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Birch Island Photo Diorama

There is a stretch of track along the Little Current Subdivision that follows Highway 6 South to Little Current on Birch Island that always interested me. As I drive South to the Island, I often wonder what it would have been like on this highway as trains rolled by on Continue Reading

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Algoma Eastern Railway #55

The Algoma Eastern Railway purchased two identical Consolidation (2-8-0 wheel arrangement) locomotives from Montreal Locomotive works. Number 55 arrived in January 1921 and are nearly identical to Canadian Government Railway engines. After being modified by adding weight to the front to prevent the pilot trucks from derailing it was said Continue Reading