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This week I realized that I still had a roll of film sitting in my F65. I had tried to finish it off on the trip to Golden in December, but the battery was dead then so the camera wasn't working. After that little incident, I forgot about the roll until just a few days ago and tossed in a couple of spare batteries that I had kicking around.

Without further ado: Photos dating from April (or even earlier) in 2006 to a shot of my bananas a couple of days ago.

One of the ideas that I've been thinking about of late is the conversion of some older works into audiobook format. One such book that I was examining is Machen's Christianity and Liberalism, published in 1923. This book appears to be in the public domain in Canada, where copyright terms are listed on Wikipedia as life of author plus 50 years. As such it seems that I could do whatever I want with that text in Canada.

The situation is not quite the same as far as the US is concerned, where 1923 is a special date in copyright law. Works published in 1923 or later have longer copyright terms (although in some cases copyright renewal was required). This means that this same book appears not to be in the public domain in the US. And this would be a problem, as my website is hosted in the US and I suspect that many of those who might be interested in this material in audiobook form might would also be located there. Probably enough of a showstopper to cause me to look elsewhere for something to convert...

I tossed a bunch of photos online of the past weekend with Roger in town.

The same brother who specifically requested an electric toothbrush for our December gift exchange left me with a lifetime's supply of photos of me brushing my teeth. Thus I figured that it was only fitting that I get him to pose with his toothpaste.

In some sense I guess that it was a good thing that Roger only stayed for a weekend - I was starting to run out of body parts left to bruise. We spent a fair bit of time clustered on or around ice surfaces, and my ability is such that me on the ice might be better described as an exercise in falling than skating. One of the reasons this particular weekend had been selected was due to a certain event that we had tickets to. That would be both the second Canucks' game that I've been at as well as also being the second Flames' games that I've attended. I think that it took Roger a few moments to get used to hearing a crowd chanting "Go Flames Go" instead of "Go Canucks Go".

The last Saturday of 2006 seemed like a good day to head out in search of trains in the Fraser Canyon. It was a pretty good day all around. The final tallies at the end of the day were 32 trains, with 66 locos, and 54 photos. Departure was at 06:38, arrival back home at 19:40, 614.9km later. My first stop was at Tim Hortons, left there at 06:47 and headed east. Specific sighting reports are inside.

07:25 MP59 CN Yale Sub, west of Cheamview
CN 2451 C40-8M
CN 5xxx SD40-2W
-westbound grain, approx. 105 cars

08:19 MP23 CN Yale Sub, east of Yale
CN 5619 SD70I
CEFX 1056 AC4400
-westbound doublestack, 100 platforms
-3 shots

08:45 MP1.3 CN Yale Sub, Boston Bar West
CN 2549 C44-9W
CN 5501 SD60F
-westbound sulfur, tied down in the yard

08:46 MP1.3 CN Yale Sub, Boston Bar West
CN 5347 SD40-2W
IC 6013 SD40-2
-westbound mixed freight, tied down
-festive class lights (one red, one green)
-1 shot

08:47 MP1.3 CN Yale Sub, Boston Bar West
CP 9706 AC4400
CP 87xx ES44AC
-westbound potash, tied down

09:01 MP125.4 CN Ashcroft Sub, Boston Bar East
CN 5735 SD75I
CN 2662 C44-9W
-westbound doublestack, tied down on main
-1 shot

09:52 MP87.1 CP Thompson Sub, west of Thompson
CN 2563 C44-9W
CN 2427 C40-8M
-eastbound sulfur, 91 cars

09:57 MP87.5 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Morris
CN 2687 C44-9W
CN 5693 SD75I
-westbound mixed freight, train 303, 140 cars

10:16 MP78 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Seddall
CP 8573 AC4400
115 steel cars
CP 9730 AC4400 remote
-westbound coal
-9 shots

10:47 MP70 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Spences Bridge
RMR 8012 GP40-2W
RMR 8017 GP40-2
-westbound Rocky Mountaineer, train 609, 24 cars
-6 shots

11:02 MP68 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CEFX 1054 AC4400
64 platforms
14 auto racks
CP 8542 AC4400 remote
-eastbound hotshot
-4 shots

11:06 MP64 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CP 9771 AC4400
124 aluminum cars
CP 9755 AC4400 remote
-westbound coal
-10 shots

11:32 MP62 CP Thompson Sub, east of Toketic
CN 5449 SD50F
CN 5446 SD50F
-eastbound doublestack, train 106, 76 platforms
-5 shots

11:40 MP67 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CP 9572 AC4400
CEFX 1059 AC4400
-westbound hotshot, train 101, 3 auto racks, 88 platforms
-5 shots

11:43 MP65 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CP 9733 AC4400
CP 9700 AC4400
88 platforms
CP 8729 ES44AC remote
-eastbound doublestack, 88 platforms

12:15 CP Ashcroft
CP 5708 (SD40-2), caboose, 40 cars

12:24 MP44 CP Thompson Sub, east of Ashcroft
CP 8562 AC4400
CP 8575 AC4400
-westbound potash, 124 cars

12:29 MP47.3 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Ashcroft
CN 5766 SD75I
CN 2641 C44-9W
-westbound mixed freight, train 355, 65 cars
-4 shots

13:20 MP64.8 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CP 9831 AC4400
CP 8620 AC4400
-eastbound potash, 124 cars

13:24 MP68 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CN 5684 SD75I
CN 5522 SD60F
-eastbound mixed freight, train 354, 153 cars

13:32 MP70 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CP 8614 AC4400
CP 9559 AC4400
-eastbound mixed freight, 75 cars

13:41 MP71.6 CP Thompson Sub, east of Spences Bridge
CN 5697 SD75I
WC 6943 SD40(-3) **ex-GCFX
-eastbound mixed freight, train 300, 156 cars
-3 shots

13:48 MP73 CP Thompson Sub, Spences Bridge
CP 9715 AC4400
124 aluminum cars
CP 9723 AC4400 remote
-eastbound coal

13:55 MP76 CP Thompson Sub, west of Spences Bridge
CP 9840 AC4400
CP 8625 AC4400
95 platforms
CP 8736 ES44AC remote
-eastbound doublestack

14:02 MP79 CP Thompson Sub, Drynoch East
CP 8826 ES44AC
CP 9736 AC4400
-eastbound grain, 113 cars

14:16 MP85 CP Thompson Sub, Thompson
CN 2224 ES44DC
CN 2424 C40-8M
-eastbound doublestack, 111 platforms

14:28 MP87.5 CN Ashcroft Sub, east of Morris
CP 8796 ES44AC
CP 8616 AC4400
CP 8547 AC4400
-westbound doublestack, 93 platforms
-2 shots

14:36 MP88 CP Thompson Sub, west of Thompson
CP xxxx ??
124 aluminum cars
CP 9658 AC4400 remote
-eastbound coal

15:53 MP26 CP Cascade Sub, east of Yale
CN 2253 ES44DC
CN 2614 C44-9W
-eastbound hotshot, train 202, 58 cars

15:56 MP25 CN Yale Sub, east of Yale
CN 8017 SD70M-2
CN 5356 SD40-2W
-westbound mixed freight, train 301, 103 cars
-by MP42 Yale Sub at 16:32, 1 shot

17:45 MP45 CP Cascade Sub, Katz West
CP 9617 AC4400
115 steel cars
CP 9643 AC4400 remote
-eastbound coal

17:54 MP50 CP Cascade Sub, east of Ruby Creek
CP 8533 AC4400
CP 9502 AC4400
-eastbound potash, train 672, 121 cars

18:19 MP59 CP Cascade Sub, Agassiz
CP 9510 AC4400
-eastbound mixed freight, 102 cars

And that's a wrap!