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!
Beautiful shot of a restored building from "yester-year!" I dream to go to Banff someday.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful building!
ReplyDeletewow a place with hints but no actual rail... very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI have heard a lot of nice things about Banff from my friend.
Lovely place and interesting post.
ReplyDeleteWe have a place like that in the Keys, it's called East Summerland. And where is it located, West of Summerland. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteColorful building, I like the idea of a Tunnel mountain without a tunnel.
ReplyDeleteHow's the weather in Banff now? I'm going there at the end of the month for my honeymoon.
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