Nanaimos E&N Station Up in Smoke

[Ferryman]

I just saw this on Global BC, but the 1920s heritage train station went up in smoke. This train station was quite a landmark along the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. No word yet if the entire building is a writeoff, or whether or not it was deliberately set.

Pics by B_Winkler on the railfan forums.

[CN2972South]

Here's a link to the news story on Global. Funny I couldn't find anything on CH about the fire.

www.canada.com/globaltv/bc/index.html

[Northern Exploration]

Oh that is sad. I hope they can restore it. There are so few truely historical buildings left. My grandmothers appartment overlooked the station in Duncan and I loved hearing the Dayliner come and go. Rode it once to Parksville but was disappointed in the scenery and to boot it was full and I mean full of kids on a class trip. Wow talk about a zoo.

[CN2972South]

pnwtraveler said:

Oh that is sad. I hope they can restore it. There are so few truely historical buildings left. My grandmothers appartment overlooked the station in Duncan and I loved hearing the Dayliner come and go. Rode it once to Parksville but was disappointed in the scenery and to boot it was full and I mean full of kids on a class trip. Wow talk about a zoo.

The spectacular scenery is between Victoria and Duncan. With a few valley crossings north of Parksville, the Port Alberni branch line is far more scenic.

[Northern Exploration]

Yeah I boarded in Duncan. I can imagine the Alberni section would be amazing. It certainly is by car too. Although the scenery isn't great when driven late at night which I have done a number of times. And once on a December 27 that was very icey.

[Retrovision]

I am so saddened by this news. I am so envious of our E&N Railway's length of service.