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meggaman
   
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Hmmm,,what does this button do,,
 |  | Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
< on 1/11/2006 6:32 AM >
|  | | | I went out the other day and photographed the old railyard ,,
anyone have anymore info ??,,
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surekill
location:
Victoria, BC.
Gender: Male
I like tacos
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 1 on 1/11/2006 7:04 AM >
| | | | Did you know that the double comma is basically the same as a period? You're one of the few people who actually use it openly. A sure sign of intelligence!
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SteamPunk
 
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| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 2 on 1/11/2006 8:00 AM >
| | | | I'm a sure sign of NO INTALGINSCE! Ya, i've seen that turntable as well. just across the johnston st bridge. i fell in love with it. it even still works,,
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too! |
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nobody
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VANCOUVER B.C.
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5:55 is a state of mind
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 3 on 1/11/2006 3:14 PM >
| | | | Very very awesome,you have got some nice close-ups of the drive gears. N.
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mavrix
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Satanic Evidence Above
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 4 on 1/11/2006 6:16 PM >
| | | | great pics!
ther could easily be tunnels in ther 
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Jester
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Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| |  | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 5 on 1/11/2006 6:19 PM >
|  | | | Posted by mavrix
great pics!
ther could easily be tunnels in ther
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It's not that big, if there were a train tunnel, it would need to begin as soon as you were inside, sloping down, to make it down before the end of the building, and even then, probably not possible.
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KublaKhan
location:
Edinburgh, Scotland
With Satan, it's always gimmie, gimmie.
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 6 on 1/11/2006 6:23 PM >
| | | | Posted by Jester
It's not that big, if there were a train tunnel, it would need to begin as soon as you were inside, sloping down, to make it down before the end of the building, and even then, probably not possible.
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Especially as the thing sits on a chunk of granite.
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SteamPunk
location:
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| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 7 on 1/11/2006 7:22 PM >
| | | | right, it's all bedrock right on top there.
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too! |
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surekill
location:
Victoria, BC.
Gender: Male
I like tacos
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 8 on 1/11/2006 8:34 PM >
| | | | You guys are morons. The train obviously drives onto that table which is on a giant helical gear and as it twists it drops down into the secret tunnel. LOOK AT THE GEARS!!!1
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konk
location:
Toronto ON
Gender: Male
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 9 on 1/12/2006 2:00 AM >
| | | | I'd like to buy it and turn it into a Brewery ;),,
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meggaman
location:
victoria
Gender: Male
Hmmm,,what does this button do,,
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 10 on 1/12/2006 2:32 AM >
| | | | I took a peek through a crack in the big doors ,,was really dark in their,,
but there is some sort of pit that the trains get worked on,, and it looked like beyond , the floor starts to slope towards the back of the building ,,maybe sloping towards the tunnel??
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frugalfinnagan
Gender: Male
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 11 on 1/12/2006 2:34 AM >
| | | | Did you get in? Is it still used?
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J Peterman
 
location:
Victoria B.C.
I'm going hunting for mysteries, cover me.
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 12 on 1/12/2006 2:46 AM >
| | | | Theres no underground railway tunnel there 
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meggaman
location:
victoria
Gender: Male
Hmmm,,what does this button do,,
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 13 on 1/12/2006 2:53 AM >
| | | | I might have the key ,, :} ,,
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Jester
location:
Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| | | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 14 on 1/12/2006 4:05 AM >
| | | | Posted by meggaman
I might have the key ,, :} ,,
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You might have my mouse...
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meggaman
location:
victoria
Gender: Male
Hmmm,,what does this button do,,
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 15 on 1/12/2006 4:48 AM >
| | | | Two more picks I had left, shrunk to fit here,,
one of the side and one of the front ,the place is locked up tight and boarded up good ,,
so does anyone know more about this place ?
I wonder what happened to the old localmotives,?
mabie they are stashed in one of the tunnels,like a time capsule ,,
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SteamPunk
location:
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| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 16 on 1/12/2006 7:52 PM >
| | | | Posted by meggaman
I took a peek through a crack in the big doors ,,was really dark in their,,
but there is some sort of pit that the trains get worked on,, and it looked like beyond , the floor starts to slope towards the back of the building ,,maybe sloping towards the tunnel??
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maybe towards the oil pit? that place is entirely bedrock, ya dig?
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too! |
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anvil
Gender: Male
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 17 on 1/12/2006 8:00 PM >
| | | | Here's a few shots of the roundhouse's interior (and one of a set of exterior doors), taken in 2004. The building carries a national historic site designation, but it has been caught in a kind of limbo, as it is still used for train storage and maintenance. It is also a very valuable piece of property, which puts it in jeopardy, should it be sold by RailAmerica, or CN, or whoever owns it now.
The rolling stock of the E & N was gradually sold off or transferred out over the years. Baldwin diesels came in 1949. Steam locomotives were transferred to mainland operations. The Budd Cars which are currently in use as passenger trains were brought into service in 1955.
There was only ever one tunnel on the E&N rail line, in the Malahat section of the line.
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SteamPunk
location:
Sailing the seas of sleaze.
| | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 18 on 1/12/2006 8:43 PM >
| | | | I know that railamerica now runs the old e&n line, but wasn't it previously owned by CP, and not CN? I have seen rolling stock around there, (last time I was there was 4 years ago)
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too! |
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Jester
location:
Vancouver,B.C. Canada
Gender: Male
Always just out of sight...
| | | Re: Victoria B.C. The Old Train Turntable,,
<Reply # 19 on 1/12/2006 9:06 PM >
| | | | So THeY SEALED the TunaL !!???????
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