Comments on: The Portage Flyer chugs its way up the short but convoluted track from the station at Muskoka Heritage Place to Fairy Lake Station. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Wayne D. Shaw http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=26320#comment-17054 Wayne D. Shaw Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:55:55 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20160930010.jpg#comment-17054 Oh, we still use steam, but only in July and August when we have 4 scheduled runs each working day. In the shoulder seasons there is only 1 run on weekdays (Tues. thru Fri.) so it isn't worth spending over $100 in fuel to get the steamer percolating for just one run when the revenue intake could be only $29 or so on a slow day. Problem is, you never know what days are gonna be slow until it happens. Oh, we still use steam, but only in July and August when we have 4 scheduled runs each working day. In the shoulder seasons there is only 1 run on weekdays (Tues. thru Fri.) so it isn’t worth spending over $100 in fuel to get the steamer percolating for just one run when the revenue intake could be only $29 or so on a slow day. Problem is, you never know what days are gonna be slow until it happens.

]]> By: Snarkum http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=26320#comment-17051 Snarkum Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20160930010.jpg#comment-17051 Not unlike the "original" trackage of the Huntsville & Lake of Bays trackage, except they used steam propulsion rather than diesel! Not unlike the “original” trackage of the Huntsville & Lake of Bays trackage, except they used steam propulsion rather than diesel!

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