Blog posts : "esquimalt"

E&N Trail

Nanaimos 10 Worst Intersections

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…

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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.

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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.

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New Rail News

E&N Still waits

Recent News

(Feb 27th 2009) Trestle still up in the air

http://www.canada.com/Trestle+still/1333987/story.html

(Feb 21st 2009) Mayors, MPs join forces in support of E&N line

http://www.timescolonist.com/Technology/Mayors+join+forces+support+line/1314563/story.html

(Feb 18th 2009) E&N rail-trail costs nearly dou…

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