Comments on: Yes, it has been over 25 years since the trains left Prince Edward Island. And once upon a time the Emerald Junction station was a busy little place. In this 1977 view we see the Speeders have just come in (coffee time?) and the track of the Kensington Subdivision looks well used. Behind me a quarter mile is the junction of the Borden Sub., which leads to the ferry over to New Brunswick. I understand this station has been restored and preserved, for what purpose I have not heard. Too bad none of the railroad itself was saved. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Hiawatha Pete http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=19832#comment-10135 Hiawatha Pete Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:39:54 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Emerald-Jct-edited.jpg#comment-10135 Interesting pic of railroading on PEI. Too bad island railroading in Canada is virtually dead, only a logging railway on northern Vancouver Island and the Alberni Pacific Rwy steam train on which I had the good fortune to ride in the cab during a trip out West: http://northamericabyrail.info/canada-west/the-rocky-mountaineer/ In the US, shortlines have a tax credit of 50 cents for every dollar they invest back in their infrastructure: http://www.peters.senate.gov/content/peters-cosponsors-legislation-promote-investments-short-line-railroads . Can't help but wonder how many of these lines would have survived had we a similar policy here. Regards, Pete Interesting pic of railroading on PEI. Too bad island railroading in Canada is virtually dead, only a logging railway on northern Vancouver Island and the Alberni Pacific Rwy steam train on which I had the good fortune to ride in the cab during a trip out West: http://northamericabyrail.info/canada-west/the-rocky-mountaineer/
In the US, shortlines have a tax credit of 50 cents for every dollar they invest back in their infrastructure: http://www.peters.senate.gov/content/peters-cosponsors-legislation-promote-investments-short-line-railroads . Can’t help but wonder how many of these lines would have survived had we a similar policy here. Regards, Pete

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