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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 60.9-65.5 IV

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 110.6-115.2) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the grade as it passes through a sharp 90-degree bend (what I call “The Angle”) with numerous high embankments, telegraph poles, cuts and the remains of a wheel flange greaser.

Part 4 of 6.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on March 27, 2023 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 37.6-41.1 II

Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 87.3-90.8) south of Macdiarmid/Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek, ON. Features the grade as it skirts the east side of Pijitawabik Bay with a rock cuts, unique stone retaining wall, signage, two flange greasers and fantastic views of the bay.

Part 2 of 5.

Active, 1914-2005.

 
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Posted by on January 24, 2023 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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