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Post by Kahloke on Oct 23, 2008 18:20:04 GMT -8
I've been to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania which has a similar setup to what Flug described...a large shed over existing rail. Unlike the Winnipeg Rail Museum, it is not on an active rail line, so you miss out on that aspect, but, overall, it is a well laid out and well stocked museum. If you are into model railroads, there are a few displays set up, as well as a model rail museum right down the road, and a hobby store with a decent layout as well. The only railroad museum I have ever been to is the National Railway Museum in York. It's a really good one. If anyone goes to the northeastern part of England, I highly recommend it. www.nrm.org.uk/home/home.asp
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Oct 24, 2008 7:38:57 GMT -8
I've been to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania which has a similar setup to what Flug described...a large shed over existing rail. Unlike the Winnipeg Rail Museum, it is not on an active rail line, so you miss out on that aspect, but, overall, it is a well laid out and well stocked museum. If you are into model railroads, there are a few displays set up, as well as a model rail museum right down the road, and a hobby store with a decent layout as well. The only railroad museum I have ever been to is the National Railway Museum in York. It's a really good one. If anyone goes to the northeastern part of England, I highly recommend it. www.nrm.org.uk/home/home.asphaha...as long as we are off topic...though I didn't make it to this museum last time I was there, I will the next. The Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland My granddad said it was probably one of the best museums he has ever visited.
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Post by Mill Bay on Oct 24, 2008 9:27:32 GMT -8
Going even more off topic (not really for me because I've admitted to being a train fanatic before a ferry geek): I have, for a very long time now, wanted to visit the Mile High City, Denver CO because that area is home to several operating steam railroads, including remnants of the legendary Colorado narrow gauge operations. (Legendary to train fans, at least) I hope that is where the ferry and train virus takes me some day, so I can experience the feel of riding the rails to the high country. The only railroad museum I have ever been to is the National Railway Museum in York. It's a really good one. If anyone goes to the northeastern part of England, I highly recommend it. www.nrm.org.uk/home/home.asphaha...as long as we are off topic...though I didn't make it to this museum last time I was there, I will the next. The Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland My granddad said it was probably one of the best museums he has ever visited.
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Post by Neil on Dec 20, 2008 20:13:43 GMT -8
This was one of my favorite spots in the world when I was a kid- the TV relay station at Dorman Point on Bowen. Back then, (the '60s) you had an unimpeded view from Horseshoe Bay, both west to the Island, and up Howe Sound, where you could follow the Langdale ferries until they disappeared around Hood Point. Through the trees you could follow, and hear the Bowen ferry until it came into view leaving the Cove. Ferry paradise. Now the trees have grown up so much that only a partial view of the Nanaimo ferries, and a bit of the Bowen ferry, is left. Darned nature.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 20, 2008 20:44:31 GMT -8
Neil, re the Bowen TV relay station picture:
- What's your guess on which ferry is in the background? I'm thinking the forward deck configuration indicates that it's not the Sidney or Tsawwassen (but I'm just going from memory here).
- Would it be safe to assume it's one of the B-Triplets?
- Your thong-strap is showing (on your foot).
Thanks for digging through the old photos tonight, I appreciate your blizzard-refuge work. (picturing Neil in his basement, howling wind & snow outside.....)
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Post by Northern Exploration on Dec 20, 2008 21:09:44 GMT -8
What's your guess on which ferry is in the background? I'm thinking the forward deck configuration indicates that it's not the Sidney or Tsawwassen (but I'm just going from memory here). - Would it be safe to assume it's one of the B-Triplets? It is definitely not the two orginal sisters but I can't tell any of the other 5 appart at that stage of their careers. I think the Richmond had a unique colour scheme but then of course like everyone else can't prove it. I am glad you qualified that but as I started to read I must admit I kinda got grossed out until I hit the parenthesis. Who'd of thunk a few years ago that thong would have a completely different meaning .
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Post by Ferryman on Dec 20, 2008 22:21:19 GMT -8
I can narrow it down to 3. The Funnel spells unstretched B-Class to me.
Looks like that's a neat spot up there. I'll have to go there one day even if the trees have grown.
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Post by Neil on Dec 20, 2008 23:43:08 GMT -8
Mr Horn and Chris are probably correct. The four regular boats on that run in the sixties (summer, at least) were the ' Burnaby, 'Nanaimo, 'New Westminster, and ' Tsawwassen, and the boat in that photo wasn't the ' Tsawwassen. And NE, what, pray tell, is so gross about a slightly pudgy, bald, 52 year old guy in a thong?
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Post by Mill Bay on May 10, 2010 20:29:28 GMT -8
I'm attempting to reactivate this thread with a new question that's been in my mind for a couple weeks that I don't think ever got answered in the original discussion.
I'm really wondering whether in all this genetic sequencing, why not more of us have actually tried to become BCFerries workers.
I know for myself, I've always had fascination for ferries, since before I can really remember... but I never really felt a desire to be a ferry captain. I also have had the obsession with trains, but I never, never really felt any desire to be an engineer or conductor, even though lots of people predicted I would be (or should be.)
What is odd is that I also once, a long time ago, had the transit/bus bug, and I loved those old trolleys that used to run in vancouver but, although I'm not really into transit that much anymore, getting a professional drivers license is I've have actually thought of wanting to do (surprisingly) instead of being a ferry captain or railway engineer.
Anyway, with the exception of Chris, whom we know is way beyond any hope of saving anyway, did any of us out there ever really feel a desire to work on the ferries, or were we always just fans but never drawn to the trade?
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Post by lmtengs on May 11, 2010 19:27:07 GMT -8
Did any of us out there ever really feel a desire to work on the ferries, or were we always just fans but never drawn to the trade? I don't feel any immediate desire to be in control of a ferry, but I wouldn't mind working as a deckhand in the summer. However, my dream job is to become a Captain (Captain, Master, Master Mariner, Navigating Officer, Senior Officer, or whatever you want to call it) of a Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaking ship up north. I've always wanted to do work on a ship, ever since I was a wee little boy, younger then I can remember.
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Post by Mill Bay on May 11, 2010 19:46:40 GMT -8
Did any of us out there ever really feel a desire to work on the ferries, or were we always just fans but never drawn to the trade? I don't feel any immediate desire to be in control of a ferry, but I wouldn't mind working as a deckhand in the summer. However, my dream job is to become a Captain (Captain, Master, Master Mariner, Navigating Officer, Senior Officer, or whatever you want to call it) of a Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaking ship up north. I've always wanted to do work on a ship, ever since I was a wee little boy, younger then I can remember. Time to join the Sea Cadets, then.
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Post by lmtengs on May 12, 2010 19:52:29 GMT -8
Time to join the Sea Cadets, then. Or, just take physics, chemistry, and biology in grade 11/12, then go to the Canadian Coast Guard College (CCGC) in Nova Scotia for 6 years after high school.
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