Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 95-99.4) along the southern part Orient Bay, ON. Features the grade alongside Sinclair Lake and Highway 11, with cuttings, telegraph poles, a small trestle bridge and views of the Pijitawabik Palisades. *The original mileage for the trestle is 47.2 (not 97.2 that I said inadvertently).
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the original section of grade and the remains of two 348-foot trestles between Mileposts 24.9 and 25.2. This 0.3 mile section was abandoned and the grade rerouted south of the river in 1946 at the request of the Brompton Pulp and Paper company.
*Be sure to watch Episode IV first which explains why the realignment was done: https://youtu.be/Q69l8gKj_0I
**Apologies for the muffled audio starting at 2:53. I put my GoPro in its waterproof case to protect it from damage, forgetting that it covers up the speakers on the camera. I did my best the raise the audio levels in editing, but it obviously sounds distorted.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Smith who provided the information to locate this forgotten section of grade.
Part 5 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 71.8-75.4) south of Beardmore, ON. Features the grade as it parallels the Blackwater River just east of Warneford Station with culverts and rock cuts. Also features a 1946 diversion of the grade which saw a 0.3 mile section of line shifted from the north bank of the river to the south bank and two trestles removed.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Smith who provided the information to locate this forgotten section of grade.
Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 52.7-57.5) east of Nezah, ON. Features the grade as it passes through cuts and then over the Blackwater River on a 100-foot timber and pile trestle. **The unusual appearance of the trestle was the result of a 1954 alteration to allow logs to be rafted down the Blackwater River.
Part 2 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision (MP 50.2-52.7) west of Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade as it skirts Blackwater Lake until it reaches the 115-foot trestle over a portion of the lake.
Part 3 of 4.
Active, 1914-2005.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn Subdivision (MP 45-49) at Jellicoe, ON. Features the grade west of Kinghorn Road with cuttings, culverts and a former 132-foot trestle that filled in to create a large embankment in the early 80s.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision east of Cameron Falls, ON. Features the 1924 Cash Creek Trestle. Part 4 of 6.
Active, 1914-2005.
In honour of the 115th anniversary of its completion, and the 12th anniversary of its demise, we revisit the Gunflint Corduroy Trestle.
This amazing structure was built in the winter of 1904-1905 by the Pigeon River Lumber Company for their logging railroad, the Gunflint & Lake Superior. To climb the ridges south of the lake, the company built a very crude trestle by corduroying logs and topping it with gravel. Just over 250 feet long, the elevation increases 25 feet in that distance, creating a brutal 10% grade. It was probably one of the most unusual railroad trestles in all of North America.
Later that year they purchased a Shay locomotive (SN-683) to work this section of the line.
Sadly, the trestle was lost in 2008. The year before it was engulfed by the Ham Lake Fire and the logs smoldered for months. The USFS was forced to dynamite the structure to extinguish the fire. I’m glad I was able to see it before its demise and shoot this footage. My apologies for the shaky recording; I was very young, rather excited and there was no stabilization!
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision near Pass Lake, ON. Features the Pass Lake Trestle/Blende River Viaduct, constructed in 1912.
Video of the former Canadian Northern Railway/CN-Kinghorn (Dorion) Subdivision near Pass Lake, ON, featuring a 1/2 mile of rails and the eastern side of the Pass Lake Trestle/Blende River Viaduct.
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