Short hops Wherein my romance with rail is nourished in Brockville 11 Aug 2018 BROCKVILLE, ON — The Brockville Railway Tunnel is so old, its builders had to use gunpowder to blast through the bedrock — dynamite hadn’t been invented yet. Maybe that’s why…
The Other Things How tragedy helped end the last of Canada’s logging railways 11 May 201815 May 2018 BEAVER COVE I pulled over between two one-lane bridges to take pictures of the rail. Melani waited in the car, as she does every time I do this. I have…
Summer Walking the abandoned rail bridge of North Anson 1 Aug 201616 Aug 2016 NORTH ANSON, Maine Sometimes you have to put off spontaneity. Like the time I rounded a corner and there was the most amazing rocky river and around the next bend…
Summer The failed marriage of rail and sea 7 Aug 201415 Aug 2014 TIDNISH BRIDGE, N.S. — Meet Henry George Clopper Ketchum, a guy with a dream. While this 1800s railway man laid track and made a name for himself as far away…
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