CPR ALYTH CALGARY YARDS TURN TABLE

CPR ALYTH CALGARY YARDS TURN TABLE

F.Y.I. if interested, once upon a time I was a Hostler for the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. I worked at the CPR Alyth Calgary Yard in East Inglewood; this photo is of the CPR Aylth Turn Table & Round House circa 1974. You could turn a Diesel Locomotive into a different direction or run it into the round house for repairs etc.

The Glenbow has a photo of this same Turn Table with a Steam Locomotive from 1890 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/glenbowmuseum/5852600607/. For 84 years it did not change and now it is gone along with soon to be Aylth as it is moves to the new location in S.E. Calgary. East Inglewood folks I am sure will be pleased. Oh, if you did not line up the Turn Table properly, you would be in a whole world of trouble! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGiYI3ercf8
By Richard Abbenbroek...
http://bayo-hunter.blogspot.ca/
P.S. Me at CPR Alyth, as a Hostler climbing onto 2 Locomotive Deisel Units. For you non Rail Road folks, the "F" on each one means "Front" of Unit, silly but true.

 

CANADIAN RAILWAY TRILOGY

CANADIAN RAILWAY TRILOGY

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=wd_kpqImpJg

A photo of our 2 youngest a long time ago on the tracks at Kinley Saskatchewan, which run due east or so the Iron Horse upon the Great Plains go.

As he sung:

“For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men, too silent to be real”

HAPPY CANADA DAY MY FELLOW CANADIANS!

With LOVE to you all and all that heaven will allow…

From,

Sir Richard…

http://bayo-hunter.blogspot.ca/