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Caption: One of the first empty cement train trips on the Chandler subdivision slows down to a halt in order to manually protect the crossing of Maldemay Street and 3rd Avenue, which will require new equipment before being activated.
As the train approches the crossing, a couple of bystander stops to watch the train go by. It was the first one they were seeing on over a decade! They weren't the only ones i had met on this trip, in nearly every town located along the track, atleast one person paused their joywalk in order to watch the train go by, needless to say, the locals really liked their train, and it shows when you see how hard they are fighting for VIA Rail to come back.
Sadly, a few weeks after i took this picture, the old telepgraph poles to the right were cut down, maybe they leaned down a bit too much for comfort... It was one of my favourite features of this spot, so even though the weather was pretty disapointing for photos, i'm glad i got this picture in the end...
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Ian, a wonderful Gaspe small town view, really like the way you included the pedestrians on the right side and few of the “Gaspe style” houses – very nice composition ! Not just local residents excited about the return of freight train service on the Chandler Sub, many who live far, far away are watching and cheering on the return of the train, and many of us are supporting and hoping for return of some sort of passenger train service at least to Port Daniel. Although there are photos ansd video clips posted on Facebook, there is not enough coverage of this newly opened line in other sites, so please keep up the good work and keep sharing your excellent pictures. Thank you very much, John