manny_santos
Jun 27, 2010, 7:44 PM
I took all these photos today (June 27, 2010):
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7500.jpg
Former railbed of Canada Southern Railway (CASO) looking eastbound under Talbot Street.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7501.jpg
Stone mile marker on former CASO Railway.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7504.jpg
Talbot Street looking east from near CASO overpass.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7511.jpg
Jumbo the Elephant being refurbished!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7514.jpg
Talbot Hill, which connects Highway 4 with Talbot Street in St. Thomas.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7516.jpg
St. Thomas Tourism building, housed in an old rail caboose next to the elephant.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7518.jpg
More of the former CASO railway bed, this time in the west end of St. Thomas. The rails were removed on this section relatively recently, as I recall they were still there in July 2008 when I was last there.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7520.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7524.jpg
Restored CASO milage marker. The Trans-Canada Trail runs along the former CASO railway through St. Thomas.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7527.jpg
All that is left of the CASO trackage here is on this crossing.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7528.jpg
Now for a trip into the 1960s - an abandoned drive-in restaurant just west of St. Thomas!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7530.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7500.jpg
Former railbed of Canada Southern Railway (CASO) looking eastbound under Talbot Street.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7501.jpg
Stone mile marker on former CASO Railway.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7504.jpg
Talbot Street looking east from near CASO overpass.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7511.jpg
Jumbo the Elephant being refurbished!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7514.jpg
Talbot Hill, which connects Highway 4 with Talbot Street in St. Thomas.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7516.jpg
St. Thomas Tourism building, housed in an old rail caboose next to the elephant.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7518.jpg
More of the former CASO railway bed, this time in the west end of St. Thomas. The rails were removed on this section relatively recently, as I recall they were still there in July 2008 when I was last there.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7520.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7524.jpg
Restored CASO milage marker. The Trans-Canada Trail runs along the former CASO railway through St. Thomas.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7527.jpg
All that is left of the CASO trackage here is on this crossing.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7528.jpg
Now for a trip into the 1960s - an abandoned drive-in restaurant just west of St. Thomas!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/mlaroch/IMG_7530.jpg