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…farmer’s old pickup, hood up, is being worked on in the driveway. All is well and life, while hard, is satisfying. Rules of exploration: show respect, don’t trespass and take only pictures. Fast forward to today and what was once was full of life is now abandoned and forgotten., There… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

The berm we see here, cutting across a farmer’s field, is in fact the grade of a proposed rail line, unfinished and abandoned before completion. Passing by it seems of little significance, but over one hundred years ago when it was built, there were great plans afoot to open up… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the early life of settlers in the area. It was established in 1976 just before the rail line here was abandoned and I am thankful for those people to had the forethought to do this. There is of course a wonderful assortment of farm machinery and we take our time… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…half of the 1990s, it had sat empty for some time. In between being abandoned by the railway and then, it was used, at least for some years, by a number of companies for other purposes. More on this further down. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for photos and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…1990 this centre section from Empress to Leader Saskatchewan was abandoned. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for photos and to comment ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ The tracks came through in 1914 and this branch line was constructed during the great railway building boom that took place between the years… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Railways always get good use out of their equipment and plant. The abandoned rail line here is the former CPR MacLeod Subdivision. This branch used to extended from Calgary south to Fort MacLeod and it served a number of small towns like Nanton. Some the subdivision is still used, a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the historic Atlas Mine, its imposing tipple looming high over us. The very last operating coal mine in the Red Deer River Valley, they loaded rail cars here into the late 1970s (others have told me the early 1980s). After shutting down the complex stood abandoned for a number of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Have fun with Chris and Connie The East Coulee mines, including the Atlas, were the most easterly in the Red Deer River valley. There are no coal mines or even coal to be mined, further downstream (at least for a way). To the west of the Atlas is the abandoned… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…no one lived in it afterwards. That means it’s been forgotten for well over sixty years! As is usual with abandoned farms, the building is leaning and sagging and lacks windows, is covered in bird poop, and is full of junk – stuff like old tires, papers of all kind,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…it – one passes the abandoned Crowsnest Power Plant. A large brick structure, it operated from the 1920s into the late 1960s. It has sat empty ever since and we’ve visited it a couple times – getting to it too requires walking beside the rail line – watch for and… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the agent still needed a place to both work and live and so the building remained in use for a time, not closing until the early 1980s. It was not immediately abandoned however and the upstairs was rented out as a residence for a good number of years. Unused since… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…structures found along a line abandoned about sixty years ago. It’s time for a little railway archaeology and you know it’s a subject the Team is super passionate about. The track seen here was in service of a coal mine in the Alberta Rockies. The rails in this area were… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…left. Look at that, it’s midnight and they’re going strong. They’ll be nursing hangovers tomorrow… There’s always new and interesting content posted regularly so drop by often! They’re saying… “Well written and well researched. You feel part of the adventure!” David Fionn Clarke. Abandoned… Abandoned Places: The Bishop House –… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…from various points in the mine. Remarkably, some transmission lines remain strung up near the substation and a fence that once surrounded the building lies broken on the ground. The building is about as simple as it comes and in a deteriorated state after sitting abandoned for more than half… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…It’s what we do but with abandoned farm houses these days, or now any threatened site for that matter, it’s just no longer possible. Social media, in particular, has made abandoned photography a big thing and with that comes many associated problems. Ask any farmer with an old homestead on… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

The Murray Coal mine was located in the Red Deer River valley near Drumheller Alberta, on the opposite of the river from the small town of East Coulee. Its origins go back almost a hundred years now, but the operation explored in this report spans the period of 1936-1959 (earlier,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 0 in body, 0 in comments.)

Certainly the most interesting element found in this abandoned Alberta farm yard is a building that was once a wind powered grist mill. Unique in form, with an almost European flavour, for much of its history it was actually a blacksmith and metal shop. Come with us as we explore… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)

What the heck is going on at the Alberta 2005 Centennial Railway Museum in Beiseker Alberta? Their website is gone and the grounds appear as though abandoned. The old train station, what was to be the organization’s centrepiece, sits on blocks, as it has for a couple years now. In… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)

…floods, where their weight was used to help stabilize the structure against the fast flowing waters. The line on which the bridge sits is technically neither in service nor completely abandoned. It’s in a sort of a moribund state while the railway figures out what to do with it. The… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)

…but I either missed or, or it did not have one. Likely the former. I always miss a lot. Further up the street is an interesting place called Legacy Corner (at least it says that on the abandoned gas station next door). Someone had made these cut-out metal sculptures each… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)

…Only recently has there been an effort to save or at least re-use this historical base. Since my previous visit some fifteen years ago (no pictures) when the placed seem totally abandoned, now there is some activity. There is a sky diving operation and many of the hangers have been… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 3 in comments.)