Memorial Day Weekend 1975 gave me the opportunity to visit Vancouver Island for the first time. Our ferry landed in Nanaimo, and presented me with an opportunity to see CP Rail colors for the firs... (more)
An old outside-braced wooden CP box car cut down for higher-class idler service, one of a few used for reaching cars on or off ferries at Nanaimo, B.C.
SRY 128, a former CP Rail GP9u, sits on the shop track at Wellcox Yard after arriving on the morning barge from Annacis Island. The locomotive has been re-lettered for Westmount Rail and will appe... (more)