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Caboose Coffee: March 2013
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Last Minute Follow Up on the Okanagan Wine Train. Since I posted my last segment on the Okanagan Wine Train, a number of emails have come in from readers who would like to know what happened to the Wine Train. Well, here it is, in a nutshell. But that's not the fate that should befall those beautiful cars. They should be cleaned, painted and put behind a couple of FP9A's or GP9U's, filled with happy train buffs...
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Caboose Coffee: October 2013
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Thursday, October 31, 2013. A Work of Art, Hidden Behind a Work of Art. That was our old house on Sellwood Road. In the summer, 'the swamp', as we referred to it, was a wonderful place to spend the day. The Tea Bush grew to four feet in height and the bull rushes grew much taller than that. There were frogs and snakes, turtles and bitterns, blue herons, hawks and a great many small birds which nested there. One such cold, winter night, ...
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Caboose Coffee: Time Passes While We Watch
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Thursday, June 5, 2014. Time Passes While We Watch. Watches and railroading go hand in hand., if you'll forgive that clever little pun. She would say "One moment, Please", and be gone. The watch, he would gently slip into the watch pocket that was designed and sewn into the front of the overalls, just about at the center of the wearer's chest. The clasp would then be clipped onto a spare button hole place nearby for the purpose. The Acc...
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Caboose Coffee: March 2014
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Monday, March 3, 2014. What’s in a Name? Sometime shortly after we’re born, we assume an identity which is partly attributable to the genes we inherit, and partly by the name we’re given. We grow up with the realization that our given names are a good fit with the personalities we develop, or perhaps that isn’t the case at all. As he sat, staring into the small fire that was only large enough to warm his legs, he felt abandoned by his t...
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Caboose Coffee: The Difference Between A Locomotive Engineer And A Hog Head.
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Thursday, February 2, 2012. The Difference Between A Locomotive Engineer And A Hog Head. There had been a rush of traffic as CN's Mountain Region pushed to clean up all the traffic that was stretched across hundreds of miles of track. It had been a very busy season for everyone involved. The grain elevators, coal unloading facilities and other bulk operations prepared their plants for the shutdown and the longshoremen drove their cars a...
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Caboose Coffee: December 2013
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Sunday, December 22, 2013. CN's Christmas Train - 1984. It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house. Not a creature was sleeping, not even the . mouse? I had worked on the spareboard the whole year through,. Rolling up the miles, like all good hoggers do. All my vacation time used up, I had no paid days remaining. The family was packing, suitcases were straining. Warm socks and sweaters, mittens and slacks. That could b...
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Caboose Coffee: What’s in a Name?
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Monday, March 3, 2014. What’s in a Name? Sometime shortly after we’re born, we assume an identity which is partly attributable to the genes we inherit, and partly by the name we’re given. We grow up with the realization that our given names are a good fit with the personalities we develop, or perhaps that isn’t the case at all. As he sat, staring into the small fire that was only large enough to warm his legs, he felt abandoned by his t...
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Caboose Coffee: December 2012
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Friday, December 21, 2012. Caboose Coffee would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for continuing to support me in portraying that small slice of Canadian Railway History we were all so fortunate to have witnessed, in one form or another. Caboose Coffee is taking a little time off for family (new grandson of 8 months, Ethan),. So, from our house to yours.,. Bruce and Susan Harvey. Links to this post. As the summer of 1999...
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Caboose Coffee: June 2014
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A purely social and personal perspective of railroad life in Canada. Thursday, June 5, 2014. Time Passes While We Watch. Watches and railroading go hand in hand., if you'll forgive that clever little pun. She would say "One moment, Please", and be gone. The watch, he would gently slip into the watch pocket that was designed and sewn into the front of the overalls, just about at the center of the wearer's chest. The clasp would then be clipped onto a spare button hole place nearby for the purpose. The Acc...