Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 152.7-156.7) near Dorion, ON. Features the grade north of Ancliff Station with rock cuts, cuttings and telegraph poles.
Part 1 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 VI
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 some rails remain in place and where the line once crossed Highway 628. The former station grounds at Red Rock are shown as well as the remains of several signals for the CN/CP interlock.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Feature Friday March 18, 2022
Several photos of the construction of the Canadian National Railways spur line to the paper mill in Red Rock, ON circa 1937. At the time, the Canadian Pacific spur was located a short distance away, on the west side of the Red Rock Station.
The third photo shows CNR executives standing in front of the original Red Rock Station, apparently in the area to inspect the construction of the spur.
Red Rock Public Library.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 V
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.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with long rock fill embankments, rock cuts, concrete ties/slabs used to prevent erosion (rip rap) and gorgeous views.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 III
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with long rock fill embankments, rock cuts, concrete ties used to prevent erosion (rip rap) and gorgeous views.
*What appears to be telegraph poles on the Canadian Pacific line are in actuality rock slide detection equipment.
Part 3 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 II
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline with long rock fill embankments and gorgeous views.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 79.8-82.4 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 129.5-132.1) at Red Rock, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon at the Stillwater Creek bridge alongside the Nipigon River and the Canadian Pacific mainline.
Part 1 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 76.4-79.8 VI
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon with old culverts, beaver dams, a bridge over the Stillwater Creek and some visitors on the Canadian Pacific line.
Part 6 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 76.4-79.8 V
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 126.1-129.5) at Nipigon, ON. Features the grade as it heads south from Nipigon alongside the Nipigon River with cuttings, old crossings and beaver dams.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Poverty, Agony, Distress & Want! 