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The bridge was sketchy 25 years ago 😂

I think this has occurred a few times in the western US.

Cars are getting too big? They are half the size of cars in the 70's.

This happens all the time. The Busby Quintuplets have been exploited by TLC and their parents since they were in the womb through Reality TV and social media. So were the Gosselin multiples, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen before them and many more. Just being a twin in public brings back freak show like stares and violating questions. Leaving little room for separate identity to be found because society is so obsessed with something "different" they can't respect or accept that everyone deserves the right to individuality and not having it comes with a price few care to contemplate.

The Union Pacific did this through the southeastern California desert too, it's mostly seen on the section where its' RoW (and old Route 66) separate from I-15; Amboy, Bagdad, Chambless, Danby, Essex, Fenner and Goffs from west to east between Ludlow and Needles (both of which already existed as towns).

Q-codes were used in radio, which is why it isn't not in the names. Another reason for alphabetical names is that it made it easier for conductors to memorize the route.

East-West streets in Tulsa are in alphabetical order.

It could be that, back in the day of the telegraph and morse code, the railway could communicate their station with a single letter, rather than more letters. You could research to see if the building of the railway and the use of the telegraph line up. Did multiple stations communicate on a shared line? This would require you to identify yourself as to which station you were, as well as which station was the recipient of a message. In the early days of computers, we would use short forms, to save memory in this case, and also to type less. To this day, many Unix/Linux commands are just 2 letters, easier to type. Computers also use shared communication lines, with addresses for the intended recipient. A lot of things that are mysteries in the past had good reasons. Clever ways were used to get around constraints that we no longer have, leaving apparent mysteries.

The CPR line that was near where I grew up the towns began with w x y and z, Watrous, Xzena, Young and Zelma. Then the letters start with again Allan, Bradwell, Clavet, Duro and so on.

Hey, so I'm a conductor for CN and work on the Rivers sub everyday. I just wanted to give an educated guess for the "why" they used the alphabet the way they did and the skipped letters. You have to remember, back when these lines were build, there was literally nothing there, and the old trains needed regular stops for water, fuel and sand. Additionally the railways were granted extra land every so often to build towns to provide places for employees to live, plus other settlers for farming and w/e else. Build a town and they will come sort of thing. So given the size of the country and how many hundreds of stops they needed to think up names for, going alphabetically was simply the best way to do it. You can keep it organized it and the simple system helps prevent duplicates. As for the letters being skipped, my bet is that its telegraph related. Certain letter combinations might be have more meaning than others (think SOS/CQD) and so would have been skipped to avoid confusion. Old telegraph poles are still along the tracks right of way, and were important for the rail company and country as a whole.

Canada is known for it's amazing organizational and military planning, think of them as a high technology nuclear capable country such as Ukraine (probably why Canada was enlisted to train the Ukrainian army)

They were alphabetical so conductors and engineers knew how far along they were in their trip.

I lived in Ingelow for just over a decade having moved away a few years ago. I actually loved living in one of these old little towns. Theres not much left of a lot of these places, but there is some rich history to discover. Glad to see some coverage on this topic. Makes me miss my old home a bit.

I'll have to forward this to my brother. He loves trains. All of us siblings and spouses are taking The Canadian in early March from Vancouver to Toronto. Any particular spots you'd like us to photograph for you?

Great stuff, 1:37 gave me a chuckle as a native dude from Manitoba lol, keep it up!

The way the prairies are mostly laid out is fascinating to me as a British Columbian. With the perfect squares etched into the landscape it almost looks like the grid of a massive continuous city with a lot of farms between the dense areas.

Canadian Pacific built the first trans Canada railroad, which opened in 1885, CN or Grand Trunk built the second.

Between Semans and Nokomis SK there is a place called Tate. As far as I know it only ever had an elevator, but that's the missing T in the alphabet naming scheme.

I've been informed I guffed the local pronunciation of Portage La Prairie, my sincere apologies! Thanks for checking out this video, it's a bit of a departure from the style of my past uploads, so please let me know what you think!

Man I wish we still had trains you can actually ride legally

I can think of one possible reason. Telegraph messages. You only need send one letter to specify the recipient rather than spelling out the whole station name. Dropping Is and Os is also common in communications because they can be mistaken for ones and zeros.

Neat! I’ve been to or near a lot of these places but haven’t noticed this pattern. The railway was a huge contributor to the development of the prairies. Side note: As a local I can say that the typical pronunciation of “Portage” in “Portage La Prairie” isn’t the French pronunciation; it rhymes with “mortgage”. It doesn’t make sense but nevertheless…

Maps + Canadian history, two of my favourite things. Nice work!

I believe that CN still owns the right of way for the Graham subdivision. My reason is that when CN discontinued using the Kinghorn subdivision from Geraldton to Thunder Bay the tracks were removed but they kept ownership of the right of way.

Oh OH the editing on this one is next level smooth!! Great video Mr. Schlote!

Another great video Warren! So happy that Living History is back!

What a cool nuance of Canadian railroad history, Warren. I had never heard of that until now. It seems so obvious when you see the station listings. Good for you for discovering and sharing this. 👍

Really awesome to see another video! Super interesting topic too.

Great edits. Great facts. No sensational slogans or podcast, discjockey refugee tone in the narration. Thank you for another very interesting and informative video.

Great work Warren, and thanks again for the plug!

Oh my god it’s happening. BABE WAKE UP A NEW LIVING HISTORY JUST DROPPED! 😮

Glad to see more from you! You do exceptional work!

Maybe they used an alphabet to help passengers and crew estimate how far along the line they've gone?

Well fine and dandy. It's big and Canadian. I've travelled on this several times for motorcycle touring in N.Ontario. Honestly, every time I turned up, I get the impression the staff were doing me a favour. 1hr wait, pulled over to sign a waiver, perfunctory hand waving to put us in the hold, tether ropes that have seen better days (saw one crew throw a rope in front of a biker and walk off) I use my own starps now, only three sailings a day, they actually charge for parking ! I could go on. The last time coming back we went via Sudbury.

I wish they had kept this right of way as a trail like they did with a lot of others. Can only imagine how beautiful of a trek it would be going up the escapement

Every summer when the bow door closed it sounded like vacation.

didnt realize the history around the shape of my childhood home... thanks! and yes, furnishing the house.. particularly my bedroom back in the day SUCKED

Very interesting. Hello from California!

The old train track paths that the train would have gone through in Orangeville are right on my road I didn’t know the story about how Orangeville had to do with this crash

we take the Chi-Cheemaun from Tobermory to South Baymouth to camp on the island , when we leave we cross the bridge and take hwy 6 to Espanola to visit with my brother-in-law and his wife , then we take hwy 17 to 69 and south to home ..love the old bridge , great video

So many trips during the 80's.

I have lived one block away from the Chi-Cheemaun for half her life. When she's in port I see her almost every day.

very cool thank you for sharing

Interesting

These are so well put together man! Awesome stuff. We've made videos at many abandoned 1900's logging camps around the Sudbury area. Crazy how many there used to be!

Man you got some awesome videos, one just popped up on my feed mentioning Sudbury and I started watching them all. Are you from Sudbury as well? Some interesting stuff I never really thought about. We explore all around Sudbury and area uncovering old relics from the 1900's, we've stumbled across barren patches and I now know why they are like that. Neat stuff.

I worked on her back in 76 in the engine room, it had different main engines (only 2) and generators then, Kerry and I grew up together, good job with the tour.

I've crossed that bridge this summer. It's practically a symbol of the island.

Hope she comes back to Barrie

Hello Warren. You may find this an odd reaction to your video, but it nearly brought me to tears. You see, my father, Michael Walton, was the chief engineer onboard the Chi-Cheemaun for about 12 years. I suspect Kerry would have known him well. I only ever made one trip on the ship and that was for my father’s “retirement”. After leaving Chi-Cheemaun he would go on to sail on the Jiimaan and work for the Coast Guard spending 6 months a year on the Mackenzie river. He finally did retire at the age of 80. We lost him in June of 2021 but his legacy lives on in the ships that are still plying the waters thanks to his incredible skills and technical expertise. Thank you for this wonderful video. Keep up the great work you’re doing.