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Freight car distribution, but not the usual question.
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Doug Rhodes
Hello Clark
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Names sometimes arose before places looked on the map the way they do today. When Ontario entered Canada it was a much smaller province, basically just the area immediately north of the Great Lakes. In 1867 the term "southwestern Ontario" would have made more sense given the shape of the province on the map. You can google or check here to see http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/English/exhibits/maps/boundaries.htm Sort of like that university in Chicago area called "Northwestern" when it might be more logical to call it "Midwestern", but Chicago was once in the "northwest" of the USA. Which is also why Seattle is in the "Pacific northwest" as opposed to any other kind. Freight cars also sometimes carry names that no longer make much geographic sense (mandatory content!) Doug Rhodes ----- Original Message -----
From: pierreoliver2003 To: STMFC@... Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:17 PM Subject: [STMFC] Re: Freight car distribution, but not the usual question. Just so we're clear,I don't get it either. But there are many things in my life I don't always understand, and I think we should leave it at that. Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., "rockroll50401" <cepropst@...> wrote: > > --- In STMFC@..., "pierreoliver2003" <pierre.oliver@> > wrote: > > > > Frank is correct in calling that region Southwestern Ontario. The > > region you are referring to is generally called Northern Ontario. > > Pierre Oliver > > > Gee, I guess I got a geography lesson? Here I always thought we > traveled to NW Ontario. It's just northern? There's no west? You sire > you aren't from Quebec? He he > > In North Central Iowa, part of the Upper Mid-west. > Clark Propst > |
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pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
Just so we're clear,I don't get it either.
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But there are many things in my life I don't always understand, and I think we should leave it at that. Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., "rockroll50401" <cepropst@...> wrote:
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rockroll50401 <cepropst@...>
--- In STMFC@..., "pierreoliver2003" <pierre.oliver@...>
wrote: Pierre Oliver Gee, I guess I got a geography lesson? Here I always thought we traveled to NW Ontario. It's just northern? There's no west? You sire you aren't from Quebec? He he In North Central Iowa, part of the Upper Mid-west. Clark Propst |
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pierreoliver2003 <pierre.oliver@...>
Frank is correct in calling that region Southwestern Ontario. The
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region you are referring to is generally called Northern Ontario. May not make much sense, but that's the way it is. From Southwestern Ontario, Pierre Oliver --- In STMFC@..., "rockroll50401" <cepropst@...> wrote:
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rockroll50401 <cepropst@...>
Frank, you most mean South Eastern Ontario? SW has only the CN along
the 11 highway and the CP along the 17 highway...or are the roads the other way around? The only two E/W roads anyway. One is along the border CN and the other is a 100 or so miles north CP. Clark Propst --- In STMFC@..., "Frank Valoczy" <destron@...> wrote: case to the "standard" distribution ratios given for the US as a whole and |
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Frank Valoczy <destron@...>
I'm curious as to whether southwestern Ontario was an exceptional case
to the "standard" distribution ratios given for the US as a whole and Canada as a whole, given the presence of the CASO/NYC and the PM/C&O? Was there a higher-than-usual density of US freight cars in that area than elsewhere in Canada? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC |
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