles and the start of the siding at Jackpine Station.

Part 3 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 27, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 10.7-14.9 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 60.4-64.6) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade east of Jackpine Station with culverts, discarded rails and a rather unwelcome visitor.

Part 2 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 26, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 10.7-14.9 I

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Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 60.4-64.6) west of Nezah, ON. Features the grade east of Jackpine Station with telegraph poles and milepost markers.

Part 1 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 25, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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Feature Friday December 23, 2022

On a cold winter day in the 1940s, Canadian National Railways 2-10-2 Santa Fe locomotive 4006 (Class T-1-a) idles at Jellicoe, Ontario. Jellicoe was a divisional point on the Canadian Northern Railway mainline when it opened for traffic 1915. After CN merged lines in 1960, it remained a crew change location until service was terminated in 2005.

Locomotive 4006 was one of ten constructed by Brooks Locomotive Works/ALCO for the Canadian Government Railways in 1916. They were all retired from use in 1960.

B. Franklin Collection

CNR Locomotive 4006, a 2-10-2 Santa Fe (Class T-1-a), idles at Jellicoe, circa 1940s. (B. Franklin Collection)
 
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Posted by on December 23, 2022 in History

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 149.6-0.5 IX (Jellicoe Yard)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 48.8-50.2) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the western portion of the yard at Jellicoe with culverts, rails and the crossing at Highway 11.

Part 9 of 9.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 21, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 149.6-0.5 VIII (Jellicoe Yard)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 48.8-50.2) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the northern portion of the yard at Jellicoe with part of the roundhouse track and the remains of the water tank, turntable, roundhouse and possibly the bunkhouse.

Part 8 of 9.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 20, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 149.6-0.5 VII (Jellicoe Yard)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 48.8-50.2) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the northern portion of the yard at Jellicoe with part of the roundhouse track and the remains of the coal tower and other structures.

Part 7 of 9.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 19, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 149.6-0.5 VI (Jellicoe Yard)

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 48.8-50.2) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the western portion of the yard at Jellicoe with signage, rails, telegraph poles, signaling equipment and the remains of the western turning wye.

Part 6 of 9.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on December 18, 2022 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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