Hey guys. Near my ski resort we drove around and found old railroad tracks and we decided to look up some of the history of the place. It's called Pontypool and we discovered its train related past.

More than a hundred years ago a man named Moishe bought 200 acres of land by a lake in Pontypool, Ontario. Jewish people back then were not allowed on the beaches in Toronto so they came up to Pontypool and begged Moishe to let them stay and swim in his lake. They didn't care if they had to sleep in his barn, they just wanted to get away from the city. Then after a couple of years of this Moishe bought 150 more acres of land and started building cottages on that land. When Moishe died his son took over and built more cottages and this was getting really popular, so passenger trains, on the CP tracks, took Jewish people to the resort and back - at least twice a day in the summers.
I thought this was cool and I wanted to share it with you. Until next time...  

On the way to the place where I go skiing we were driving by many different train tracks. They are CP, CN, GO Train and VIA tracks (and the subway train too). It was a big surprise that on the way there we saw 13 trains in one hour of driving.
The trains included 6 GO trains and 7 freight trains.  The first freight train we saw I thought was never going to end. We went under a bridge and 20 minutes later when we caught up to the engine the train was still going over the bridge.  I predict it was about 5 miles long!

Over my winter break I went to Florida. For the holidays, before I went to Florida, I got a new radar gun (see it in the photo below). I was really excited when I got it. Even though it's for baseball, I thought I could also use it to see how fast trains were in Florida. In Florida we didn't see a lot of trains but one day we got really lucky. We were playing catch at the beach with my radar gun to see how fast we could throw and on our way back we were first in line when the bars went down at the railway crossing.  It was for the Pompano Beach Tri-Rail commuter train.  

My family shouted: "NATHAN, RADAR GUN! QUICK!"
I got the radar gun as fast as I could and I pointed it at the train and clicked the trigger. I found out after the train went by that it was going 24mph (38.6km).  (The photo below is of my throwing speed, we didn't take one of the train's speed).

We didn't see our usual amount of trains of Florida, but I'll write about seeing trains in my next post. Stay tuned!

It's been a while since I've written in my blog.  I've been caught up in lots of baseball and i haven't found the time, but here I am, writing again. 
This story involves baseball and trains - my two favorite things.

I was on my way home from the Ontario Baseball Championships when my family decided to stop at the Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary's, Ontario. (Totally worth the trip, by the way!)

On the way we saw an old train station and we decided to stop and take a look.

It was a little VIA train stop.  Trains didn't pass by very often though.  We didn't see any trains but we did see inside and we took a look at the schedule. Me and my sister also signed the guest book. 

Hi, this post is not about trains. I just wanted to say what I'm doing that's keeping me too busy to blog very often.  Well, I know this is a post...But I've got baseball, and I'm going to do lots of summer camp.  I'm going to try to find some time to blog some more soon. 
Thanks for visiting my website.  I'm still a boy who loves trains. I also love baseball. Come back soon!
​Nathan
P.S. In the photo below there were train tracks behind those trees!

The Beltline trail in Toronto used to be a railway track.  Now it's a long path to walk on or ride bikes on.  Long ago there was a train derailment. Here's a photo.

If you've been following my blog for a while you may remember this song.  I was singing it this morning in my kitchen and I thought I should put it on my blog again for you to hear.  My friend John wrote it and recorded it and even made the video.  It's really great.  I hope you like it as much as I do.  Enjoy!

CP sent me this video to show me what a day in the life of a train conductor is like.  I'd like to be a conductor some day.  They're not hiring right now which  is okay for me, but I thought you'd like to see the video anyway.

Hi Everyone.  It's been a LOOONNGGG time since I did my last post.  I've been busy with other things, like school and baseball and soccer and my BIRTHDAY! I turned 8 last month.  (See my bowling birthday photo above).  
​But now I'm ready for some more train posts! Also, did you hear that Japan is saving turtles from trains by building a sort of tunnel under the tracks?  Here's a picture and an article about it.  Enjoy!

Happy 2016 to everyone! I had a great time last night. I went to a carnival and even got to stay up until midnight. I can't believe I made it. In three day so  am turning 8. I sometimes go on a train ride with my dad to celebrate my birthday. I went to Kingston and Niagara Falls. I would like to go somewhere this year that's not too far from Toronto. Do you have any ideas for me? I hope this new year is a toot! (Get it - like a train horn?)