Only in Ontario - so far

Photo by Barry Wallace

I headed out of King City this morning to do a little birdwatching and came upon this odd-looking contraption where the the CN railway tracks cross Dufferin Street, south of Eversley.   I had to stop for a picture, of course, and to make an enquiry of the work crew.   Officially, this is a transporter.   It can go on paved roads and railways.   Specifically, it is designed to deliver, along the tracks, crushed aggregate which is used as the bed material for ties and tracks.   The fellow I spoke with said it was the only machine of its kind in Ontario, Maybe in Canada, and it was brand new.   Considering the high volume of commuter train traffic on this line, I suppose it makes sense to maintain tracks using the most modern and efficient equipment available.   No doubt, this nifty number will attract its share of attention (and double-takes) up and down the line, for the next little while.   Two more trains have been added to the Toronto commuter runs and the King City station parking lots are jammed to over-flowing.

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New blog

I'm sometimes challenged to find time to write my 'BarrytheBirder" blog and here I am launching another blog called camera on KING.   I've always had an interest in the history of King Township, where I've lived for 55 of my 70 years.   That interest lies both in the past and the present.   Recording the old and the new resulted in my writing a 300 page family history book a couple of years ago.   Much of the books content takes place in King Township and that's mainly because my wife Linda's family dates back to the early 1800s in this area.   My intention is not to dwell exclusively in the past however, because King is changing and I'd like to make note of the transitions, particularly through the use of photographs.   The photos I use shall be old photos taken by others and new ones taken by me.   My intention is that camera on KING will have an historic slant, but the subject matter will often by topical and always eclectic.   This brief introduction must suffice as I have work to do in producing what I hope will be a daily visual offering of King's yesterday and today.   There are 20,000 of us in this beautiful, pastoral community on the edge of Canada's largest city, so the the potential viewer-ship is limited, but I hope to make some kind of contribution to our recorded local history that will be of interest.
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