tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post3586649486555558514..comments2023-12-28T22:05:10.495-04:00Comments on Passage to Sackville.: The slow train.Sybilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-13467518031495240922016-04-05T22:18:10.890-03:002016-04-05T22:18:10.890-03:00Wow Jacqui, just discovered your comment today. ...Wow Jacqui, just discovered your comment today. Blogger used to inform me of new comments. My apologies.<br /><br />You're right about the trains being so much less efficient here in Canada. Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-28858646089261028452013-08-16T20:46:18.154-03:002013-08-16T20:46:18.154-03:00Great blog. I too am saddened by the loss of the r...Great blog. I too am saddened by the loss of the railway. We travelled from Halifax to Montreal by train in 2010, thinking it would be better than flying - but the line is so old that the train has to go so slowly on sections. It took 21 hours!!!! Having travelled in Britain and Europe by train, it is definitely the way to travel, but countries have to invest in the lines and upgrade to high speed trains.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-79156525816663895172013-08-10T21:00:25.022-03:002013-08-10T21:00:25.022-03:00It is amazing how quickly things turn back to natu...It is amazing how quickly things turn back to nature. And that is a lovely thing: you're right about that.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-77796027417757703992013-08-10T08:43:24.231-03:002013-08-10T08:43:24.231-03:00I share your nostalgia for past eras, but as a nat...I share your nostalgia for past eras, but as a native plant person I'm not sorry to see that a meadow so quickly established itself in what was once a shunting area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-36781844068108892852013-07-29T18:54:07.897-03:002013-07-29T18:54:07.897-03:00My parents were big fans of Flanders and Swann, th...My parents were big fans of Flanders and Swann, the singers of the "The Slow Train". Their stuff is very funny.<br /><br />"Bittersweet" is the right word Barbara.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-85406407321774827612013-07-29T16:01:30.168-03:002013-07-29T16:01:30.168-03:00Changes overtake us all - to think steam trains we...Changes overtake us all - to think steam trains were once a newfangled marvel and now they are ancient relics. It is kind of bittersweet. My grandfather was a train enthusiast - I used to love watching his model trains go round the track he had set up in the barn. And he loved to tell me about his train trip to visit his grandfather when he was five years old. Warm memories. I wonder if he knew of "The Slow Train" song.Barbara Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222786517926105237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-56791571886412409392013-07-28T20:07:35.336-03:002013-07-28T20:07:35.336-03:00I shamefully did not. I will now.I shamefully did not. I will now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-62956577961097056812013-07-28T19:14:07.645-03:002013-07-28T19:14:07.645-03:00Did you click the link to hear the song ? It'...Did you click the link to hear the song ? It's quite wonderful.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-6508126346265922772013-07-28T18:41:45.600-03:002013-07-28T18:41:45.600-03:00Slow trains...slow life...slow happenings. A diff...Slow trains...slow life...slow happenings. A different time, a different place. May we still be able to carve out slow times in our own lives...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-74200976030140873832013-07-25T09:27:46.863-03:002013-07-25T09:27:46.863-03:00The only good thing that comes out of all this, is...The only good thing that comes out of all this, is some lovely looong hiking trails. I used to live near Peterborough, and I think the old railbed became a trail.Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-59933141238613282842013-07-25T08:53:23.286-03:002013-07-25T08:53:23.286-03:00All over southern Ontario we have abandoned railro...All over southern Ontario we have abandoned railroads, with hardly a trace of anything left to show what was once a big part of life.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-83604529437784391212013-07-24T23:23:01.956-03:002013-07-24T23:23:01.956-03:00It is a real pity.
It is a real pity. <br />Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-41648919376346994812013-07-24T23:21:53.438-03:002013-07-24T23:21:53.438-03:00Sadly the old carriages are too far gone Joanne. ...Sadly the old carriages are too far gone Joanne. Apparently the tours ran into the 1990's. How I wish I had gone for a ride on the Evangeline in her hayday !Sybilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944601364218561984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-84160995377711430522013-07-24T21:21:32.492-03:002013-07-24T21:21:32.492-03:00Sybil, what a rotten shame to have let even the &q...Sybil, what a rotten shame to have let even the "tourist train" fall into total disrepair. Surely there were enough people for sightseeing, etc.to keep that historic track going. It is so sad to see things such as this. The photos are really good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221281884226879638.post-86745363791834318722013-07-24T20:43:50.083-03:002013-07-24T20:43:50.083-03:00Isn't that just eerie, to think that the railw...Isn't that just eerie, to think that the railway workers may have simply walked away from their desks one afternoon, never to return? The little town that I grew up in had a railway station and I have wonderful memories of catching the train from there as a child. I noticed when visiting the area recently that there is now a railway museum there, which only opens on the last Sunday of the month. It had me wondering if my old railway station was closed now. I do hope that something will be eventually done with these lovely old carriages in your photos Sybil. ~ Joanne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com