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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 54.1-59.2 I

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 25.1-30.2) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade west from Michener-Parry Road as it passes through some swampy areas and a rock cut toward the station at Raith.

Part 1 of 7.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on February 16, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 48.9-54.1 VII

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the CPKC Kaministiquia Subdivision and skirts a massive rock ridge with several large rock cuts, a rare segmented concrete culvert and a short concrete bridge that was built in 1960.
Part 7 of 8.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on February 8, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 48.9-54.1 IV

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the CPKC Kaministiquia Subdivision and skirts a massive rock ridge with several high embankments, very large rock cuts and a special visitor.
Part 4 of 8.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on February 5, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 48.9-54.1 II (Horne Station)

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade at the eastern end of Horne siding with rock cuts, high embankments, old borrow pits and the remains of the siding.
Part 2 of 8.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 48.9-54.1 I

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 19.9-25.1) south of Raith, ON. Features the grade east of Horne Station with several large rock cuts and the site of a 1908 water tank.
Part 1 of 8.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on February 2, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 44.6-48.9 I

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 15.6-19.9) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade from the East Oskondaga River Bridge west to the start of the siding at Griff Station passing through several large rock cuts.
Part 1 of 4.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 26, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 38.4-44.6 VIII

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 9.8-15.6) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade as it passes several low-lying areas and rock cuts to the likely site of a water tank that was in use from circa 1915 to 1923.

Part 8 of 9.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 20, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 38.4-44.6 VII

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 9.8-15.6) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade as it passes through a number of low-lying areas interspersed with some embankments and rock cuts.

Part 7 of 9.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 19, 2026 in Hiking, History, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 38.4-44.6 VI

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 9.8-15.6) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade west of the Flett Tunnel as it passes through several rock cuts, one of which is normally flooded, to the site of two logging spurs established in the 1920s.

Part 6 of 9.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 18, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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GTP/CN-Graham Subdivision MP 38.4-44.6 IV

Video of the former Grand Trunk Pacific Railway-Lake Superior Division, Canadian Government Railways-Fort William Subdivision, Canadian National Railways-Fort William/Lake Superior/Graham/Raith/Graham Subdivision (MP 9.8-15.6) at Finmark, ON. Features the grade west of the Flett Tunnel as it passes over several high embankments that were formerly trestles and several large rock cuts.

Part 4 of 9.

Active, 1908-1994.

 
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Posted by on January 15, 2026 in Hiking, History, Railway, Video

 

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