Colours

 I am beginning a series on fall colours in the area. In the latter half of September, I was on the LRT coming through the Gloucester area and noticed a set of trees turning colours.

I took this close up downtown.

One morning I was at Lansdowne Park, when I took these shots.

Another day I was waiting for a connecting bus, and noticed these colours changing at the far side of a parking lot.

Same location, but a few days later, and looking at the change in trees along a residential property line bordering the lot.

I was passing through Lebreton Flats en route to the War Museum, and took this shot.

Closer to the Museum, another view.

On the far side, I found these views along the shores of the Ottawa River.

My last shot for the day is nearby, at the National Holocaust Monument.

Museum Finale

 Today we wrap up this visit to the Museum of Science and Technology.

A steam engine, and one we saw early on in this series from the other side.

The locomotives do impress the visitor.

There is a space near the Museum entrance with this display. Pressing panels down below lights up what's above, a simulation of the Northern Lights, with colours shimmering. I hope you have enjoyed this visit.

Steam Power

 A look inside the next cab over.

The control area in this locomotive is glassed off.

In the heat of summer, these would be a sauna. The two men working would need cold water, and would store food here for their meals as the train would run.

Looking out across at another locomotive.

Here we have a model of the SS Glencoe, a steamer that worked off Newfoundland for many years.

The last locomotive seen above, 926, was one of over five hundred of its kind.

Here we have a ship's anchor.

Another look at 926.

Locomotive

 Rail lines worked hand in hand with steam ships to move people for decades, until growing sizes of planes made trans-oceanic flight more practical. This is a model of the RMS Empress Of Britain II, linked with the Canadian Pacific company.

The locomotives in here are quite a sight to see.

And you can even get inside, where the engineer and fireman worked.

There is a platform between the cabins of two neighbouring locomotives.