groomer Posted December 27, 2020 Report Share Posted December 27, 2020 bonjour !!! friend of mine posted that ... construction of the railroad up to gagnon and fermont !!! to gagnon .....140 miles....took 2 years....9000 + workers....mine ....railroad and dock they blew 5 mountains....5 long tunnels and 15 bridges in 1970 ....they extended to fermont / mt wright ....an extra 80 miles... gagnon closed in july 1985 4 train convoy everyday jean-guy https://www.facebook.com/icicotenord/videos/245603740241304 Snobeeler and dooright 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLAYHARD Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 Whoa. Lugging those ties into place by hand. And sledging those spikes by hand. I've got to sit them down and play that video if any of my crew (or I) complain about hard work. dooright and MrGutz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooright Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 9 hours ago, PLAYHARD said: Whoa. Lugging those ties into place by hand. And sledging those spikes by hand. I've got to sit them down and play that video if any of my crew (or I) complain about hard work. Was thinking the same thing ! PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted December 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 10 hours ago, PLAYHARD said: Whoa. Lugging those ties into place by hand. And sledging those spikes by hand. I've got to sit them down and play that video if any of my crew (or I) complain about hard work. bonjour !!! right...im not far from the railroad and when i was young.....saw railroad workers using those sledge hammer....+ add the heat ...etc...tough ... don t ask why guys had big arms back then ....just like lumberjack here.... one of my brother worked in gagnon...mid 70' to early 80 's... jean-guy MrGutz, Florida Snowman and PLAYHARD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Watch the series “Hell on Wheels” on Netflix. Great show about laying railroad. MrGutz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowser Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, Florida Snowman said: Watch the series “Hell on Wheels” on Netflix. Great show about laying railroad. Amongst other things 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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