Adrian Stott wrote: > "trainfinder22" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is there any explabe of railroad cars being carried on canal boats? > > Is there any dictionary that defines "explabe"? > > In British Columbia, which is very mountainous, building railways was > expensive. So on some long, narrow lakes with mountains rising > steeply on either side, the railway came down the valley to a wharf at > the lakehad, where rail cars were shunted on to barges. The barges > where then navigated to a rail wharf at the other end of the lake, > from which they continued their journey overland. > > The railways in question have mostly been abandoned now. > > Incidentally, a canal was once built between two of the lakes. It had > one lock. No boats came to use it for years after it was built. Then > the great day came, and a boat arrived. It was bigger than the lock. > So they dismantled the lock and hauled the boat up the resulting > slope. So sorry, no more canal. But the nearby settlement is still > called "Canal Flats". > > When I lived in Vancouver, there was still rail freight between the > mainland and Vancouver Island, and Canadian Pacific regularly ran a > self-propelled railcar barge (with tracks on its deck on to which the > cars were shunted) between Vancouver and Victoria harbours. The last > bit of the Canadian National line on the Island has now been closed, > and the former Canadian Pacific line there now carries only tourists, > so the barge is no longer seen. > > Adrian > > Adrian Stott > 07956-299966
When on our Inside Passage cruise (Queen Charlotte Strait) I saw some serious barges with rail freight cars being towed along. A quick Google shows these were part of the 2000 resumption of traffic between the isolated Alaska Railroad and the Lower 48. -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest Follow the traveled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
