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Our first freight train meet.	A coastal; village	Every small town has a big church
All VIA stations are well kept	RR brought a generator and drill so Will could replace a broken bolt	Along the coast
Man-made lagoon	Taking the siding	Port Daniel Station
Bridge at Port Daniel	Fishing boat	Tunnel at Port Daniel
On a causeway	More causeway	Our hotel in Perce
Beachcombing on the way to Gaspe	M9 on the curved trestle, Photo by D Sigafoos	More bridges
Fishing fleet at Gaspe	Our lunch spot in Gaspe	Moving across curved trestle
The Rock at Perce	After dinner on the deck	The Rock before dawn from our hotel
The Rock after dawn	Quaint little french hotel and breakfast spot in Perce	Group headed down the pier toward the whale watching boat
Headed out to sea	Crusing by the Rock	The hole in the Rock. Not navigable!
Bill Kozel and Al Elliott on the boat	Blue whale in the distance. Largest creature on earth, ever.	Gannet birds on Bonaventure Island
More birds!	Many more birds! The island is home to vast quantities of Ganetts	Rainbow over the rock, right hand end
Rainbow over the rock, left hand side.	Wading path to rock. Some did it with dry feet in the early AM.	Friendly bear with my hat
Hookways testing bench with carvings above.	The Rock at dawn on last day in Perce	A private home
S. Rinker exiting tunnel at Port Daniel	G and E Shrey exiting tunnel	John and Linda Reynolds exiting tunnel
Ray M9 exiting tunnel.	Short tunnel on the way to Campbellton, New Brunswick	Yard switcher at Campbellton
Loco and car shop tour	Engineer in training	Artsy-type shot
Lunch at Tim Hortons	Dave Sigafoos navigates the weedy wye at Campbellton	Back at Matapedia where two VIA trains pause in the evening to interchange passengers
Salmon fishing on Matapedia River	Fall colors along the river	A covered bridge next to the track.
Al is arrested! He failed to give a good account of himself. Photo by Dave Sigafoos	Yet another covered bridge	Former RR employee who used to run motorcars in the good old days.
Quebec, North Shore, and Labrador loco is more than 100 miles from home via ferry.	One last repair. It was the condenser	Last freight meet. At Trois-Pistoles on last day in the rain.
Group photo at the end.