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Things like this are what this line could be about.
60 frickin' years ago we could take a train to the (dramatically less developed) ski hills in Collingwood, yet today we can't, despite demand several orders of magnitude higher.
We definitely have. The whole Collingwood ski area owes it's birth to this train according to this article I first read two years ago: https://onthebaymagazine.com/ski-train/
That one's interesting too, but this is the one I meant:
No kidding. There was certainly no passenger service between TBay and Sioux Lookout (CN Graham sub) and it appears there used to be lines running between Havelock and Capreol and Havelock and North Bay. Who knew!
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It isn't a horrible map. It doesn't have everything, but it points out what service did exist It may not be all inclusive, but it does show some stuff at a glance.
Thanks. I must have missed that when I was living there during that period.There was a track that ran twice a week between Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout. But Havelock? It only had the RDC to Peterborough and Toronto.
Here’s a better map:
Changing tracks: passenger rail in 1980 and 2024
A new interactive map shows the changes in passenger rail in Canada and the United States in the last 45 years. While intercity rail declined, especially in Canada, there’s been impressive gr…
Unfortunately its just a terrible scan. Theres things that can be done, but nothings better than scanning the photo properly in the first place. Sad that a lot of these sorts of museums are run with people who are good intentioned and often working volunteer, but havent the slightest clue of how to use technology properly.
