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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.
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Caption: 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.

Photographer:
A.W. Mooney [2139] (more) (contact)
Date: 09/12/1976 (search)
Railway: Canadian Pacific (search)
Reporting Marks: nil (search)
Train Symbol: n/a (search)
Subdivision/SNS: CPR yard (search)
City/Town: Nelson (search)
Province: British Columbia (search)
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3 Comments
  1. 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?

  2. To answer what appears to be a question, the plural of caboose is “cabooses” not “cabeese”. Believe it or not, I read an article in Classic Trains Magazine a few months ago.

  3. Mr. Mooney is sometimes facetious. It happens to people of a certain age.

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