Blog posts : "railroad"
it would continue west along the historic Canadian Northern Pacific Railway grade to Port Alberni.
June 25 2009
Island trail on drawing board
The track would be used for transporting freight and passengers,
May 19 2009
E&N Railway likely to get ongoing support
Port Alberni Arsonnist strikes near Railway
April 28th 2009
Port Alberni hit with five suspicious minor fires
Chinese railway workers in Canadian history.
April 24th 2009
"The Nanaimo - Esquimalt Rail and the Fraser Valley rail systems are subject to big studies
April 11 2009
Fraser residents renew push for light rail
Steam train returns home and Transit gets a looking at.
April 11 2009
Flood of funding belies economic woes
E&N Trail
April 02 2009
View Royal reveals Island Highway overhaul plans
Vancouver Island property is not up for dicussion.
March 31 2009
Government responds to rights complaint
Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group members say 270,000 hectares of traditional territory were illegally confiscated from them as part of the 1884 E&N Railway grant. The Vancouver Island property is now privately owned and not up for discussion at the trea…
Port Alberni Rails will be buesy this week.
March 28th 2009
BCIT conductors back for training
Starting today in Port Alberni BC the next batch of Railroad Conductors will be training on a real engine. This will give them on the job training for the future, yet another reason to keep our railway alive.
Railways from Vancouvers Past
March 28th 2009
Excavation moved half a million yards
An interesting read on how the railways shaped parts of Vancouver BC.
New Rail News
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