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Old Time Trains


Canadian National Railways
Predecessors

Postcard cancelled 3.30 PM March 20,1911 in Galt, Ontario.
Promoting International Limited between Montreal, Toronto, Detroit and Chicago.
"The finest and fastest train in Canada"
Old Time Trains Archives

 

Canadian Northern

Northern Railway of Canada 33 at Meaford circa 1870.

National Transcontinental's tri-weekly The National-Atlantic eastbound leaving Parent, Quebec. c.1916
This train operated between Winnipeg and Quebec City. Its westbound counterpart was The Western-Atlantic.
Wm.Notman & Sons

CGR public time table 1918 ... Condensed time tables ... Detailed time tables .... Equipment table

Time table scans courtesy of Phil Mason

GT 287 with an elephant atop the headlight. It is said many Jumbo engines (likely 4-4-0's assigned locally) had this carving.
Workers and officials are all gathered for their photograph for this unknown occasion and date. Note the child and dog!
This commemorates Jumbo the elephant killed September 15, 1885 in St.Thomas by GTR 88 on train number 151.
Jim Parker Collection

ICR 130 Cyl. 17" x 24" Drv. 69" Flemming Foundry, St.John, New Brunswick 1881.
Unknown location 1902. Walter Pfefferle Collection

St.Clair Tunnel Co. 1304 (ex 601) 0-10-0 Decapod with side tanks removed (1898) and tender added.
Cyl. 22" x 28" Drv. 50" Press. 160 lbs. t.e. 58,500 One of four built as 0-10-0T Camelback by Baldwin 1891

GTP 112 (MLW 46089 7/09) 4-4-0 with first train Edmonton-Prince Rupert April 7, 1914. Mattingly Collection

CGR 2922 one of 190 engines of this class built for CGR (160 CLC 30 MLW) MLW 58369 1917 Became CNR 3322

Ottawa Arnprior & Parry Sound 701 Compound 2-8-0 Baldwin 8/1899
Became parent company Canada Atlantic 701. CAR sold 1905 to GTR and amalgamated with GTR 1913.

 

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