It's not everyday you see an intact roundhouse, turntable and backshop, waiting for the railroad museum to show up and begin operations.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/7306770060
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| Author: | o anderson [ Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Victoria Roundhouse |
It's not everyday you see an intact roundhouse, turntable and backshop, waiting for the railroad museum to show up and begin operations. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/7306770060
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse |
VIA was the last user, they used to lock their Budd cars inside at night. About 12 years ago Ross Rowland's used the yard to the right (but not the roundhouse itself) to stage his Pacific Wilderness Railway train which, had it been successful was to have used steam traction with talk of Chinese locos being put to work. Today the roundhouse sits in an emerging high end residential area. Even if the PWR had lasted, I can't imagine the neighbors tolerating steam locos. One passenger coach from the PWR train still remains in the Victoria area. It was moved to and restored at the Sannich Historical Artifacts site on highway 17 near the airport. |
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| Author: | k5ahudson [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse |
There is a "vision" for it, but so far nothing..... http://focusequities.com/roundhouse/ |
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| Author: | joe6167 [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse |
hey its a CPR roundhouse.. once Toronto Hydro gets their way with the John Street Roundhouse, perhaps the TRHA could consider a new home.... TRHA... VRHA... sounds close enough to me... Of course, by the time they get there, half will be a brewery, the other half a furniture store, and Victoria hydro will mysteriously find its self in owner ship of the turntable pit... |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:41 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse | ||
This is what it looked like in 1982, August. Those RDC's are preparing to give me a roundtrip excursion.
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| Author: | Les Beckman [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse |
Steve - Nice photo! And neat sandhouse. Is that still there too? Les |
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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Victoria Roundhouse |
Nope. Satellite photo shows the ground is clean of all support structures. Seems like when I was there in 1982 it was industrial area. Something different. Look to the east and there is what appears to be a boat turntable. I have never seen something like that before! |
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