LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: We invite you to send your questions and comments: Email us at: editor@canadianrailwayobservations.com Hi Folks. We drove up to Lytton, BC about 26 Miles north at Mile 99.9 on the CP Thompson Sub. And got shots of the CN caboose on display across the street from the Visitor Info Centre. They’ve done a nice job of keeping the van (CN 78939) in good shape! After that we headed home on Highway 1 that takes us past Mark Forseille’s favourite BC Rail Caboose 1865 sitting off the highway just west of Yale. It’s right at the Hope River RV Park/Esso Station so I suppose they bought it to attract attention. I don’t know for sure. I estimate this to be at Mile 30.5 on the CP Cascade Sub which is right across the street. Finally, I threw in the couple of pictures I took of the old CN Hope Station. It sits near the junction of the Old Hope Princeton Highway and Highway #1 at the south end of town. It’s in good shape, but it’s not used for any type of heritage/touristy type of activity from what I can tell. It’s not in its original location though, as it currently sits up the hill about 200 yards from the tracks. Photo Dates: 2012-02-15 Check the Map for the location of these shots; Lytton Visitor Info Centre & CN Caboose 78939 CP Cascade Sub, Mile 30.5, Emory Creek CN Yale Sub, Mile 40.2, Old Hope Station Cheers, Andy Cassidy Coquitlam, BC
Hi Will, I thought that you might like these pictures of ex CN 9165 that was painted as WP 804A. As you can see it is no longer at Disneyland but at Portola CA. I took the pictures in Aug. 13, 2011 9 months after taking pics of her in Disneyland Nov 18, 2010. It was donated to Portola by Disney. Not sure what they plan to do with here but it should be interesting. Dave Stark
CRO makes every attempt to quality check our issues before we post, however this error got through and we apologize to Barry Oldham and the Train Cellar for this mistake on our part. It was brought to our attention that Barry was connected to PMI. This was not the case. This was a mistake at our end, which we are truly sorry for, and hope that any issues that this has caused will be mended quickly. The mistake online is corrected and an apology will be noted in our next issue in February 2013. I hope this will be to your satisfaction as you are a valued member of our news magazine. William H. Baird – Editor, and Nathan Brown - Webmaster William H. Baird – Editor, and Nathan Brown - Webmaster
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How railways in New Zealamd handle snow! From my friend Ron Ellison.
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A new year is here, and we all must reflect on the past to improve our future. We have made some improvements to CRO and you may have noticed we have changed the CRO index page, and added “Tourist Railways and Museums” (Formerly called Canadian Railway History, and our new CRO Legal page. Last month decided to close down and retool our CRO PHOTO CONTEST page. For the moment, the PHOTO CONTEST page is Under Construction, We are seeing suggestions and ideas however, and would like to hear from you. Simply send along an email to me. "CRO Editor" editor@canadianrailwayobservations.com,
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