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Views across Kootenay Lake - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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Nelson Airport Control Tower (left); a pristine Piper Cub
which has just landed
(right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Nelson's one hundred year old streetcar runs from this tram shed along
reserved track to the Kootenay Lake Bridge - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Interior of the tram (left); Kootenay Lake
Bridge terminus (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Nelson Firehouse which featured in the film Roxanne
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The
fire engine used in the film Roxanne outside the Fire Service Museum
(left); In September 2006 forest fires had produced a noticeable
smoke haze (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs - Malcolm McCrow |
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Street scenes in Nelson - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Street
scenes in Nelson -
PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Nelson makes an ideal set for a US town of
the mid 20th Century - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm
McCrow |
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School Bus line-up (left); U-Haul line-up
(right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Not a lot of trains run through Nelson on any given day - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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A
centre beam car loaded with paper awaits unloading in a deserted and rundown
Nelson Yard - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Unloading the paper later in the morning (left); a rake of empty centre beams await collection (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Late in the afternoon patience was rewarded
when a manifest freight headed by three SD40-2s arrived
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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The
manifest freight stopped then reversed back into the yard to collect some
cars before going off on
its way - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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OPERATION LIFESAVER discourages motorists crossing in front
of an on-coming train - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Well-weathered boxcars (left); EOT (End-of-Train) device
on tank car (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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