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CN buys rail and ferry operations from Quebec Railway Corp. for $49.8 million Mon Nov 3, 9:25 AM The Canadian Press Email Story IM Story Printable View By The Canadian Press MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX: CNR.TO) is buying a number of rail and ferry operations from...

19 Freight Cars Derailed Near Aldershot GO Station

If you happen to be in the Ottawa area this weekend, drop by St Anthony's Soccer Hall on Preston St. It's the annual Ottawa Valley Associated Railroaders (OVAR) module rally where the module railroad clubs go all out. Ottawa Valley HOTRAK http://www.hotrak.ca will be there with the biggest...

I think it's one of those days when the folks at CN really don't feel like getting out of bed in the morning for fear of what else they might be facing. Freight train derails in Kingston Derek Abma, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, March 12, 2007 A partial derailment of an CN rail...

CP Rail's Christmas trains starts out from Montreal next Friday, December 2nd. By December 17th, it will have travelled all across Canada and a large part of the USA that is served by CP/Soo Line. It's first overnight stop is in Smiths Falls with a scheduled arrival on Friday, December...

My kids have long grown up but I couldn't resist it yesterday. I bought Bachmann's Thomas the Train. Now I want to install a decoder in it. Does anyone have any tips/ instructions on how to do a decoder install? Also, Thomas is stalling on the turnouts (Peco insulfrogs) as the middle...

There was a fair bit of action at Smiths Falls on Friday 28 May. CP #2816 arrived around 4pm but I missed her entry by about 45 minutes. However, I did arrive in time to see lots of action. CP #2816 had to back down the south main line to reach a fire hydrant to fill the tenders with water...

Last Sunday, I travelled from Ottawa to Quebec City via Montreal on the VIA1 for a week in QC on business. Not many photo ops between Ottawa and Montreal, but a real treat leaving Montreal. Normally, the trains from Quebec and Ottawa have to be wyed for their return trip, either on arriving or...

Hi guys. If you want to see some photos of the neat 2-truck Shay in Duncan BC on Vancouver Island, click on the link below to take you to The Gauge - The Real Thing - Canada Forum http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=76471#post76471

I happened to be out west on Vancouver Island on November 22 in the pouring rain when I came across the neatest little 2-truck Shay I've ever seen (not that I've seen a lot of Shays). Wouldn't it be nice to have something like this in your backyard?

I also happened to be in Smiths Falls on the August holiday around 4pm. (It seems as if I have no choice but to be going home through Smiths Falls a lot!) I was running a bit late getting home from Brockville but decided to drop by the VIA/CP Rail station for half an hour. Two SD-40-2s (#5774...

I was going through Smiths Falls last Friday around 4pm. I decided to take a quick trip by the VIA/CP Rail station. Two GP9s pulling a string of hoppers loaded with ballast were just entering the yard. The crew dropped their load, moved from the yard to the north main line, and killed the...

I've got some photos that I took yesterday that I'd like to share with you folks. So, how do I upload them onto The Gauge's server?

Since we've been talking about the Smiths Falls area, here's some photos taken in 1912 just a few miles south west of Smiths Falls. http://www.railwaybob.com/ChaffeysLocks/00ChaffeysIntro.html Enjoy!