Featuring :
Canadian Railway History & the History of Canada
Old Technologies
Human History and Railways
Rolly Martin
(1928-2006)
The classic Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive engineer and a friend.
David J Gagnon
Please feel free to drop me a line:
sdgagnon@kos.net
Most Recent Updates:
July 2009
Yalta to Hiroshima via Tinian & LeMay's Tokyo 'fire job'.
PLUS ... Canada may get California winters!
The future promise of The Atom.
June 2009
'Chalk River and the NRU'
Historical Canadian government descriptions of our nuclear program
... from the Canada Handbook ... with photos and other details.
May 2009
Financial TV and how it drove me back to the Industrial Revolution.
Part One
Maps of the British Isles before the Industrial Revolution
Arthur, King of the Britons ... to the Enclosures
Schreiber and White River
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April 2009
For first-person views into Canada's recent railroading past, try this blog :
http://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/
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Canada by passenger train
Early Canadian railways & the politics affecting Canada
Farm railways
Introductory articles on railway technology and practices
Lake Superior - where Rolly Martin worked - the fabled CPR mainline north of Superior
Newfoundland's Railway
How steam locomotives work and Canadian Pacific's steam locomotive shops
Railway systems - historic and usually hidden
Warfare: Railways, health care, technology ... and the CNR
July 2009
Yalta to Hiroshima via Tinian & LeMay's Tokyo 'fire job'.
PLUS ... Canada may get California winters!
The future promise of The Atom.
June 2009
'Chalk River and the NRU'
Historical Canadian government descriptions of our nuclear program
... from the Canada Handbook ... with photos and other details.
Part 1 - A Nuke ... of the North - A children's tale. Part 2 - ZEEP, the NRX and its 1952 meltdown (1955) Part 3 - AECL, the NPD and the NRU (1957) Part 4 - PTR, the Colombo Plan, the NRU accident (1958) Part 5 - NPD-2, CANDU, Canada's 'Atoms for Peace' (1960) Part 6 - Rolphton and Whiteshell (1964) |
May 2009
Financial TV and how it drove me back to the Industrial Revolution.
Part One
Maps of the British Isles before the Industrial Revolution
Arthur, King of the Britons ... to the Enclosures
Schreiber and White River
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS
April 2009
For first-person views into Canada's recent railroading past, try this blog :
http://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com/
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or you can simply scroll down the whole page to see all the articles listed.
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Canada by passenger train Early Canadian railways & the politics affecting Canada Farm railways Introductory articles on railway technology and practices Lake Superior - where Rolly Martin worked - the fabled CPR mainline north of Superior Newfoundland's RailwayHow steam locomotives work and Canadian Pacific's steam locomotive shopsRailway systems - historic and usually hidden Warfare: Railways, health care, technology ... and the CNRArticle groupings
Canada by passenger train
The earliest passenger trains and later developments; Canadian Pacific's transcontinental train expertise
Early Canadian passenger trains, CPR Lake Superior; interior photographs; dining cars
Canadian aviation - early history; streamlined passenger trains; Zephyrs and "The Canadian"
Canadian Pacific Railway's "The Canadian" passenger train; rolling stock, interior diagrams and illustrations (1950s); Park cars and Canadian artists
Canada by train - A quick westbound trip across Canada in 1979 on VIA/CNR'S "Super Continental"
Canada by train - An eastbound trip across Canada in 1979 on VIA/CPR's "The Canadian" Part 1 : Vancouver to Winnipeg
Canada by train - An eastbound trip across Canada in 1979 on VIA/CPR's "The Canadian" Part 2: Winnipeg to Montreal
Early Canadian railways & the politics affecting Canada
A Canadian Rulebook from 1876 - The Intercolonial Railway in 1874, Sandford Fleming ... and ... the many definitions of "standard time".
Pacific Railroads - What was the Government of Canada thinking ... and risking ... when it negotiated the CPR contract? A continental perspective.
An Act Respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway - Text from four original documents related to the CPR's construction.
An 1880 U.S. newspaper editorial - on Macdonald's "White Elephant".
Postcards - What do you see?
Introductory articles on railway technology and practices
Railway crew members; conductors & trainmen; responsibilities ... "back when I worked".
Diesel locomotive introduction; CP Rail SD40-2
Train momentum; steel wheels, steel rails.
Train dynamics; old switching procedures on CPR north of Lake Superior
Rolly Martin; A long career from the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay section; to the Canadian Pacific Railway roundhouse; to VIA Rail's Canadian
CPR Lake Superior east end; Heron Bay Subdivision tour; photos and maps
CPR Lake Superior west end; Nipigon Subdivision tour; photos and maps
Schreiber, Ontario; White River, Ontario; railway town history and life
Pacific Railroads - What was the Government of Canada thinking ... and risking ... when it negotiated the CPR contract? A continental perspective.
An Act Respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway - Text from four original documents related to the CPR's construction.
An 1880 U.S. newspaper editorial - on Macdonald's "White Elephant".
Postcards - What do you see?
Farm railways
Railways on the farm - A Canadian monorail that worked !
Making Hay on a Dairy Farm - Hay making circa 1900 and in recent years. Historic feeding regimens and crop rotation.
Making Hay on a Dairy Farm - Hay making circa 1900 and in recent years. Historic feeding regimens and crop rotation.
Introductory articles on railway technology and practices
Railway crew members; conductors & trainmen; responsibilities ... "back when I worked".
Diesel locomotive introduction; CP Rail SD40-2
Train dynamics; old switching procedures on CPR north of Lake Superior
Where Rolly Martin worked:
the fabled CPR mainline north of Lake Superior
Rolly Martin; A long career from the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay section; to the Canadian Pacific Railway roundhouse; to VIA Rail's Canadian
CPR Lake Superior east end; Heron Bay Subdivision tour; photos and maps
CPR Lake Superior west end; Nipigon Subdivision tour; photos and maps
Schreiber, Ontario; White River, Ontario; railway town history and life
Newfoundland's Railway
Newfoundland One; location & geography; plain bearings and hotboxes; advantages of narrow gauge
Newfoundland Two; cod fishery history and techniques; Sandford Fleming in Newfoundland; coastal ferries
Newfoundland Three; historical politics; early railway construction & maps; (RG) Reid Newfoundland Company; political timeline; St. John's terminal
Newfoundland Four; Newfoundland Railway land grants & forest resource development; hydro-electricity; Corner Brook region growth, photographs, maps
Newfoundland Five; Newfoundland Railway snow fighting equipment; steam rotary snowplow; Gaff Topsail
Newfoundland Six; World War 2 and the Newfoundland Railway; Gander and RAF Ferry Command
Steam locomotives - how they work.
Canadian Pacific's steam locomotive shops.
Canadian Pacific's steam locomotive shops.
Steam locomotive introduction; coal burning characteristics; steam and diesel locomotive contrasts
Delorimier Shops - of the CPR and railway rolling stock 1850-1900
Angus Shops - of the CPR, steam locomotive maintenance 1900-1960
Railway systems - historic and usually hidden
Railway surveying, northern Ontario; JHE Secretan's account; historical procedures and instruments
Railway use of capital markets; basic security types; Canadian Northern Railway debt; government guaranteed securities
Railway traffic control evolution; timetable, rulebook & train orders; rights of trains; kerosene lanterns
Railway snowplows - From shovel to spreader.
Warfare: Railways, health care, technology ... and the CNR
Warfare; comparison of Battle of the Plains of Abraham with World War 1; technology & tactics of industrialized warfare
Canadian National Railways - Part 1 - The railway situation and Canadian events immediately before the CNR was formed.
Canadian National Railways - Part 2 - Reconsidering the origin of Canadian National Railways.
Canadian National Railways - Part 2 - Reconsidering the origin of Canadian National Railways.
Railways at War - Part 1 - Early strategies 1861 to 1914.
Railways at War - Part 2 - The German state railway as the Great War begins.
Railways at War - Part 3 - Railways to and from the Great War battlefield.
Railways at War - Part 2 - The German state railway as the Great War begins.
Railways at War - Part 3 - Railways to and from the Great War battlefield.
The Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont Hamel
Part 1 Great War Battlefield Survivors - Basic medical care
Part 2 Great War Battlefield Survivors - 'Shell shock!'
1914-1915 Mary Dexter and battlefield survivors
1916-1918 Mary Dexter and battlefield survivors
Part 1 Great War Battlefield Survivors - Basic medical care
Part 2 Great War Battlefield Survivors - 'Shell shock!'
1914-1915 Mary Dexter and battlefield survivors
1916-1918 Mary Dexter and battlefield survivors
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