The Alberta Railway Museum

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @AikenkneesRailway
    @AikenkneesRailway Рік тому +2

    Well done Tony, thanks for spending the day with us. Come on back when steam is running for more fun. - 👍

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      So glad I could do this for the museum. I will certainly come back when either steam units are running as I have some ideas on capturing video of it in motion

  • @joedirt5052
    @joedirt5052 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Tony. Great video.

  • @johngarven2125
    @johngarven2125 Рік тому +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed watching this one . Thank you and well done. I need to visit one day.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому +1

      Thanks John, this was something I have wanted to do for them for a couple years now. I hope it brings them more visitors

  • @OrganMaster
    @OrganMaster Рік тому +1

    Tony as usual a great video. I have visited the museum a few times.

  • @StormySkyRailProductions
    @StormySkyRailProductions Рік тому +1

    Awesome video once again Tony. We enjoyed watching and have a wonderful rest of your weekend.(Steve)

  • @danielfantino1714
    @danielfantino1714 Рік тому +1

    Drone makes it a pretty nice Z scale layout. Thanks for the ride.

  • @kenstevenson4133
    @kenstevenson4133 Рік тому +1

    What a great handsome experience. Nice they let you do all the video work. Good vid and thx for sharing.

  • @railavmarine
    @railavmarine Рік тому +2

    Great video, Tony! Guess I'm going to have to make a side trip to this museum! Love the sound of those old EMDs. They were the sound of my childhood in southwestern Victoria.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      So glad you enjoyed this, it’s definitely worth a visit. The EMDs really do have that great sound

  • @nickandrade6777
    @nickandrade6777 Рік тому +1

    Another great vid, Tony, thanks! Have you done any videoing of CP coal trains in the east Kootenays? there's a fine RR museum in Cranbrook too, that i'm sure you know about. Recording of coal loading in Elk valley and the yards in Golden would be of great interest to your fans. Cheers and best wishes.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Thank you for the suggestions, Golden is almost totally a no fly zone for the drone except the south west corner so I will try there once. I am planning to film in the crowsnest pass area in a couple weeks so keep an eye out for those

  • @LightBear7
    @LightBear7 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for your time and effort Tony :-) Must have been fun doing all of the components for this video and then editing it; great product 🙂

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Thank you, yes it was a lot of fun to edit. Had to be creative with my video taken inside the cab

  • @carolinecleaveley-q1r
    @carolinecleaveley-q1r 10 місяців тому +1

    last went here in 1984 when working on a ranch in the area.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  10 місяців тому +1

      Its a great museum, i just wish they had more tracks for travelling on

  • @petere4540
    @petere4540 4 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful museum, they now also have cn ex bcol 4618,c40-8m. I got the model from rapido train with that #

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  4 місяці тому

      @@petere4540 yes they’re very lucky to get one of those Cowl units

  • @keonikaig9247
    @keonikaig9247 Рік тому +1

    Wow , almost missed this one...excellent
    Some beautiful class

  • @trainmanzach2684
    @trainmanzach2684 Рік тому +1

    As always, great video there Tony! Love this place, been to it a lot when i was living in Eddy haha

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Lol, believe it or not this was my first time on the property. I’ve driven by a few times but never went in.

  • @JackM-nd4iy
    @JackM-nd4iy Рік тому +1

    Well done, Tony! Funny to think that all the times I've been to Edmonton, I've never been to the museum. Will have to make it happen next time.
    Cheers, Jack

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      It’s a great place, they have a huge collection of rolling stock most of it in pretty good condition. Thank you

  • @nickboers
    @nickboers Рік тому +1

    Clearly you had an awesome day Tony!

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      For sure! Getting into the cab for a ride was a highlight 😀

  • @trainguy7261
    @trainguy7261 Рік тому +2

    Great video. This musem is on a former military spur track that used to cross 34th st NW to a fueling area to the west. If you follow the old right of way, you can see it curve south and then end. Pretty cool stuff!!

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Thanks, yes. The museum would like to reopen the line farther west but the road crossing would require lights and possibly gates an cost they can’t really afford.

    • @trainguy7261
      @trainguy7261 Рік тому +1

      @@TonyVRailfanning They really need a sponsor to make it happen. The right of way berm is still in place. It would make the passenger experience that much more with a longer ride and crossing bells and whistles.

    • @bobsmith2637
      @bobsmith2637 Рік тому

      @@trainguy7261 The military sold the right of way west of 34 St some years ago. In recent years it has become a dumping ground for spoil from construction projects, the old grade is now buried under a giant pile of dirt. Even if the museum were to somehow get enough money to buy that land it would take a lot of work and an even larger amount of $$$ to put a railroad there again, and that's assuming the current owner would even be willing to consider selling it.

    • @trainguy7261
      @trainguy7261 Рік тому +1

      @@bobsmith2637 wow that's too bad. They are pretty confined with how far they can do train rides.

  • @ggreg2258
    @ggreg2258 Рік тому +1

    Nice vid. Great shots both drone and on ground. Engine has a really clear horn; nice tone. And the 44 ton GE switcher is a duplicate of the one I drive as engineer on a scenic railroad in central Ohio.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Thank you, that’s really neat that you operate a switcher like that. This stuff fascinates me.

  • @simonrancourt7834
    @simonrancourt7834 Рік тому +1

    You should come to Québec's Exporail, Canada's biggest railway museum.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      I would love to go, one day I’m sure I will make it out that way. I’ve been to Montreal once but was there on my honeymoon so not railfanning LOL

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 Рік тому +1

      @@TonyVRailfanning It got 3 business cars : CP#1 used by John A. McDonald, the Saskatchewan used by William Cornelius VanHorme during construction of the railroad through the Rockies and the Canada, used by Charles Melville Hays. It was used to bring back his body from Halifax to Montréal after he died on Titanic. During the Holidays, you can have tea in it.

    • @simonrancourt7834
      @simonrancourt7834 Рік тому

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  • @LowLightMike
    @LowLightMike Рік тому +1

    I am "Slow Watching" this video, going back multiple times to various scenes, pressing "pause" and just soaking in all of the detail.
    3:16 mark: Given Tony's standard of excellence, it's not surprising to learn that he has a Tilley hat.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому +1

      LOL, thank you Mike. The museum staff/volunteers were very accommodating

    • @LowLightMike
      @LowLightMike Рік тому +1

      @@TonyVRailfanning The closest thing to a railway museum near where I live (mid Vancouver Island) is a Forestry Museum which has a narrow gauge visitor train track, and a collection of locomotives (mostly static display, but some operable).
      One of my retirement goals is to build relationships there, and be able to have trusted access to behind the scenes moves of equipment, etc. Observing your work in this video is helpful for me.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому +1

      @@LowLightMike that’s great Mike, at some point it’s my goal to visit your area and film particularly the abandoned trestles before they completely fall apart. We will have to keep in touch

    • @LowLightMike
      @LowLightMike Рік тому

      @@TonyVRailfanning Yes, for sure, for when you visit the Island.

  • @darrininverarity4297
    @darrininverarity4297 Рік тому +1

    Alberta needs to build a double track from Fort Mac to the Montana boarder,to haul raw bitumen to the United States to rebuild their crumbling roads and highways.4 GE AC6000CW and about 370 open top hopper cars,this should happen now that premier has invoked the “sovereignty act”this would be good business.The up side is less refining and a cleaner northern Alberta.

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      The do have a rail line up there but I do agree it could be used alot better than it is.

  • @wardy98px1
    @wardy98px1 Рік тому +1

    What's going on with 6060

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      The boiler is being rebuilt but funding and manpower to do it is slowing the process

  • @ZombieSlayer-dj3wb
    @ZombieSlayer-dj3wb 10 місяців тому +1

    Of all things to switch with , an f unit

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  10 місяців тому

      Lol, and they just got a Dash 8 cwl unit donated by CN so a very nice collection

  • @andrewmcarthur3843
    @andrewmcarthur3843 Рік тому +1

    I remember the F units on CN and CP passenger trains in the 70s. Hey Tony, I won't be going to Alberta next month due to fires 😞

    • @TonyVRailfanning
      @TonyVRailfanning  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. I suspect the fires will be out soon. We are expecting rain over the next few days