Comments on: Some great photos and history of Saskatchewan http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/ News, Insights, and Humour Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269808 Saskboy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:48:54 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269808 But those accidents, and suicides in particular will happen with or without fines being given to trespassers. But those accidents, and suicides in particular will happen with or without fines being given to trespassers.

]]> By: Neil http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269738 Neil Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:04 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269738 But if a train hits a car or pedestrian, think of the engineer, who CANNOT avoid the collision, even if he sees it in time to steer around the obstacle. Well, he's not going to steer around it with a train, is he? And it can take over a quarter mile to stop, so if some idiot tries to beat the train at a crossing, or if some poor soul decides to end it all by standing on the track, that engineer gets to watch, whether or not he wants to. And the counselling for the engineer can take months to get him back to work. Sometimes the engineer will nevr work again, will suffer nightmares for the rest of his life. But if a train hits a car or pedestrian, think of the engineer, who CANNOT avoid the collision, even if he sees it in time to steer around the obstacle. Well, he’s not going to steer around it with a train, is he? And it can take over a quarter mile to stop, so if some idiot tries to beat the train at a crossing, or if some poor soul decides to end it all by standing on the track, that engineer gets to watch, whether or not he wants to.

And the counselling for the engineer can take months to get him back to work. Sometimes the engineer will nevr work again, will suffer nightmares for the rest of his life.

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269028 Saskboy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:07:18 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269028 The railway shouldn't have to worry about that. After all, if someone walks into a street and gets hit, not at a crosswalk, it's pretty hard to blame the driver of a car or bike for that pedestrian carelessness. The railway shouldn’t have to worry about that. After all, if someone walks into a street and gets hit, not at a crosswalk, it’s pretty hard to blame the driver of a car or bike for that pedestrian carelessness.

]]> By: RJ http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269019 RJ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:54:39 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-269019 The concern for the railway is liability if someone gets hit by a train while crossing the tracks. The only deterrent is to issue the traffic tickets for such offences. Warnings do work. A person that is issue a ticket for trespassing very seldom comes back. The concern for the railway is liability if someone gets hit by a train while crossing the tracks. The only deterrent is to issue the traffic tickets for such offences. Warnings do work. A person that is issue a ticket for trespassing very seldom comes back.

]]> By: gfr http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-135056 gfr Fri, 02 May 2008 00:55:17 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-135056 On the CN thing, I'd never seen anybody on the tracks riding along them on a bicycle as someone mentioned in CBC's article on it until today. Streets dead-end at the tracks all over in the northwest in Saskatoon, for apparently no reason at all. It's just crappy planning, and now residents and workers who walk in the area are going to be punished for it whenever they cross a dirt footpath over the tracks. I certainly do understand CN's position, but I wonder how effective it'll be. More bike paths, not just along the river and to the university, might help a little, as well as corridors through CN rail yards within cities. On the CN thing, I’d never seen anybody on the tracks riding along them on a bicycle as someone mentioned in CBC’s article on it until today. Streets dead-end at the tracks all over in the northwest in Saskatoon, for apparently no reason at all. It’s just crappy planning, and now residents and workers who walk in the area are going to be punished for it whenever they cross a dirt footpath over the tracks. I certainly do understand CN’s position, but I wonder how effective it’ll be. More bike paths, not just along the river and to the university, might help a little, as well as corridors through CN rail yards within cities.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134618 Ryan Thu, 01 May 2008 14:04:05 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134618 This one's pretty interesting, too. http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO26842&SE=1369&RN=0&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=81291&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1 This one’s pretty interesting, too.

http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO26842&SE=1369&RN=0&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=81291&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1

]]> By: Ryan http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134616 Ryan Thu, 01 May 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134616 Stuff like this is great. Western Canadians, especially, seem to be virtually unaware of the presence of such heinous stuff in our past. KKK in Sask, Bible Bill Aberhart's virulent anti-semitism. One of my favourite photos of all time thanks to its ridiculousness one of a KKK member picketing outside a carpet-cleaning place in Calgary: http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO26842&SE=1369&RN=1&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=75174&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1 On the flip side, we don't really know much about the positive things in our past, either. Stuff like this is great.

Western Canadians, especially, seem to be virtually unaware of the presence of such heinous stuff in our past. KKK in Sask, Bible Bill Aberhart’s virulent anti-semitism. One of my favourite photos of all time thanks to its ridiculousness one of a KKK member picketing outside a carpet-cleaning place in Calgary:

http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&BU=&TN=IMAGEBAN&SN=AUTO26842&SE=1369&RN=1&MR=10&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=WebResults&EF=&DF=WebResultsDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=255&ID=&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=75174&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=&FG=&QS=ArchivesPhotosSearch&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1

On the flip side, we don’t really know much about the positive things in our past, either.

]]> By: Saskboy http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134415 Saskboy Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:45 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/30/some-great-photos-and-history-of-saskatchewan/#comment-134415 Here's some very interesting reading, regarding Lemberg, and the First Nations MRI. http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/08/15/abernethy-balcarres-neudorf-and-lemberg-saskatchewan from 2 years ago... Here’s some very interesting reading, regarding Lemberg, and the First Nations MRI.
http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2006/08/15/abernethy-balcarres-neudorf-and-lemberg-saskatchewan

from 2 years ago…

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