Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 144.7-147.5) at Hurkett, ON. Features the grade as it crosses a small 23-foot trestle and skirts Hurkett Cove Conservation Area.
Part 2 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
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CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 95-97.8 I (Hurkett Station)
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 144.7-147.5) at Hurkett, ON. Features the grade from Hurkett Station west to a 20-foot trestle crossing over a creek and includes a few visitors.
Part 1 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 88.4-95 VIII (Hurkett Station)
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 138.1-144.7) at Hurkett, ON. Features the grade at Hurkett Station with culverts, two small timber bridges and a level crossing.
Part 8 of 8.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 56.4-60.9 V (Gash-Cash Creek Trestle)
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 106.1-110.6) east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the 475-foot long trestle over Cash Creek (whose original name was Gash Creek), which was constructed in 1924 and cost $112,000 at the time. This structure is the second highest on the line after the Blende River Viaduct (https://youtu.be/RW7mF35xBY0).
Part 5 of 8.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision MP 123.4 (Blende River Viaduct-Pass Lake Trestle)
One hundred ten years ago this week, the first train rolled over the Blende River Viaduct, which is more commonly known as the Pass Lake Trestle. Constructed between May and December 1912 by the Canadian Northern Railway, the viaduct stretches 2258 feet across the Blende River Valley and 130 feet above it.
Opened for traffic in 1915, it remained in use until 2005; the rails around the viaduct were removed in 2008. The iconic structure remains the longest railway trestle in central Canada.
Feature Friday January 13, 2022
Then and now photos featuring the Blende River Viaduct, more commonly known as the Pass Lake Trestle. Located northwest of the community of Pass Lake, ON, the first train rolled over its spans 110 years ago this week. In May 2005, the last regular train crossed the viaduct and the rails around it were pulled up in late 2008.
Constructed between May and December 1912 by the Canadian Northern Railway, the viaduct is 2258 feet long and 130 feet high. To bridge the wide Blende River Valley, workers poured 3600 cubic yards concrete and placed 5 million pounds of steel at a cost of $350,000. It remains the longest railway trestle in central Canada.
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.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision MP 134.1-137.1 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 33.3-36.3) near the Lake Nipigon Reserve, ON. Features the grade at the east end of Turkey Lake with milepost markers, telegraph poles and 31-foot ballast deck trestle. The end of this section is marked by 50 foot washout, which has severed the roadbed and exposed the buried fibre optic cable.
Part 4 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision MP 134.1-137.1 I
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 33.3-36.3) near the Lake Nipigon Reserve, ON. Features the grade west of Keemle Station with cuttings and a heavily damaged trestle at the north end of Scroll Lake, which has washouts at either end, exposing the buried fibre optic cable.
Part 1 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
CNoR/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision MP 109.8-115.5 IV
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 9-14.7) near Kenogamisis Lake, ON. Features the grade as it passes through some very grown in areas and crosses over an unnamed creek (which I called Kenogamisis Creek) on a very deteriorated 45-foot trestle.
Part 4 of 5.
Active, 1914-2005.
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