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CPR Facilities Roundhouses, shops and other facilities. Aerial of Montreal 1947 (zoomable link) New yard Winnipeg (1904) Aerial view of downtown
Vancouver yards 1953 Views of downtown Vancouver yards 1950's - 1980's.
West Shops stores building in downtown Calgary. Built 1898. Doug
Phillips Collection
Built to maintain coal unit trains.
Moose Jaw yard. Jim Booth Collection
Sure looks like winter! Yard office Brandon, Manitoba mid-1960's Jim Booth
Another view of the immediate area Brandon taken from the bridge. Nicer weather!
Old style scales with four rails used for faster move across scales
without weighing and for locomotive to bypass scale.
Typical crossing watchman's tower. Chatham Oct. 15, 1980
2811 with Third Class symbol freight 911 due to depart
Smiths Falls yard
12:45 p.m.for Chalk River Subdivision destined to Sault Ste.Marie.
July 19,1958 Smiths Falls Robert F. Collins/James A.Brown Collection
CP 233 westbound with 3096_STLH_8223_8207 at Dalhousie Mills Mileage 41.6 Winchester Sub. right on the Quebec-Ontario boundary, passing old water tank apparently still in use by the town judging by the gauge. The red paint is just too bright but, never-the-less a nice restoration. This style of water tank with a stone foundation was in use at a number of locations on the CPR including Perth and Renfrew. (See below for more water facilities) May 5, 2007 Brian Nicholson
G1 class 4-6-2 2224 backing onto its train after making
a lift from the yard in Perth
Water tank still in use long after steam engines ended,
Very typical standpipe to water steam locomotives.
Standard steel water tank seen all over the CPR.
Preston assigned 8161 in the Electric yard Galt. Note overhead crane
in center background and scale at far left.
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