Saturday, June 6, 2009

Banff Bankhead Station

This is another shot taken on my weekend in Banff.
I loved the vivid colours of the old Bankhead Station opposite the youth hostel on Tunnel Mountain. There are no trains here nowadays, not even a railtrack.
Banff is like that...lots of mysterious references to railways...but no sign of an actual train! Just their haunting hoots echoing down the valley.
Even Tunnel Mountain doesn't have a tunnel! Apparently, when they originally built the railway they were going to put a tunnel through this tiny hill in the middle of Banff...but they somehow never quite got around to it. So Tunnel Mountain doesn't have a tunnnel and it isn't even a moutain! But the name stuck!

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful shot of a restored building from "yester-year!" I dream to go to Banff someday.

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  2. It's a beautiful building!

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  3. wow a place with hints but no actual rail... very interesting.

    I have heard a lot of nice things about Banff from my friend.

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  4. Lovely place and interesting post.

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  5. We have a place like that in the Keys, it's called East Summerland. And where is it located, West of Summerland. Go figure.

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  6. Colorful building, I like the idea of a Tunnel mountain without a tunnel.

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  7. How's the weather in Banff now? I'm going there at the end of the month for my honeymoon.

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