A MODEL ENGINE, — The following paragraph is clipped from an eastern paper; The Hudson River Railroad Company is building a locomotive, to run from New York to Albany — 144 miles — in two and a half hours, carrying along six passenger cars at that. It is being constructed at Springfield, and will be [...]
The Sarnia Observer and Lambton Advertiser December 1, 1853 The Great Western and Grand Trunk Railways — It is evident that the Board of Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, have made a very decided false movement by the publication of their Special Report in England. The result has been that instead of damaging [...]
I know there are a few folks in Lambton County running live steam locomotives; so I have created a page to post pictures and stories. Accucraft Forney 2-4-4 in 1:20.3 scale and 45mm gauge in live steam.
A group of volunteers worked inside the cab of Locomotive 6069 this weekend. It was a much nicer weekend to do this kind of outdoor work. Some photos that were taken are posted on the Locomotive 6069 page on this site.
This week, NFB.ca will be commemorating the anniversary of Buster Keaton’s death with Gerald Potterton’s short film The Railrodder. One of the last films of Keaton’s career, The Railrodder treats viewers to a cross-Canada adventure filled with the sight gags and slapstick humour that made Keaton famous. Some of you may remember seeing this at [...]
The introduction of the Railway system into Canada has not only been the means of bringing capital into this country, but has given an impetus to the growth of our towns; and where the solitary dwelling stood but a year or two ago, petty hamlets, with their busy populations, ar rising up in various directions [...]
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This locomotive was owned by Erie and Lackawanna Railroad when it was new It is an NW-2 built in 1948. These photos were taken in 1974. .
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