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    Ghost of locomotive 508. Took me a lot of hours building a snow replica of the locomotive.

    October 26, 2019

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    Manchester Locomotive Works

    March 4, 2016

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    Eric Ouellette

    What we know for sure is that locomotive 508 was built by Manchester Locomotive Works Company in 1885.

     I got a package in the mail today from Carl Riff of Hamilton Ontario sharing a very interesting story with me.  The story of the Mulberry locomotive which i...

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    Sonar Survey #2

    March 3, 2016

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    Eric Ouellette

    It wasn't warm but we had a great time on the river today doing another sonar survey but this time with the MS 1000 (same as model used on Oak Island).  This sonar replaced the sonar device we had back in 2004 and has a lot more features than the previous model.  Even...

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    Engine Dimensions

    March 2, 2016

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    Eric Ouellette

    Received some interesting pics from Daryl Demerchant this morning.  The following images are pretty close to what we are looking for in the Saint John River.  These may come in very handy during the sonar survey.

    Above: Similar dimensions as locomotive 508...

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    Ice thickness and GPS survey

    February 28, 2016

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    Eric Ouellette

     

     

    Me and Marc Laforge from Gemtec went out on the Saint John River this morning to measure the thickness of the ice and layout points A,B, C and Hole #3 (see attached images).  Hole #3 is where we saw some interesting images last time we did a sonar survey on the ice b...

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    NEW SONAR TECHNOLOGY!!!

    November 27, 2015

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    Eric Ouellette

     

    At work this summer, I introduced a very cool new way of viewing underwater bridge piers in zero visibility conditions.   Sonar techonolgy has come a long way since 2003 and they can now provide way better detailed images.  

     

    A sonar survey of two b...

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    508 PTA

    February 14, 2015

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    Eric Ouellette

     

    I was asked by the local high school to give a presentation on the search for locomotive 508. Had a great time and the students were very engaged.

     

     

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    Go Pro 508

    January 1, 2015

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    Eric Ouellette

    Tried to rig up my gopro to some chimney rods today with the hopes of lowering it down to the river bottom and possibly get some underwater images.  I did a hole on the ice at Hole # 3 from the sonar survey but the visibility was really poor.  The chimney rods also pro...

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    Snow Train

    February 25, 2012

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    Eric Ouellette

    Decided to try and do a snow sculpture of a train this year.  Turned out pretty good for an amateur.

     

     

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    2007 Permits

    February 27, 2007

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    Eric Ouellette

    Tonight I dug up the files I had from last year concerning the water alteration permit applications for the locomotive.  Now is the time to re apply if we want to do anything this summer.  I want to get this all done in the next few weeks.  Also Danny Trites received h...

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    The USA takes notice of giant snow locomotive near its border

    October 26, 2019

    Ghost of locomotive 508. Took me a lot of hours building a snow replica of the locomotive.

    October 26, 2019

    2018 IGLOO

    January 2, 2018

    Manchester Locomotive Works

    March 4, 2016

    Sonar Survey #2

    March 3, 2016

    Engine Dimensions

    March 2, 2016

    Ice thickness and GPS survey

    February 28, 2016

    Guinness Book

    January 2, 2016

    Supervisor of the Year

    December 12, 2015

    NEW SONAR TECHNOLOGY!!!

    November 27, 2015

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