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On the Témiscouata Railway


On the Témiscouata Railway
Photo Information
Copyright: Jean Pierre Forest (FORJP001) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 580 W: 75 N: 821] (3468)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-12-25
Categories: Transportation, Architecture, Artwork
Camera: Canon PowerShot A300
Exposure: f/3.6, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Voies ferrées / railway tracks, Railway bridges / Ponts de compagnies ferroviaires [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-27 23:04
Viewed: 1348
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Two bridges were built by the defunct Temiscouata Railway in the late eighties. A bridge of two sections was built on the Madawaska river near Edmunston (N.B) and is used today as a bike path.

The other bridge illustrated here was a one section bridge built on the Rivière-du-Loup river in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. The bridge is still in use today as a siding giving access to a scrap metal dealer, a peat moss manufacturer and a lumber mill.

At the end of the 18th century, the trains of the Temiscouata railway were running south from Rivière-du-Loup QC to Edmunston NB and then Eastward to Connor's NB. Usually there was a RPO (Railway Post Office) (mail car) in the first car of the train where clerks worked in a mobile post office. Lovely RPO's cancel were applied on the stamps affixed to the letters.

Including this bridge, the count of similar bridges posted to TE by FORJP001 is now a great 5; they are:

1- Rivière-du-Loup;
2- Edmunston;
3- Perthuis ;
4- Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin;
5- Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf.
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To Manamo: Effectivement l'ingénieur a remarqué l'élévationFORJP001 2 02-09 12:45
To Didi: 1948 points - 1 = 1947 devine quoi?FORJP001 1 01-14 00:05
To dhurjati: Thanks to the numeric Powershot, photographerFORJP001 1 12-28 08:42
To deblink: Not very cold but enough for the fragile fingerFORJP001 1 12-28 08:25
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  • Great 
  • tigra Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 646 W: 154 N: 551] (2936)
  • [2006-12-27 23:16]

Hello Jean Pierre
Excellent POV! You've chosen the right angle to capture the railway bridge.
Perfect sharpness and colors.
Katia

Bonsoir Jean-Pierre,
Une belle photo du pont avec un bel angle de vu, couleurs,netteté et composition sous un beau ciel bleu donne un plus à la photo...Mes salutations Michel

hi

wonderful picture. i love the low angel shot. great symmetry and clarity.

cheers
samrat

Hi Jean Pierre,
Love the POV. Must have been cold down on the ground. The snow looks great in the foreground. I like the way the eye is taken up the track and through the bridge. Very nice.
Cheers,
Debbie

Hi Jean,
I guess u must have been in ur knees when u took this snap.Perfect POV.Eyes follow the lines to the bridge going deep.The colour and brightness is fantastic.Rail tracks are very interesting subject of photography as far as Im concerned.A good one for rail-lovers like me.
Greetings from India,
Dhurjati

Hi Jean Pierre,
That extremely low POV is excellent! Lovely texture on ballast, sunlit snow and rusty rails. Also interesting to see one car through the bridge.
Kari

Excellent POV, compo and light. Very good.

TFS,

Andreea

Bonjour Jean-Pierre,

Une belle photo de ce pont ferrovière de la compagnie de trains du Témiscouata sous un beau ciel bleu, la photo a une bonne composition, profondeur de champs et de jolies couleurs. Je te souhaite àtoi et ta famille une Bonne et Heureuse Année 2007.

Pierre

Hi Jean Pierre,
Excellent low POV. Love the way you have composed this with snowladen tracks leading us straight to that iron cast bridge.
Seasons Greetings
Sabyasachi

  • Great 
  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 73 N: 869] (3015)
  • [2006-12-30 14:05]

The colours and details in this are grand and I love the way you have set it up with a good strong foreground
TFS
Happy New Year
Silke

  • Great 
  • LEA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 649 W: 7 N: 369] (4709)
  • [2007-01-08 15:22]

Beaucoup de ces ponts se ressemblent, comme s'ils étaient une variante l'un de l'autre. C'est peut-être une façon de faire qui se justifiait par un grand soucis de réduire les frais au maximum.
Je t'imagine à plat vendre, le souffle haletant, en espérant que le wagon à l'autre bout du pont ne se mette pas en mouvement et se dépêchant de faire la photo avant que les doigts ne s'engourdissent dans la neige fraichement tombée...

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  • Didi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6275 W: 3303 N: 7665] (28460)
  • [2007-01-14 6:13]
  • [+]

Bonsoir Jean Pierre
Au moment où je vous écris vous avez 1948 points, c'est mon année de naissance :)
Excellente perspective qui fera aussi plaisir à un cheminot.
Très bonne profondeur d'image dont j'apprécie beaucoup.
Meilleurs voeux.

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  • Manamo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 820 W: 153 N: 711] (2824)
  • [2007-02-05 9:38]
  • [2] [+]

Salut Jean-Pierre,
Je viens de ce coin là moi...ben encore plus loin, à Dégelis. Mais je connais bien le Témiscouata:D Tu connais le lac? Un des plus beaux au Québec semble-t-il!
La couleur du ciel hivernal typique, j'adore! J'aime bien aussi la neige en avant-plan et la perspective de la ligne de chemin de fer qui s'éloigne.
Un petit détail me chicotte mon cher Jean-Pierre. Tu vas me trouver un peu téteux, mais le côté gauche du chemin est plus haut que le droit...Ça attire mon oeil sans arrêt vers ces deux pattes brunes.
Au revoir!
Marc

Hi Jean Pierre:
Another excelent work, beutiful composition and very good lights and colours.

Marcelo Brizuela

The sharp blue sky wich reflects in the snow; the pov that leads you deep into the landscape.
I like it all!

Bonjour Jean-Pierre
faute de voir de nouvelles photos je fouille dans ton album et j'ai trouvé celle-ci, amateur de train, j'attends en vain d'en voir un passer, bonne composition hivernal, ce qui nous attends d'ici peut, bonne journée mon ami, ;)
Amicalement
Jean-Pierre

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