I came across a great website the other day. It's called The Last Days of Steam and it's filled with first-hand accounts of working for the CNR in the 50s as told by former brakeman Al Peden.
Some of the articles are called "The Lavenham Meet", "Working Fort Rouge to Rainy River", "Flagging at Elie" and my favourite - a list of all the nicknames of conductors and enginemen. That one is good for a laugh, but they're all great stories and he has lots of photos of his fellow railroad men.
Definitely worth a read if you want to get that real railroad flavour.
Val
Some of the articles are called "The Lavenham Meet", "Working Fort Rouge to Rainy River", "Flagging at Elie" and my favourite - a list of all the nicknames of conductors and enginemen. That one is good for a laugh, but they're all great stories and he has lots of photos of his fellow railroad men.
Definitely worth a read if you want to get that real railroad flavour.
Val
, I have went & added the link to my favorites.