It kind of grows on you

Snow on the line

I happened to be at the junction of RCAF Road and the Canadian Pacific twin tracks just at the right moment.

Four engines pulling this train – CP 5857 EMD SD40-2, CP 9607 GE AC4400CW

 

Looking towards Sidney Street and the spur lines.

The snow was deep…

Yellow and blue and white allover

A rather pretty gate guardian, no?

The road home

Along with so many others, I stood and waited in sub zero temperatures at the repatriation ceremony for Sapper Sean Greenfield, the 108th Canadian soldier to die during the Afghanistan mission.

The 25-year-old was killed when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the volatile Zhari district, west of Kandahar city. He is the second Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan this year.

 

Looking down RCAF Road towards Highway 2 and CFB Trenton.

The half mast directive

The federal government’s deplorable decision that flags and ensigns would not be used to honour the dead has largely become a toothless tiger.

Common sense and decency still prevail in some areas..

The green machines

There is a story behind every image…

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is not a happy story

 

Waiting for the motorcade at the RCAF road runway crash gate

Cars for cars

These train cars have been sitting idle on a Canadian Pacific siding for the better part of two months – a sign of the times, as are the markings on the cars.

 

The Honda automobile assembly plant is about 100 kilometers north of Toronto and I live about 150 kilometers east of Toronto and the car assembly plants for the big three.

While it’s not that surprising that I see a lot of these car transporters, I see more and more of them idle.

 

There is also a very obvious change in the nature of the goods that are being shipped – far less container traffic. You could attribute the decline to the closure of the St Lawrence Seaway – until you realize that the container ports is in Montreal and navigable year round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The old Canadian Pacific PacMan logo…