Comments on: If there was a “time machine” update from this location, I’d sure like to see it. Out in the BC interior I was on vacation with the girlfriend, staying at my grandfathers home in Boswell, about 30 miles away, other side of the water. We headed out for the day; she in anticipation of somewhere ‘exciting’, but no, she forgot there were train yards in Nelson……… This view I found along Hwy 6 at the west end of town; and I wonder if this location is still as open today. The image was taken late afternoon; and visible dead center is the old Nelson CP station, built in 1900 and after passenger service ended deteriorated to the point it was a wonder vandals didn’t torch it. In 1992 it was declared a Heritage Building and I understand it has been restored. On the left barely visible is the famous Nelson Diesel Shop, built 1953, home for the CLC locomotives in the west; after their demise the shop was closed, and what was declared an ‘eyesore’ was torn down a few years ago. (2010?) This was quite the facility in its’ day. Note the string of cabooses (cabeese?) I’d love to know what is left of the facility here. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Cdntrainphotog http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19751#comment-9953 Cdntrainphotog Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:10:00 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Nelson-CP-Facilities-edited.jpg#comment-9953 Mr. Mooney is sometimes facetious. It happens to people of a certain age. Mr. Mooney is sometimes facetious. It happens to people of a certain age.

]]> By: Cdntrainphotog http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19751#comment-9944 Cdntrainphotog Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:52:38 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Nelson-CP-Facilities-edited.jpg#comment-9944 A similar view to that in the book "Signatures In Steel" on page 71. That is dated April of '74 and your's September '76. Already there must've been a decline in activity at that location. The tracks to the left are more weedy for one. Is there any rail service in Nelson at all in 2015? A similar view to that in the book “Signatures In Steel” on page 71. That is dated April of ’74 and your’s September ’76.
Already there must’ve been a decline in activity at that location. The tracks to the left are more weedy for one. Is there any rail service in Nelson at all in 2015?

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