…then and now – Elk’s Lodge and Ennis’ apartment. Superman 3 then and now – car and hydrant scene. Silver Streak then and now – boarded up train station. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: May, 2014. Location:… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…then and now posts we’ve published, follow these links… Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. Then and now, the National Dream. Superman 3 then and now – bar scenes. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…Focus Features. The buildings seen in our report were once the… Riverside Iron Works. To see some other movie “then and now” reports we’ve done, follow these links… Brokeback Mountain then and now – Elks Lodge and Ennis’ apartment. Superman 3 then and now – opening scenes. Silver Streak move… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…next chronological scene in the movie, go here… Brokeback Mountain then and now – Riverton Wy bar. To see some other movie then and now posts, follow these links… Superman 3 then and now – opening scenes. Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. Then and now,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…524 abandoned road bridge. Abandoned CPR Bow River bridge. A number of movies were filmed in High River and to see some locations we’ve photographed, check out these links… Superman 3 then and now – Smallville. Silver Streak movie then and now – paper burning scene. High River has a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…to get a detailed turn by turn description. The images from the video are copyright EMI. If you like these sort of then and now posts, check these out… Calgary then and now – Devenish Apartments. Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. Superman 3 then and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Unless you’ve been living on the moon you have no doubt heard about the floods that ravaged many parts of Alberta in late June 2013. Record rainfall and melting snow pack in the mountains unleashed a torrent of water with nearly every river and stream overflowing its banks. Many low… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…1980s. To see some other then and now reports we’ve done, check out these links… Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. Blairmore then and now. If you wish more information on this place, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: August 2012 Location: Nelson, BC…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…more from Silver Streak, plus we’ll be adding Brokeback Mountain to that list soon. It was filmed all over Alberta and will provide fodder for numerous articles. Images from the movie are copyright Warner Brothers. To see some other Superman 3 then and now reports we’ve done, click the links… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…movie then and now posts, go here… Journey of Natty Gann – old road. River of No Return. Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date: December, 2014. Location: Crowsnest Pass, AB…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…cathedral here and right beside it, the old CNR Train Station now home to a ballet troupe. Recall breaking into that building in the 1970s, when it empty at the time. They filmed some of the movie Silver Streak right here. If you’re into flicks shot in and around the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…In: Superman III / Silver Streak. The building is little changed from its movie role and with fans of the franchise is a revered holy ground. Many make the pilgrimage to pay it a visit – we’ve seen it happen. There’s no one more loyal than a Superman fan, especially… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…far from Beiseker Alberta, is and always has been gravel. The image from the movie is copyright Focus Features. To see some other movie then and now posts, follow these links… Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge – then and now. Superman 3 then and now – opening scenes. Silver Streak movie… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…Lodge and Ennis’ Apartment. Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks. Superman 3 then and now – bridge scene. A post you’re sure to like… Beachwood Estates. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: August, 2014…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…Studios. More movie then and now posts… Journey of Natty Gann – mountains and old houses. Legends of the Fall – then and now. Silver Streak movie then and now – walking the tracks (filmed in the area). If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…river now, sneak in behind the CPR’s downtown railyard, busy and noisy with activity. Stupid trivia: the track to your right, behind the fence, and the imposing railway bridge ahead were both seen in the 1970s action flick Silver Streak. Look for the shoot-out segment near the film’s climax. When… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
by Chris Doering · Published September 21, 2019 · Last modified September 30, 2019
Hidden among the precipitous peaks of the Silvery Slocan in the rugged East Kootenays of British Columbia, way up Carpenter Creek, there’s a most amazing ghost town. Shoehorned into a narrow, confined valley, and sometimes obscured by dense undergrowth, it’s photogenic place with the name of Cody. Down a winding… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)
…shots, that seemed to work out well. The streak in one photo, by the way, is a plane coming in for a landing. It moved some distance over the long exposure. More like this… Nagway Inn. Oliver House. The (Big Yellow) Enoch Sales House. If you wish more information on… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…a shortline operator. Otherwise, it’s all quiet. Standing there alone on the limitless plains, with nary a sound to be heard, we await a train that will never come. These two streaks of rust take us back to an earlier time when railways were the lifeblood of the communities here,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)
…dead—it’s my awful dread of the icy grave that pains; So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, you’ll cremate my last remains.” A pal’s last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail; And we started on at the streak of dawn;… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…along “Silver Cup Ridge”. It’s pockmarked with old mine workings and stuff left behind. We’re going find a way to get up there one day. It’ll happen. Help the Society As you guessed, silver made up an important component of ore in the area, but it generally included lots of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)
…prices. Cha-ching! Silver: 221,011,383 grams, lead: 233,800,528 kilos and almost the same amount of zinc – that’s serious stuff! The Bluebell deposit was already well known long before commercial mining. Pioneers used the ore to fashion bullets and it was that pure. As a sidebar, this author’s old-man worked at… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)
…in. Scattered about underfoot, silvery chunks of “galena”. Mostly an ore of lead, silver is often present as well, sometimes in great quantity. In addition, the mine produced plenty of zinc and a smattering of other metals. Back to the hike, soon in pass the junction with the Cody Spur,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 1 in comments.)
…a Canadair “Silver Star”, both from the 1950s. There’s LOTS more cool stuff inside. Come to a pathway, heading northwest-ish for now but soon doubling back and making a loop of sorts around some ball diamonds. Over there a skateboard park that waits for spring. And fellow walker – greetings… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
…this struck Team BIGDoer as a pretty impressive pin. We played it for hours. And we got our asses handed to us, on a big silver platter, each and every time. 11) Pinbot, Williams, 1986. This was a favourite back in the day. Recall, we mentioned these games, for each… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
…1924 when all underground mining ended completely, work was intermittent, small scale and mostly exploratory in nature. Most of the stuff we see today is likely from that earlier busy period. The St Eugene ore body consisted primarily of Lead, Silver, Zinc, with some limited Gold, derived from Galena, Sphalerite… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
We’ve been so busy lately that we’ve neglected the Boler category for a while. Let’s get back in the swing of things… Seen here is a seventeen foot model, the “Silver Bullet”, all done up in a gray-ish metallic looking paint job, and spotted in the Calgary community of Lynnwood… (Search hits: 1 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…considered somewhat outdated. Most elevators from the early 1900s on used the more common style gable roof cupola (which is seen on all the other elevators in Warner). The silver-coloured metal cladding seen was a fire prevention measure. In 1951 the building was twined. The new addition acted as the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
…looking duck is a David Bradley Tri-Trac, another small, low cost, simple tractor. Nearby is yet another strange one, a Bolen’s Ride Master. Both of these almost look home made. A tractor that’s of particular interest to me is the Silver King. Painted in a nice silver colour (of course)… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
One of our favourite ghost towns is a storied place called Sandon British Columbia. There, nestled in the craggy mountains of the West Kootenays and shoe-horned into a narrow valley, it’s many reminders of what was. Mining was the catalyst, all that silver, lead and zinc (other metals too) that… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)
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Don Wilson: RCAF/CFS Alsask Radar Dome
Sharon Wingenbach: You Are Here: Corral 4 Drive-in Calgary
Rob Pohl & Arturo Pianzola: Alexandra Bridge Fraser Canyon BC
Bob Fortin: CPR Illecillewaet Bridge Revelstoke BC
Rory Brown: Downtown Calgary & CPR Tracks 1977-2014
Dale: The Forgotten Cemetery of Morrissey BC
Sharon Wingenbach: MacDonald Bridge Calgary ~70 Years Apart
Gary Small: Polish Hall Coleman Alberta (1927)
Twold7: Calgary Inglewood Haskins/Victory Block
Gary Small: CPR Bow River Bridge (Abandoned)
Ken Newel: Grain Elevators of Turin Alberta
Gary Small: Silver Creek Coal Mine Skunk Hollow
Bonita Hudson: Coleman Miners’ Hospital 100 Years Apart
Gary Small: Dunshalt Alberta 1974 and 2013
Rob Pohl & Arturo Pianzola: The Giants of Cathedral Grove (BC)
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