1906 Railway Station 🚂 in Burlington Ontario Canada🍁
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😳🤩 Whoever invented this was a genius!!!!
Britain once delivered the post at full tilt… without the train ever stopping.
From the first successful exchanges in 1838 (thanks to pioneers like Nathaniel Worsdell, John Ramsey & John Dicker) to a peak of 245 lineside points by 1913, this system kept letters racing across the country for more than 130 years. The final bag exchange took place at Penrith on 4 October 1971, when roads and planes finally took over.
A quiet piece of railway ingenuity that moved the nation’s mail through the night.
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📍Heritage Week is on until August 8, check here for events and activities! >> burlington.ca/en/news/festiv…
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Terrifying footage shows the view from inside a train as it becomes surrounded by raging wildfire flames near Armstrong, Ontario.
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Celebrate Burlington Heritage Week, Aug. 1–8! Explore Burlington’s history through FREE guided tours, community events and more. Events that require registration are open until July 31 (or until full).
Learn more and sign up: burlington.ca/heritageweek
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Halton today: 'An Evening at the Brant Inn' supports Museums of Burlington insidehalton.com/news/halton… via @InsideHalton
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Heritage train station likely to be taken over by Burlington insauga.com/heritage-train-s…
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Huge thanks to community members over many years who saved, relocated, restored and opened the historic Freeman Train station on Fairview Street. The city has been asked to run it, and council will vote next week. Yes! Let’s add to our family of museums.
Burlington mayor @MariannMeedWard talked to @timbolen about the future of Freeman Station. FULL INTERVIEW: chch.com/burlington-recogniz…
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LIVE NOW: What's going on in #Oakville , #Burlington and #Milton this Thursday, May 9 that's making headlines? insidehalton.com/news/halton…
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Today @Metrolinx released a new map showing @GOtransit #GOBus routes! Hope it will make the network easier to understand & navigate, thus helping to grow ridership & reduce road congestion for everyone! #OTE2024 gotransit.com/en/system-map
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The new scheme replaced the green and black passenger colours with yellow-gold striping, introduced by CN only eight years earlier. The early 1960s redesign of CN's image was covered in a two-part article in the CN Historical Association's CN Lines Magazine in 2009. 2/2
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Mar 26, 1962: the Montreal-Halifax "Ocean Limited" is the first complete CN passenger train to be unveiled in its new paint scheme. The cars were painted off-white and black and the diesels were off-white, black and orange-red; both featuring the iconic new CN logo. 1/2
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Today is Transit Worker Appreciation Day and we would like to share our appreciation for our @BurlONTransit team and their dedication. They go the extra mile to make #BurlON a better place to live and get around. #ThanksTransit for keeping us connected.
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Construction of the Burlington Skyway in Burlington, Ontario in 1955 credit: @ArchivesOntario
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ICYMI, our 2816 steam locomotive, The Empress, is steamed up and ready to roll for our North American tour, which departs Calgary this spring! After a decade of slumber, the engine has been carefully prepared to once again travel the rails. Check back for details in the new year.
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This is how the Union Pacific "Big Boy" steam engine worked
"Big Boy" was the name of 25 steam tanks of Union Pacific Railroad class 4000 4-8-8-4 built between1941 and 1944.
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In 1881, the Credit Valley Railway established an interchange with the CASO at St. Thomas, allowing Toronto passengers to connect with trains for Detroit, Chicago and farther west via the Michigan Central Railroad. 3/3
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This was the shortest route between New York State and Michigan. The Great Western Railway had opened the first line across southwestern Ontario in 1854. Most of the CASO has been abandoned, but its station and shops survive in St. Thomas as @casostation and @ECRailwayMuseum. 2/3
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Dec 15, 1873: the first through train runs over the Canada Southern Railway from Amherstburg on the Detroit River to Fort Erie on the Niagara River. The CASO was the first of several U.S.-owned railway companies to build lines that ran across southwestern Ontario. 1/3
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RBG's Escarpment Train display at Rock Garden is open on weekends during the holidays! The “G scale” model train exhibit takes you on a journey through whimsical Canadian landscapes while telling the story of how railroads shaped our history. Details: ow.ly/ewUb50QarWZ
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David Vollick continues a loud and proud tradition in Burlington burlingtontoday.com:443/this…