High Performance (Air Nailing) Sales Professional

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This is the second floor. As you can see it's been gutted and a few walls put up. We're just starting here. At the turn of the century, the people who ran these RAIL STATIONS, lived up on the second floor. Of course, 100 years later, there'll be no running downstairs in the middle of the night for a seat on a frozen throne.

When it's all done, there'll be three bedrooms and a comfortable bathroom complete with double sized shower. What a difference a century makes !

New 'Skirt'

Halloween was a beautiful day in SW Manitoba this year. Here is a shot of the rail station after having been dressed with a new skirt.

That's me to the right. We're just in the early stages of redoing her. This project is a lot of fun and brings back a lot of childhood memories. I used to come here 3o years ago as a kid.

If someone back then would have looked into a crystal ball and suggested that I'd be breathing new life into this winter playland, I'm not sure what I might have thought. Anyway, here I am. She's now all nice and square. Time to get a push on the inside.

Getting 'AIR'

As you can see, the kids have turned these once-upon-a-time cardboard-toboganning hills into a playground of Xtreme Sports. In addition to hitting the skies on their mountain bikes (like Adam here), another favorite option is to scream down 'Hurricane' with no brakes. One of them had to actually lay down his bike to avoid hitting that gold van in front of the chalet - my van. I'm guessing they're easily hitting 65mph by the time they quickly reach the bottom of the front run -- historically and affectionately known by all locals as 'Hurricane'.

The 'Slopes'

Here you see a panorama of the slopes as they appear looking out the front door of the rail station/chalet ...

Keep in mind this is Manitoba. The heart of the prairies. Even though this photo doesn't do 'hurricane' justice, if you've ever been through Manitoba, you'll know that 'mountains' -- like the one shown here -- can been seen two provinces away. [It's flat here !]

Chalet panorama (before)

This photo shows the rail station (on the right) that was used as the main chalet as well as the ski storage building (left edge) ...

This image is a 'photo stitch' of two digital pictures. They were taken through the window of the T-Bar house. Which you can see in the above photo.

Gutted 1903 CNR Rail Station

This is an old rail station. They were found at every rail stop during the turn of the century. This one was moved to the base of a ski hill in South Western Manitoba. The ski hill is no longer commercially operational, but the lifts are still there and are still working.

The family bought the property and is now fixing it all up as a personal 'getaway' and all season retreat. It's going to be a great place.

This photo shows the building 'jacked and raised' prior to pouring a new concrete foundation. Any questions, don't hesitate. This is my 'other project management' life.